Retail Forever

CVS #1650 Opened:  1999 Address:  130 Hockersville Rd Photographed:  May 2022 CVS #1922 Opened:  193 Address:  6301 Grayson Rd Photographed:  May 2022 For today's double-feature, we have two CVS stores in Dauphin County. First up - CVS #1650 in Hershey. CVS #1650, like most Central Pennsylvanian CVSes started out as a Peoples Drug Store, this one located at 25 Derrytown Mall. It opened on November 29, 1968 and became CVS in 1991. It was relocated to its current location, 130 Hockersville Road, in 1999. The history of store #1922 in Harrisburg is much more condensed. It opened in the late 1980s/early 1990s as a Fay's and became CVS in 1993.

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)

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.