Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: TRU CARS Budget? How’s About Some Cereal & Beef Jerky?
Apparently TRU is going to be the world’s largest 7-11.*
“On Wednesday, Toys “R” Us will announce the opening in 260 of its 585 stores a new convenience section called the “R” Market, which will offer an assortment of consumables and household items such as cereal, macaroni and cheese, canned food, granola bars, cleaning supplies, paper goods, hand soap, juice boxes and nonperishable milk. The “R” Markets will also offer a wider variety of diapers, baby food and other infant supplies for Toys “R” Us consumers. The company will open “R” Markets in additional stores by the end of the year.”
So in case you’re wondering what exactly TRU is budgeting for purchasing, it ain’t toys or CARS but hand soap and mac & cheese? … gee, where else would we find such staples of life?
Via Time magazine which actually also points out …
“For example, a collectible Lighting McQueen, the main character in the hit Pixar movie Cars, costs $2.97 at Wal-Mart. At Toys “R” Us, he and other key characters go for $3.59. Monopoly is $10.44 at Wal-Mart and $12.99 at Toys “R” Us. Here’s a real shocker: at Wal-Mart, a “Surf’s Up” Barbie doll — basically, Barbie in a bathing suit — costs just $5.44. The retail price at the Phillipsburg Toys “R” Us: $19.99.”
It’s a nice feature that also raises the other issue that kids might not really appreciate being in the Clorox aisle :-/
Though TRU is claiming the only space being given over to this is for 4+ clothes which they will stop selling … and they are going to reconfigure for more toys … okay, we’ll believe that when we see it …
*At least 7-11 has slurpees!
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metroxing
29 April 2009
Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV
25 Comments
tru has cars? my local tru is full of clearance priced speed racer and Indiana jones stuff.
Our TRU changed about a month ago to this. And yes I do think it is stupid to put food and toilet paper in a toy store….however, the majority of it at ours is baby and kids foods. They have alot of organic and lower sugared stuff for kids and the prices aren’t too bad. My 4yr old actually looked in the aisles and found some pretty healthy snacks-this from the kid who will only eat chicken nuggets, pizza and mac n cheese. Of course that is all we left with that day since they have not had any new cars since Case D!
right now i am enjoying my 90% off easter reeses that i got from target…could sure use a slurpee.
I miss slurpees!!!!!
This has already happened at my TRU and, while it is true that they replaced the clothing section with the food and toilet paper section, their selection of Cars still sucks. They do have a bunch of Octane Gain Haulers though (no other haulers, very strange)
Until TRU starts to stock more CARS on the shelves, “R Store” will continue to be Target.
2 sell that, buy a box of food and get a car free!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO theres a free one, TRU!!!!!
TRU needs a hardware section with 16 oz hammers! 🙂
That’ll get rid of those peg warmers. 🙂
I heard they’re going to launch with a special promotion: buy 5 cans of expired Spam and send in the UPC’s and $5.00 for a box of Twinkies.
Is it the expired Twinkies? Otherwise, I’m not participating!! 😆
Is there such a thing?
no these things never expire. they are like a fine wine. they get better with age. so im with chucki_mama. i will only participate if they are the old classic ones. i want VINTAGE PACKAGING. when it comes to serious collecting, i am not an opener. the new packaging i can get at any convenience store, but the vintage..aha..now were talking. can’t wait. gotta fill up my order form to speed up the process. http://www.tru5for1promovintagetwinkie.com woohooo.
Slurpee’s are the best things ever!
Brain freeze alert!!
… that’s assuming there’s anything TO freeze, of course… 😉
And after all John did for you, to insult HIM like that!! for shame!!
But did you notice how I waited until AFTER he sent out my package? (btw John, it’s best to let poor old PD think I was making fun of YOU instead of him. He doesn’t know better… it’s the age. Picture Jack Sparrow’s Dad, but a bit more frayed at the edges…)
and you still hope we have a face to face someday eh little boy??
You are definitely on the EDGE!!! LMBO!!
beginning of the end for TRU….
WHAT THE F……..?
Wait until they find out 7-11s highest volume items are beer and smokes
errr… Collect them all???
Wow! Nothin’ like toys and tomato sauce…
Who is runnin’ this country anyway?
um . . .ok . . .
Currently in the UK TRU is the cheapest place for singles, but the launchers are £1 to £1.50 dearer than other stores!