Retail Forever

CVS #4020 Opened:  2010 Address:   201 Fieldcrest Dr Photographed:  July 2021 Welcome back to Pennsylvania! Before heading over to York (where, surprise, surprise, I have more CVSes), we've got one more store to take a look at, that being CVS #4020 in Nottingham. Like all the other CVSes I've covered, this one is fairly extremely standard. It opened on June 20, 2010. Is it just me or is their signage a bit large?

GIANT #6097 Opened:  Early 2000s Address:   1250 Cocoa Ave Photographed:  July 2021 Giant #6097, located at 1250 Cocoa Ave in Hershey, PA opened in 2000 as the replacement for the store at 710 W. Chocolate Ave (which opened in the 1970s). As of July 2021, this is one of the few remaining stores to have orange exterior signage.

RITE AID #11193 Opened:  2007 Address:   18898 Rehoboth Mall Blvd Photographed:  July 2021 Before leaving Rehoboth Beach (well, all of Delaware actually), we've got one more drugstore to take a peek at -- Rite Aid #11193. Like many Rite Aid stores, this one started out as an Eckerd. Eckerd #6291 originally opened in the now-demolished Ames Plaza (approx address is 199 Ames Drive). That store became a Thrift Drug in 1982 before reverting to Eckerd in 1997. Eckerd then relocated to 18898 Rehoboth Mall Blvd, opening on March 18, 2001. It became Rite Aid #11193 in 2007. Entrance, facing the rest of the Rehoboth Mall Eckerd #6291 (Photo from Cape Gazette) Side of the store, visible from Highway One (aka Coastal Hwy) I'm afraid this is becoming a much too common sight among Rite Aid stores these days...

WEIS #63 Opened:  1967 Address:   441 W. Main St Photographed:  July 2021 Weis of Mount Joy, store #63, opened in 1967 with a similar design to #65 in Lancaster . It appears that this store was expanded to the right twice, once in the 1970s or 1980s and again in the 1990s. It was also refurbished, bringing the store almost to what it is today, except with a blue canopy and yellow lettering for all the exterior signage. It was remodeled again in 2004, swapping the yellow lettering for red, however, the canopy remained blue until 2011 or 2012. Appearance before the 2004 remodel (Photo from The Weis Project) The 1990s expansion October 2019 - Google Earth April 2005 - Google Earth 1983 - Historic Aerials 1972 - Historic Aerials

WALGREENS #11021 Opened:  2006 Address:   18993 Munchy Branch Rd Photographed:  July 2021 Welcome back to the last post of the year for our Happy Harry's-turned-Walgreens series (which is good, I'm out of intro ideas at this point...)! After this, we've got just one more drugstore to take a look at  - The Rite Aid in Rehoboth Beach. After that, we're headed back up to Pennsylvania where I've got quite a few more stores in my backlog. Happy Harry's #21 (Walgreens #11021) opened in 1988 in the Rehoboth Marketplace shopping center, 19287 Miller Rd. Like many other stores from the era, it relocated in 2001, to 18993 Munchy Branch Rd. Walgreens bought it in 2006 with the rest of the chain, it was rebranded in 2011. The original store in the Rehoboth Marketplace shopping center

For our next holiday post, we've got another store you may recognize. Our original post on this store was in January 2021. Here's the link to our original post in case you're interested. https://retailforever.blogspot.com/2021/01/glimpse-weis-88-lancaster-east.html This store only has a small area dedicated to Christmas merchandise.

GIANT #6028 Opened:  1979 / 2019 Address:   235 N. Reservoir St Photographed:  July 2021 Giant #6028, located at 235 N. Reservoir Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania opened in July 1979 as the chain's first store in Lancaster County. The exterior was remodeled in the 1990s, making it more standard among other Giant stores, however, it was announced for closure (along with #6458 on Fruitville Pike) in March 2017, and it closed on May 17 of that same year. In February 2019, it was reopened as a pickup and delivery hub for Giant Direct, serving the greater Lancaster area Appearance of the original store, after the remodel in the mid-1990s. (Bing Maps Streetside) October 2019 - Current satellite view - Google Earth April 1992 - The store's original appearance - Google Earth 1969 - Before anything was built - Historic Aerials

RITE AID #365 Opened:  2008 Address:   728 E. Pulaski Hwy Photographed:  July 2021 As stated last Friday, this week's posts include another installment of The Rite-Up. This store is located in Elkton, Maryland, and is the chain's lone Cecil County store.  Rite Aid #365 started out in the 1970s as a Read's at 103 Big Elk Mall, converting to a Rite Aid in 1977. In 2008, it relocated to its current location at 728 E Pulaski Hwy. The old store (Photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr)

For our next holiday post, we've got yet another  store you may recognize -- CVS #2297 . This store has about an aisle and a half dedicated to Christmas merchandise. In this photo, you can see one side of the half-aisle... and here's the other side of the half-aisle As well as the full aisle, from both sides.

Sorry I'm late this week, I forgot all about the Weekly Digest...

WEIS #191 Opened:  1997 Address:   5360 Lincoln Hwy E Photographed:  July 2021 Weis Markets #191, located at 5360 Lincoln Highway East in Gap, Pennsylvania opened on June 28, 1997, as the chain's 13th store in Lancaster County. It was damaged by an overnight fire on November 24, 2019, and reopened on April 22, 2021. The remodel also included the addition of a drive-thru pharmacy window. Original appearance of Weis #191, June 2017 (Photo by Bruce Woodloe on Google Maps) The store as it appears right before renovations started, September 2020 (Photo by Reid S. E. on Google Maps) The finished product! It looks amazing!