Randall's to close my store!
The Randall's store that I've worked at for about 6 months now (after transfering from another store where I worked for three and a half years) will be closing:
Yep, that "one in the Austin market" is my store.
I have a kind of loyalty to Randall's; after working for the company for nearly four years, I'll be sad to see this store close. I hope Randall's can stay afloat despite the competition from big bad H-E-B.
I'll be sticking with Randall's, though, probably moving to another store... but the idea that I could be losing my job is worrying.
Randalls/Tom Thumb said Tuesday it's closing 26 Texas stores as part of a cost-cutting and market repositioning move.
The Houston-based unit of the Safeway supermarket chain says its closing 16 Randalls stores in the Houston area, nine in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and one in the Austin market by the end of the year. That'll leave 62 stores in the Dallas area, 36 in the Houston market and 14 in and around Austin.
Randalls/Tom Thumb says many of its affected employees will be eligible for severance benefits and outplacement services.
Yep, that "one in the Austin market" is my store.
I have a kind of loyalty to Randall's; after working for the company for nearly four years, I'll be sad to see this store close. I hope Randall's can stay afloat despite the competition from big bad H-E-B.
I'll be sticking with Randall's, though, probably moving to another store... but the idea that I could be losing my job is worrying.
2 Comments:
Say it aint so! And to think, you just moved there. GOsh, amy what is this world coming to?
I hope you don't lose your job either. I hate to see that happen to people. The news here says that Kroger and HEB have better sales and that is probably why Randall's is closing down many stores. I think that when you compare the 3, Randall's is more expensive than the other two. That's why we usually prefer HEB, or the Wal-Mart grocery stores, the lower prices. If I were in charge of Randall's I would try to lower the prices and attract people that way before laying off people. Then again, they may have done that.
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