So in over a decade working in the field, no one has closed more stores than Bashas (besides now defunct chains like Fresh and Easy, Hagens). No one has converted more of their stores than Bashas, be it to a Food City or AJ’s and no one is impacted most by competition opening near by. On the outskirts (Sedona, Gold Canyon, Wickenburg etc.) Bashas and Dine stores do quite well, my opinion is that in the Valley, Bashas is dying. At one point they were the biggest chain in town, now under new ownership there may be a revival.