The Kroger location at 700 Spinning Road near Dayton, Ohio, apparently opened in 1967 as part of a small shopping center. Sometime in the 1980s, it was remodeled into a smaller adaptation of the “Greenhouse” style stores Kroger was opening throughout the chain. This decor package featured curving walls and super-graphics using the Bauhaus font. In most stores. The signage colors varied by department, but this is not the case in the Dayton store,. Based on the colors currently used, I suspect the signs may have been repainted during the “Grid” decor years of the 1990s. Otherwise, it is a pretty faithful abbreviated version of the “Greenhouse” model, and it still seems to be doing a pretty brisk business.
I moved here over 4 years ago and I couldn’t believe that a major chain store like this looked like it was stuck in 1980. This store is in a low-income part of town and it is nicknamed “Kroghetto” by a couple of my friends but I disagree as the Smithville Road location is really in the ghetto outside downtown Dayton. I heard from a co-worker of mine that for years Kroger has wanted to tear down the shopping center this store is in and build a new one or expand and remodel this store but the Tavern next door refuses to move out of the shopping center.
Looks like it will be the last one after March 3, 2020 – as the one in Springfield, OH is closing: https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/business/south-limestone-kroger-springfield-close-march/3MhHbQnu1xU4JxGQNaLajL/
Not sure I knew about that one. I may have to try to get up there before it closes. It looks interesting inside and out!