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Hi, Yes in both cases. The Giant next to the closed Acme in West Chester was a Giuntas and also would be one of these stores. There are others , I believe there was one on route 30 a Shop &Bag outside of West Chester that was also built about this time. If the others come to me I will let you kn...

Hi, I can!t honestly say about the thriftway and Shop & Bag store question. But I can answer your Shop & Bag Aston Township question. The Shop & Bag was built to be a Shop &Bag and not and Acme. Fleming Oaks management after the great strike that saw about 40% of their business go to...

Back in the early 80!s there was a Finast in Bristol Conn that also dated from the 40!s that had wooden doors that opened to the street. It amazed me that this store lasted as l.ong as it did because there wasa store about a mile or so away that Finast built in the 70!s that also was opened. The las...

Hi, Dupont Street or Trolley Square was a very high volume store in its time. It still does well. it s location makes it a goldmine. There is a lot of money in the area and stable middle class area!s all around it. Verry little competition in the City of Wilmington. The store is landlocked, what cus...

Hi, Marsh and Silverside still is, Newark once upon a time was but is still extremly profitable/

Hi, Pike Creek is one of the highest voulume and one of the most profitable Supermarkets in the State. It may be the most profitable stores that Super Valu owns period. Next time you pass get out of the car and go inside. It has been renovated every 2 years for the last 20. Chestertown in a small A ...

Defunct SuperMarkets I Have Shopped In: Finast/First National Victory/Great American Food Fair/ Pantry Pride HoneYDew Markets American Family Stores Pickwell Markets Federated Co-op ( four Store co in Nyc) Parkers Thriftways 5 store chain Shop & Save Markets ( ten Store Chain) Clements Markets M...

Hi, If it were in New York or Philadelphia we could verry easily see if the roof were copper. All we would have to look for are the fellows who are stealing the roof after hours!

Just kidding... But it could happen in Ny

HI, I guess that could be. I am some what amazed that New Castle only is now served by only that A&P on one side of town and a Pathmark, along with a Sav A Lot that relocated to the old Thriftway building. It wasn!t all that long ago that the town had two Acmes,an A&P and a Food Fair/Thriftw...

Hi, Yes the store had the Glass Food Art. The Super Fresh was opened in the early 90!s. It replaced a Colonial that was located south of washington college on Washington Avenue.

Hi I worked as a department head at the Chestertown Acme when it had its last renovation. Over the years it has expanded into small stores to its rigth and to lts left added a Bakery and Produce wing as well as and Iced Seafood Case. In its last Renovation the Meat Room was cut down and a new Butche...

HI, According to the Baltmore Sun A&P will shutter and sell five eastern shore of Maryland and Delaware based Super Fresh stores this spring. The stores will liquidate and close by mid May. The company will then try to sell the buildings. ( the article said that the company will close 15 other u...

Hi, NOPE, Kiddie Land a Delaware independent chain and insttution. Belive me I know the difference. My kids were small and I shopped in Kiddie City, Toys R Us, Kiddie Land, KBToys and many others. Often going half nuts trying to find the latest and greatest toy that was in limited supply for Christm...

Hi, the Pep Boys that you are speaking of was a part of a five store toy store chain , known as Kiddie Land that died in the early80!s. They had a unit in a simillar store east of the Tri State Mall on Naamans Road( Up on A hill south Bound Lane) that is a home improvement store, they also had the o...

Hi, The shopping center was in the South bound lane of route 17. It once held two supermarkets the Acme which is the last building in the center with its exterior side wall facing 17. It also had a Grand Union at the other end of the center , with all of the other stores in the center. Across from t...