Humans certainly have a huge sense of entitlement when it comes to ownship of the world and I think it is starting to bite us in the ass.
Except in this case they're only here because of humans, which in my opinion makes them -- and managing their impact on the ecosystem -- our responsibility. It's not really entitlement to want to do that.
Yeah this thread is wild to read, I just assumed I'd see Peoples, Havana, L'affare, etc. but it looks like this is actually a very regional thing. Which is cool!
You could imagine they feel that the Countdown brand has suffered enough over the last few years to make rebranding worthwhile, but this doesn't seem like the way to win people back, for the reasons you say...
Except in this case they're only here because of humans, which in my opinion makes them -- and managing their impact on the ecosystem -- our responsibility. It's not really entitlement to want to do that.