Sears or Fry's? I was certain Sears will be long gone by now but somehow it's still standing and shows no signs of giving up any time soon - even if there is only one store left in the end. Meanwhile, Fry's has started dropping stores one by... — read more
Woodland Hills store a goner?
Looks like local business paper jumped the gun: http://www.sfvbj.com/news/2020/feb/25/developer-plans-project-former-frys-electronics-si/
Anaheim store closing March 2 (and the pattern)
Facebook posts show signs at Anaheim store that it is closing as of March 2. remember this: https://www.connect.media/prologis-picks-up-frys-occupied-asset-in-anaheim/ Duluth store closes, then replaced... — read more
Employees : Keep Your Head Up
Hello Fry's employees, I wanted to make a quick post to explain what may be going on with your stores. It's actually good news for you, so keep your head up: Years ago, I used to work at a shopping mall. The mall closed. Sears continued to pay... — read more
What will happen to my Fry's gift card if the company goes bankrupt?
Do you know if I can get my money back? What will happen to my gift card if Fry's goes belly up?
Roseville, CA
If Fry's will continue on as is the thought shared by some here then explain how a retail chain stays healthy financially by keeping expensive shelves bare of goods? I was just in the Roseville, CA store last weekend to use a gift card I got for... — read more
Looks like it will be Micro Center going forward.
I went into the Fry's in Illinois last night and was shocked to see the store so barren. I wanted to pick up a new pair of speakers for my computer at home and they literally had no speakers. After I looked around it became evident that something was... — read more
Fry's Las Vegas Closing Store
Fry's in Las Vegas is looking horrible as well.I don't see how much longer they can last. For everyone in Vegas, there's another place called PC Warehouse located in Henderson. They have a website and you can buy a ton of things. While it doesn't... — read more
Fry's Manhattan Beach CA Store to Close Soon 2020
Just visited Fry's Manhattan Beach CA during lunch. One checkout clerk only working and spew the company line that only Palo Alto closing. Place was barren compared to the old days with lots of rude/ignorant sales folk trying to look busy and long... — read more
Closure Tracker
On this thread we've seen a LOT of first hand reports of Fry's stores with empty shelves and demoralized employees. But we've also seen some posts that claim "It's coming back!" Request: Can we have some solid reports of specific Fry's stores that... — read more
Renton v2
I just left the Renton store parking lot was empty shelves were bare didn’t look good for a company doing business The company said they were waiting on inventory to arrive that sure didn’t seem very truthful and forthcoming. I saw a couple... — read more
Here is the entire article. And it let me view it without a subscription too!
10 Industrial mega-developer eyes Fry’s north San Jose site Prologis takes strong interest in Fry’s Electronics site in San Jose Google Maps Fry’s Electronics property at 550 E. Brokaw Road in north San Jose, outlined in red. The world’s largest... — read more
Fry's Electronics Las Vegas
At least that they are fully stocked. The other places unfortunately are not fully caught up at this time.
Frys Visit Sunnyvale
Do other FRYs have a machine at the front to get help sign into machine to que for next avaiable help like at a bakery never seen that one same in electronis. Actually has somebody in resturn area and person checking your purchase at door. Actually... — read more
Youtuber Bitwit goes to Fry's burbank + Vegas
Popular youtuber Bitwit went to both the Burbank and Vegas Fry's stores in his new video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq2rUsUTL_0
Fry's Electronics Bankruptcy 2020
What's your prediction? When is Fry's Electronics going to declare bankruptcy?
Frys emails have stopped?
You know its dead when even the frys email spam stops
Consignment model?
Fry's business model is over 30 years old and isn't working anymore. They ran their business like a grocery store; high volume, low margins, MFRs specials on endcaps. Of course they offered a slew of snacks. Best Buy and the rest eventually... — read more
Burbank and Woodland Hills
I looked at Fry's Burbank and Woodland Hills and they didn't have enough inventory to build a PC. No motherboards and they only have ONE cpu. They have ZERO gpus in stock. I then looked at Best Buy and they had tons of components to put a computer... — read more
Fry's facebook post bragging about their new consignment model
Did anyone see the post on their facebook page today bragging about how full their Vegas store was due to their new consignment model? They showed like 4 photos of full shelves. It's fair to say it didn't go over... — read more
Very interesting read
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/10/industrial-mega-developer-eyes-frys-north-san-jose-site/
Meanwhile, in Campbell
I went in the Campbell, CA store the first week of Nov. There were no other customers visible. The first quadrant of the store was filled with random junk, probably junk they picked up from a liquidator. There was an entire aisle (both... — read more
Tidbits
Fry's Electronics Facts Connected to Fry’s Food and D–g commerce empire Had Four Co-Founders John Fry Came Up with the Basic Concept Fry Brothers Control Fry’s Electronics in an... — read more
There you go: Fry's Electronics Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Seoul Semiconductor (SS) got Permanent injunction against Fry’s Electronics... The Texas Eastern District federal court issued a permanent injunction against the sales of several TV and lighting products, including a Philips TV product, as well as... — read more
Oxnard
I just came back from the Oxnard store. The parking lot was empty. I saw plenty of empty shelves. There was only one cashier. All other registers closed. The whole store was quiet. No music playing. I found an associate and he asked me if he could... — read more
Fry's in Renton, WA
I went to the Renton, WA store last Monday (Dec, 9) and was SHOCKED at how empty the shelves were. Not 1 single hard drive, Literally 4 monitors on display, the entire Bose display is gone a sign that said they were 100% out of motherboards. I... — read more
Real Reasons for Good Shortage at Fry's
There's been a rumor for awhile that the personal bankruptcy of one of the Fry brothers has dragged the company into a situation that affected their credit line. That is supposedly one of the real reasons they haven't been able to acquire new... — read more
Tariffs and Retail Apocalypse
Fry's going under has nothing to do with tariffs! Don't believe this liberal fake news garbage. If tariffs were in fact hurting everyone, then Amazon, Microcenter, Staples, Office Depot, Best Buy, Costco... all places that sell electronics made in... — read more
Tempe
just went to Fry's Tempe night before last...the only thing emptier than the shelves was the parking lot...talked to a dept manager he told me they have had a delivery in over 4 months. If they're "re-tooling" their business plan or waiting for "new... — read more
Burbank
Tonight I went to Fry's in Burbank, CA to buy a Western Digital External Hard Drive. I got to the store and rack upon rack were empty. I'm going throughout the whole store and noticing that entire aisles are totally empty. I'm having trouble finding... — read more
San Diego!
San Diego visit over the weekend: Network Cards? Yea, we got one from "HiRo" RAM: Nothing current, just old returns. CPUS: Nope. Motherboards? One model, none on display. Power Supplies? Nope. Hard Drives? Nope. SSDs? Nope. 2' Ethernet Cables? Yea... — read more
Texas
All 4 Fry's locations in Texas near me in the Dallas/Fort Worth area are absolutely vacant now. I used to go there to check out computer components, motherboards, memory, cases, etc... but now...the old section for motherboards is stacked floor to... — read more
Concord, CA
Went to the Fry's in Concord, CA today. It was worse than my last visit. More shelves were empty. The remaining laptops were now on a long table instead of the section that the were previously in. There were still TVs but not nearly as many as was... — read more
Sunnyvale
Just returned from the Sunnyvale one, looking for printer ink, and, as I haven't been to one it quite a while, was shocked at all the empty shelves...... Row after row of empty shelves. And, where there was stock, there was only a handful of items on... — read more
Frys in Dallas
Frys in Dallas. Parking lot empty. Maybe a dozen or fewer employees. Shelves bare. I asked. “No, were not closing. “ Heck, they won’t even be able to pay their light bill. I think they’re toast.
Pepsi cooler
Let’s put it this way, the Pepsi cooler was emptied and the vendor had a paper shipping it out of the store...
Southwest Houston
Was at Fry's in Southwest Houston on 11/27, sign on door said Open Black Friday, what's to open for. Shelves nearly bare. I whole row which used to be dedicated to software had 1 kite kit on every shelf. Empty parking lot, main entry aisle where... — read more