Retail Forever

SHEETZ #717 Opened:  2021 Address:  2149 State Rd Photographed:  May-December 2021 This post is a little different than the blog standard. Instead of a drugstore, today we'll be looking at one of the latest Sheetz convenience stores from start to finish. Construction Started: (around) April 2021 Opened: September 2021 October 2019 (Google Maps Streetview) May 28, 2021 June 2, 2021 June 4, 2021 June 9, 2021 June 20, 2021 June 30, 2021 August 8, 2021 September 30, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 December 25, 2021 December 25, 2021 December 25, 2021 December 25, 2021

ACME #874 Opened:  1954 Address:   1901 Concord Pike Photographed:  December 2021 For our second and final stop in Wilmington, before moving on to Hamburg and York, we have one more store to take a look at -- ACME #874. One of the oldest ACMEs still in operation, store #7874 in Wilmington opened on November 3, 1954. It was later converted to a Super Saver in the 1970s, before being converted back to an ACME in the 1980s. Store #7874 was remodeled around 2010. ACME #7874 pre-remodel (Photo by Otherstream on Flickr)

WALGREENS #11006 Opened:  2006 Address:   2119 Concord Pike Photographed:  December 2021 Continuing our Happy-Harry's-Turned Walgreens series, which we haven't had an installment of in a while, we have one of the oldest of the chain's stores, located in the Fairfax area of Wilmington. This store has a long history, dating back to 1973 when Happy Harry's acquired a Cash Saver Drug store at 2303 Concord Pike, converting it to store #6 for the small chain. Happy Harry's later relocated to 2119 Concord, in a space formerly occupied by 'Fabric Den'. In 2006, with all the other Happy Harry's stores, this store was sold to Walgreens and was rebranded in 2011. Happy Harry's #6, August 2007 (Google Maps Streetview)

SPROUTS #816 Opened:  2020 Address: 4801 Concord Pike Photographed:  December 2021 Now that we're finished with Harrisburg, let's move on to Wilmington, DE. We have two supermarkets in Wilmington, this one and another that we'll be seeing next week. This was the first Delawarean store for the Sprouts Farmers Markets chain. It opened on March 11, 2020, in a space vacated by Barnes & Noble in 2019.  Former Barnes & Noble (Photo from Yelp)

CVS #1672 Opened:  1991 Address:   1575 S. Market St Photographed:  December 2021 For our second and final stop in the Harrisburg area this time around, we have CVS #1672 in Elizabethtown. Up next, we're headed to Wilmington. Another store with Rea & Derick roots, CVS #1672 in Elizabethtown opened on August 19, 1984, as Rea & Derick, replacing an ACME supermarket that closed in summer 1982 . It was converted to CVS in 1991 with the rest of Rea & Derick's stores.  While the exterior looks like it could use some work, the interior has been fully remodeled to the latest CVS prototype, which I've dubbed as "Plain and boring" If I had to take a guess, I'd say this cart has probably been here since this place opened in 1991.