evidence: Pre-COVID, Walmart was gradually reducing the number of stores open 24-hours. COVID was likely a catalyst; I'll bet very few stores will ever return to 24-hours. On another site, a person who works for Meijer claimed that the reduction in shrink more than offset the overnight sales gains -- and that's not factoring in wages (one or two dedicated cashiers and LP staff worked overnight), and it was improbable the chain will return to 24-hours. [...] I suspect if/when Wal Mart returns to 24 hour operations in some of these places, Kroger will go back to 24 hour operations too. As long as Wal Mart is doing the 11 PM closure, Kroger will be comfortable with 11 PM closing time in many places too. Kroger really seems to act as if Wal Mart is its only competitor anymore. And it sure shows in how they've let the quality of their operation decline. I doubt most Walmart locations will ever go back to 24-hour hours.storewanderer wrote: ↑April 18th, 2021, 1:25 pmSmiths had kept some stores in Las Vegas 24 hours up until COVID. Up in Reno they kept Reno, Sparks, and Dayton Smiths as 24 hours up until COVID.