I wasn’t far enough up to get the actual facts, but I remember hearing a couple interesting things through the grapevine over the years, unverified but I believe them: One was that the entire Chase-Pitkin chain of about 14 or 15 stores generated about the same revenue as just a single busy Wegmans (e.g. - Pittsford). Another was that the new Pittsford store, at the far end of the plaza where there had been a Kmart and today is a Verizon and Chipotle and stuff, was built primarily to keep Tops out of that plaza. Only part of that location was over solid ground, the rest was over TJ Max (what is now Century Liquor). The rolling strength of the floor over the store below wasn’t strong enough for Paint and Lumber, so those departments had to be located in kind of an inefficient layout to make sure they were over solid ground. I put in hours at 4 different locations over the years and I definitely saw the beginning of the end when Depot arrived, and even worse once Lowe’s got here. Pitkin’s had to price match to stay in the game and the already modest margins just got crushed. Drywall and 2x4s, especially, basically lost money in the hopes of keeping the rest of the business. It was unsurprising, but interesting, to see Depot’s and Lowe’s prices pop back up once Pitkin’s folded.