Retail Forever

This is a typical Dollar Tree. Concrete floors, Unbranded products, and everything's $1.00. I'm unsure of when it opened (It's a dollar store. Newspapers aren't really going to write articles about it.). It was expanded in early 2021. *cough* "Everything's $1.00" *cough* If you're reading this, you know what happened. Expanded Dollar Tree #4563 A photo I happened to capture back in November 2020, before plans for expansion were known. Quick Information: Opened: Unknown Address:  165 Rohrerstown Rd Photographed: November 2020 / April 2021

Giant Food Store #6463, located at 173 Holly Road in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania opened in 2010 across the street from a Redner's , which we covered back in March. This location features a gas station and still features the "Fun House 2" decor package on the interior. Quick Information: Opened:  2010 Address:  173 Holly Rd Photographed:  March 2018

Chuck E Cheeses' Lancaster location, at 2074 Fruitville Pike in Lancaster, Pennsylvania opened in the Mid-1990s with the center. It closed in early 2020 (likely due to the pandemic). In late 2020, Five Below announced that they'd relocate from across the center to the space. Five Below's original location (Google Maps imagery) Chuck E Cheeses (Google Maps) It kind of looks like a late 1990s Rite Aid! The old road sign, which is covered. And, I'll finish up with some aerial shots from Google Earth 2013 view of the building (Google Earth) Future CEC, in 1992 (Google

Rite Aid #11166, located at 1140 Town Square Road in North Coventry, Pennsylvania originally opened in 2004 as a relocation of the store at the Coventry Mall. It became Rite Aid in 2007 with all the other Eckerd stores, and it received the new Rx Revolution signage on the exterior in 2020. The store with the new signage. It looks nice, but I still think it looks better on a Customer World-era Curved store. Before the 2020 signage upgrade (Google Maps in September 2012) And here are the aerial photos from Google Earth. Future site of Eckerd / Rite Aid- December 2001 Current site of Rite Aid #11166 - October 2020 Quick Information: Opened: 2004 / 2007 Address: 1140 Town Square Rd Photographed: April 2021

Welcome back to Retail Forever! Today we have the first Whole Foods Market I have photographed!  Whole Foods Market #10624 opened in June 2018 and was the company's first location in Lancaster County. Located in the Shoppes of Belmont, the store joins other retailers such as Target, Michaels, and Dick's Sporting Goods. Before the store was built Google Earth imagery Quick Information: Opened:  2018 Address:  1563 Fruitville Pike Photographed:  January 2021

CVS #1669, located at 2410 Willow Street Pike in Willow Street, Pennsylvania opened in 2018 as the relocation of the original store, which was located at 103 Willow Valley Square and was formerly a Rea & Derick. It became CVS in 1991, and as stated above, relocated across the street in 2018 as CVS attempted to exit shopping centers. The new location is the newest CVS in Lancaster County and features the newest company prototype.  The Google Streetview car actually drove by as this was being built, so here's a screenshot from Google Maps showing this. The original location, which is tiny. It makes sense why they wanted to move (Google Maps) And here's some aerial shots from Google Earth I probably should've stated this above, but this space was formerly a part of the Willow Valley retirement home After the housing/condos were demolished The new store.  Quick Information: Opened: 1991 / 2018 Address: 103 Willow Valley Square / 2410 Willow Street Pike Photographed: Marc

Rite Aid #11172, located at 4630 Perkiomen Ave in Reading, Pennsylvania opened in 2012 as the relocation of a store at 4280 Perkiomen Ave, which was formerly a Thrift Drug (opened in 1970) and Eckerd (opened around 1997). The original location became Rite Aid in 2007. This location was updated to feature the newest exterior signage in 2020. The new location, with the new signage. The new store, but before the exterior refresh in 2020 (Google Maps) The old location, as it appears in 2015 (Google Maps) The entrance to the remodeled store. If you ask me, I'd say that it looks absolutely stunning. And here are some aerial shots from Google Earth The new location as it appears in November 2020. Before the new store was built. This imagery is from 2005. Quick Information: Opened: 1970 / 1997 / 2007 / 2012 Address: 4280 Perkiomen Ave / 4630 Perkiomen Ave Photographed: April 2021

Weis #65, located at 31 Rohrerstown Road in Lancaster, Pennsylvania opened around 1970. It featured the yellow lettering until its closure around 2014. It's now a Community Aid Thrift Store. Before closure Google Maps imagery The store as a Community Aid The store as a Community Aid Quick Information: Opened:  Around 1970 Address:  31 Rohrerstown Road Photographed:  January 2021

Best Buy #1197, located at 1700 Fruitville Pike in Lancaster, Pennsylvania originally opened in 1998 as Circuit City #3707. It closed in 2009 with the rest of the chain and sat abandoned for about a year before becoming Pennsylvania's first HH Gregg (another consumer electronics retailer) in 2010. HH Gregg liquidated in 2017 with the rest of the chain, and in 2018, Best Buy relocated from its location at 1801 Hempstead Road, which opened only nine years prior, in 2009 to this space. The original store is now Bob's Discount Furniture Circuit City, as it appears after its March 2009 closure (LNP | LancasterOnline) The current location The store as Pennsylvania's first HH Gregg (Google Earth) Circuit City, as it appears during its liquidation (LNP | LancasterOnline) The original Best Buy location, which opened in 2009 (Google Earth) The only photo of Bob's Discount Furniture I could find online (Nicholas Peyuka via Google Maps) The original Best Buy #1197, before its 2009