Retail Forever

WEIS #98 Opened:  Mid 1970s Address:   1786 Columbia Ave Photographed:  September 2021 I'm not really sure how to start this post off, so let's get started... Weis #98, a mid-1970s model store, opened (obviously) in the mid-1970s. Like many other stores, #98's exterior was remodeled in the early 1990s, adding a mirrored facade and white pillars (I'm not particularly fond of this model). Throughout the 2010s, several small exterior improvements were made, leading up to the removal of the mirrored facade in summer 2019.  Appearance of Weis #98 after the 1990s remodel (Photo from The Weis Project)

RITE AID #4260 Opened:  1996 Address:   4299 Union Deposit Rd Photographed:  November 2021 For our first and only stop in Harrisburg this time around, we have another installment of The Rite-Up.  This store was built in 1996 (I think), as an addition to the existing shopping center. In 2011, this store was the first of the chain's stores to feature the new Wellness decor package. In 2020/21, this store received the latest exterior remodel. There were two additional exterior designs this store used between 2011 and 2020, which can be found  here .

WEIS #138 Opened:  1990s Address:   1400 Stony Battery Rd Photographed:  August 2021 Welcome back. Today is the one-year anniversary of the Willow Street Kmart closure :(. For this week and the next, we've got two Lancaster County Weis stores to take a look at, both of which are in West Hempfield Township. (This is the first one, Columbia is the second). Weis #138, the precursor for superstores like #17 on Fruitville Pike, opened in late 1995 or early 1996. At the time of its opening, Weis #138 featured no tower entrance like it does today. Instead, a large, nondescript, standalone store with a "sloping, green-topped roof covering the porch in its middle" (wording from archived copy of http://weisproject.com/store_detail.php?store=138 ). A Weis Gas-N-Go was later added. Original appearance of Weis #138 (Photo from The Weis Project) Weis Gas 'N Go

CVS #1675 Opened:  1991 Address:   1278 Millersville Pike Photographed:  October 2021 Now that we've finished our excursion into Baltimore County, Maryland, we're back up in Lancaster, up next, we're headed up to Harrisburg. CVS #1675, another store with roots as Rea & Derick, opened its doors on August 14, 1962 as said Rea & Derick. In 1991, with all the other Rea & Dericks, it was converted to CVS. Before exterior signage update (Photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr)

GIANT #349 Opened:  2007 Address:   3530 Sugarloaf Pkwy Photographed:  September 2021 Welcome to our second and final grocery store post from the Frederick area. Up next, we're headed back up to Lancaster for Weis #138. Giant #349, a 56,657 sq. ft. supermarket at the Villages at Urbana shopping center in Frederick (to be more specific, Urbana) opened on March 2, 2007, under the chain's Super Giant banner. When the Super Giant concept was phased out in 2010, this store was rebranded as a regular Giant.