Retail Forever

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 #387 Opened:  1999 Address:   19312 Lighthouse Plaza Photographed:  July 2021 Giant Food of Maryland, LLC opened its 55,797 sq. ft. Super G store in Rehoboth Beach on March 20, 1999. When the Super G name was phased out in 2005, this store (along with all others in Delaware) received new signage, the current Giant logo of the time. However, when the logo changed in 2008, it was remodeled yet again, giving it the look that can be found today. The store's original appearance as Super G (Photo from the Cape Gazette) Appearance before the new signage was installed around 2008 (Google Maps imagery)

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)

GIANT #6567 Opened:  2019 Address:   35 Friendly Dr Photographed:  July 2021 Similar to Giant's Columbia location, this store started out as a Musser's Market in February 2003. However, this wasn't the first location for Musser's Buck store. The Friendly Drive store originally opened in 1973. That store is where a strip mall now stands , connected to the newer store. Like the other Musser's stores in Columbia and Lebanon, it was sold to Giant, reopening on November 8, 2019, the same day as the Columbia store (Lebanon reopened a week prior). Photo by Theodore Nichols on Google Maps

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...