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Re: Dueling Krogers
Posted by Rich on 10/21/2005, 3:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Dueling Krogers"
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Pick-n-Pay had two long running stores close together in Mayfield Heights. One was a former Foodtown at Eastgate, the other was a Pick-n-Pay at Golden Gate that was built as such and opened right around the time they bought Foodtown's stores. The Golden Gate store was taken over by an independent as Gale's Village Market in the 70s and is now no longer a super market. The Eastgate store morphed into a larger format super store in the late 70s. The two Pick-n-Pays operated for about 20 years. Very briefly, Pick-n-Pay also operated a former Foodtown in Euclid that was two blocks away from one of its very first stores, on Lake Shore Blvd. That ex-Foodtown became a Super Valu and then a Fazio's. Now it's a Marc's. --Previous Message--
: From roughly 1976 to 1979, there were two
: Pick-N-Pays operating within two blocks
: of each other on Clark Avenue in
: Cleveland, OH. One store was the
: original Pick-N-Pay that opened in the
: 1950's; the other was a former Kroger
: that Pick-N-Pay took over in 1976
: shortly after Kroger closed all of
: their Cleveland area Kroger-branded
: stores. In 1979, the original
: Pick-N-Pay closed; that building became
: a Rite Aid/Family Dollar combo. The
: former Kroger later became Finast, then
: Tops. That store recently closed when
: Tops announced the closing of several
: of their OH stores.
:
: For several years, there were two
: Save-A-Lots that operated within a few
: blocks of each other in the Detroit
: Avenue area of Cleveland-one store,
: part of a former Pick-N-Pay at West
: 65th and Franklin, is shared with a CVS
: pharmacy. The newer Save-A-Lot, at
: West 59th and Detroit, is in a former
: Kroger building that also was a
: Bi-Rite, an IGA, and a few other small
: chains before Save-A-Lot took over.
: The West 65th and Franklin Save-A-Lot
: closed about a year ago.
:
: --Previous Message--
: There is an interesting phenomenon in
: the
: Buckhead area of Atlanta. On Peachtree
: Road there are two Kroger stores
: operating virtually across the road
: from each other. What makes this
: interesting is that neither store was
: originally a Kroger. One was originally
: and A&P Food Market and one was a
: Harris Teeter. Both chains exited the
: ATL market several years ago-both
: stores still retain their original
: exteriors and interiors-the only
: difference is the Kroger logo replacing
: the old signage. Have you seen a
: similar occurance in your area with
: your local chains?
:
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