Glimpse: Safeway #1763 - Dover, DE

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SAFEWAY #1763

Opened: 2001

Address:  190 John Hunn Brown Rd

Photographed: July 2021

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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 Style)