Retail Forever

LIDL #1166 Opened:  2020 Address:   150 N. DuPont Hwy Photographed:  July 2021 This is our second-to-last Doverean (I don't think that's a real word, does it make sense?) supermarket to take a look at (the other being an Aldi). So, without further ado, here we go. This is a typical store with not much special information, so I'll make this short and sweet. Lidl's 25,000 sq. ft. Dover store opened on February 5, 2020, as the chain's second Delawarean location. October 2019 Google Maps Streetview - Lidl #1166 under construction

WALGREENS #15360 Opened:  2013 Address:   801 7th St NW Photographed:  October 2021 For our first stop in Washington, DC we have a Walgreens located in the city's Chinatown district. Make sure to stay tuned, as we'll have many more stores from the area throughout the coming weeks! Now, this is something that doesn't happen every day. This Walgreens used to be a CVS . CVS closed on October 23, 2007 in favor of the store at 400 Massachusetts Ave. On February 21, 2013, Walgreens opened its seventh flagship store in the former CVS.  Some unique features of Walgreens #15360 would be the Mandarin and Chinese characters on the facade, translating to the word "pharmacy". Another would be the fact that this store is three levels, totaling over 21,000 square feet.  CVS, August 2007 (Google Maps Streetview) Former CVS, July 2009 (Google Maps Streetview)

SAFEWAY #1763 Opened:  2001 Address:   190 John Hunn Brown Rd Photographed:  July 2021 Welcome to Dover! Before visiting Aldi and Lidl, let's take a glimpse at the one traditional supermarket I have photographed in Dover - Safeway #1763. Before the current Dover store, Safeway operated two other supermarkets in Dover, at 25 Greentree Dr and 1255 S. State St. Both of these closed in 1987 with the rest of Safeway's Delawarean stores. The opening of this store marked the start of Safeway's second try in Delaware. The store at 190 John Hunn Brown Rd opened in Spring 2001. The exterior was "remodeled" (they updated the logo) at some point between 2008 and 2012. When ACME and Safeway have overlaps in terms of store locations, one of them usually ends up closing. In 2018, the Safeway in Wilmington closed in favor of an ACME. Also in 2018, here in Dover, the ACME closed in favor of this Safeway. ACME's former Dover store (Photo from Acme Styl

RITE AID #11148 Opened:  2007 Address:   120 S. Mill Rd Photographed:  September 2021 RITE AID #3602 Opened:  1998 Address:   5675 York Rd Photographed:  September 2021 Welcome to Kennett Square! This is our only post on Retail Forever this time around, but we've also got the former Sears Hardware over on Kmart Forever, which you can take a look at too! If you've been following the Weekly Digest series, you've probably already seen the photos for the next few posts, but if you haven't, you'll just have to wait until next week to see! Rite Aid #11148 started out in 2001 as Eckerd #6279 (which was originally located at 345 Scarlett Rd and relocated here in 2001). In 2007, upon Rite Aid acquiring the Eckerds, this store was converted to Rite Aid, becoming store #11148.  Before the 2020/21 logo update (Photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr) BONUS RITE AID #3602 - NEW OXFORD, PA My photo of this store is pretty much trash, although since I wrote out a post I figured I should

SAFEWAY #2706 Opened:  2005 Address:   19283 Coastal Hwy Photographed:  July 2021 Before leaving Rehoboth Beach and heading up to Dover (where there's another Safeway...), we've got one more supermarket to look at - Safeway #2706. And, to sweeten the deal, I've got several interior photos of this one... Surprisingly, this isn't the first Safeway in Rehoboth Beach. There was a store that opened in the 1970s and closed in 1987 at 19724 Coastal Hwy. But that's not the purpose of today's post. This post is about the current store at 19283 Coastal Hwy. Safeway's (new) 55,000 sq. ft. Rehoboth Beach supermarket, store #2706, opened on November 17, 2005, holding a grand opening the next day. This was one of the first stores to use the new logo (although for some strange reason, the fuel station used the older one, I still don't know what went on there...). It was also one of the first to feature the Lifestyle format, which it still uses to this day. The original

CVS #2371 Opened:  1999 Address:   2020 Columbia Ave Photographed:  November 2021 Welcome back to Lancaster! Before moving on to Kennett Square, I have one more (for the time being) Lancastrian CVS in my backlog. One of the few non-acquired, non-relocation CVS stores in the county, this store opened on March 21, 1999. It was remodeled in 2018/19, and was formerly a 24-hour store. (Google Maps Streetview) (Google Maps Streetview) An older photo from September I found on my phone

ALDI #1476 Opened:  2009 Address:   98 Chesapeake Blvd Photographed:  July 2021 Aldi's Elkton supermarket - located just 400 feet from the Delaware-Maryland border -  at 98 Chesapeake Boulevard opened in 2009 and was remodeled in early 2019, holding a grand reopening on May 17, 2019. Courtesy Aldi As construction of Aldi #1476 was first starting (Google Maps streetview) Original appearance of Aldi #1476 (Google Maps Streetview)

From CuddlesTheTiger.  I'm not sure when this Karns opened, but the cool part about this Karns is that each aisle is named after a street in Hershey, which you'll see in some of the pictures. The Karns also has the Hershey Pharmacy, dry cleaner, a cafè along with a Wine and Spirits in store. And their fried chicken is better than Giant's in my opinion. Their hot food bar is definitely worth trying. Post submitted by CuddlesTheTiger Thanks again to CuddlesTheTiger for providing the above post! Interested in contributing to Retail Forever? Learn how here .

RITE AID #246 Opened:  2001 Address:   337 W. Chocolate Ave Photographed:  August 2021 Welcome back to The Rite-Up! Today, we make a brief return to the Hershey/Hummelstown area of Dauphin County. After this, we're headed back to Lancaster, then on to Kennett Square. Rite Aid #246, one of approximately 20 with Keystone Drug roots, opened in 1976 at 271 W. Chocolate Ave, upon Rite Aid acquiring Keystone. In 2001, however, Rite Aid would relocate to its current location at 337 W. Chocolate Ave, building a newer, larger, and more modern store. Likely due to its proximity to Rite Aid's corporate headquarters in Camp Hill (planned to relocate to Philadelphia in 2022), this store's exterior is quite deluxe, and does not match (or even resemble) any of the company's other stores from the era. Rite Aid #246, pre-remodel (photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr)