Retail Forever

CVS #1654 Opened:  2014 Address:   1700 N. George St Photographed:  August 2021 Welcome back to Retail Forever! As this is the fourth CVS in a row to be featured on this blog, you're probably bored with the chain (I know I sure am). You'll probably be relieved that up next, we have a Rite Aid and not another CVS. Like many other Central-Pennsylvanian CVS stores, this one started out as a Rea & Derick. It opened on March 1, 1959, with a shopping center at 1500 N. George St. In 1991, it became a CVS. Despite many relocation waves, this CVS held remained open and went on to become the last former Peoples Drug/Rea & Derick in the area before CVS finally decided to relocate in 2014. Original store #1654 (Photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr)

WEIS #274 Opened:  2016 Address: 19287 Miller Rd Photographed:  July 2021 Weis #274 started its life in the late1980s as a Food Lion. It was later expanded and remodeled in 1997 . In 2016, Food Lion's owner, Delhaize Group, merged with Ahold (which already owned the Giant Food chain), causing many overlaps in terms of store locations. This resulted in 38 Food Lion stores being sold to Weis Markets , including four Delawarean stores. These stores went on to become Weis's first stores in the state. UPDATE 04/16/22: This store was announced to be closing permanently in mid-May. Photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr

CVS #1657 Opened:  Mid-2000s Address:   2080 S. Queen St Photographed:  August 2021 Our drugstore series has finally arrived in York! Today, we've got a semi-interesting CVS located in the city's south end. Here we go! This store started out on November 23, 1984, at 2057 Springwood Road as a Peoples Drug store. In 1991, it was converted to a CVS with the rest of the chain. In the mid-2000s, it relocated to its current location at 2080 S. Queen St, becoming a 24-hour store. In 2020, the store was remodeled inside and out, refreshing the exterior and adding a HealthHub.  They are advertising for HealthHub in literally every place they can! HealthHub logo on the floor near the entrance, sorry about the blurry photo Listing of HealthHub services on one of the back walls, in retrospect it probably would have been helpful to take a photo of the whole sign... Old store, 2057 Springwood Rd (Photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr)

WEIS #67 Opened:  1994 Address:   1170 Mae St Photographed:  July 2021 Happy New Year! 🥳 Weis's Hummelstown store (#67) originally opened in 1968 at the Park Village Shopping Center. In January 1994, with co-anchor Kmart , it relocated to the current location at 1170 Mae Street. After the original store's closure, it was converted to a  Scot's Lo-Cost and a franchised Save-A-Lot. However, these stores were later found to be "sham supermarkets", only open to prevent Giant from opening in the former Kmart space.  The original store at Park Village in 1981 (Photo: Vintage Aerial) The old store after being converted to a Save-A-Lot, before being demolished for Sheetz (Photo: The Weis Project)