Retail Forever

RITE AID #3611 Opened:  1988 Address:   455 N. Enola Rd Photographed:  August 2021 Our second and final stop in Enola (well, all of Cumberland County for that matter) is Rite Aid #3611. Next, we're headed to Dauphin for yet another Rite Aid. Let's go!  A former Drug Fair, this store has similar roots (and a similar store number) to #3610 in Columbia, which we featured back in January 2021. Drug Fair opened in the 1970s, and by 1988, like most of the chain's other stores, had been converted to Rite Aid. As is the case with almost all Rite Aid stores at this point, this store received the Rx Evolution (also known as gray) prototype exterior in 2020. (Photo from wrdc.net) (Photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr)

TOM'S #9 Opened:  1997 Address:   459 N. Enola Rd Photographed:  August 2021 Remember that Tom's convenience store in Shrewsbury , which was featured on this blog back in July? Well, here I am at another Tom's, this time in Enola. If you're interested in the history of Tom's, I went into detail about it in the Shrewsbury post , so if you want some background on Tom's, I'd recommend you go check that out! Tom's #9, another store of the Pointed Roof design, opened in 1997, a year after Shrewsbury. Around 2012, many Tom's stores were converted to Sunoco, but this one was only converted halfway. The convenience store was rebranded to Sunoco A-Plus, however, the gas pumps continued to operate as Tom's. But then everything changed. Again. The Enola store was one of over 1,000 to be purchased by 7-Eleven in 2018 and by 2021, it has been completely converted to 7-Eleven. Tom's #9 - October 2008 - Likely the original appearance (Google Maps Streetview...