Grand Union

AmesNewington · August 15, 2009, 07:09:51 PM

gu4ever: I'm really enjoying these pictures. Keep them coming. Thank you.

gu4ever · August 17, 2009, 08:48:40 PM

Close up of the Elizabethtown Store in New York.

gu4ever · August 17, 2009, 08:51:06 PM

View of store front from the street.

gu4ever · August 17, 2009, 09:01:03 PM

Street Sign.

gu4ever · August 20, 2009, 10:47:42 PM

Here's the store front of the Lake Placid Grand Union. This location was sold off to Tops during the bankruptcy, however now it sits vacant.

gu4ever · August 20, 2009, 10:49:25 PM

The entrance and exit of Lake Placid store.

gu4ever · August 20, 2009, 10:51:32 PM

The interior view of Lake Placid. This store had the same type of wall paper as the Tannersville, NY and Berlin, VT store.

gu4ever · August 20, 2009, 10:53:17 PM

The interior of Lake Placid, you can see the tray ceiling and the checker board floor. This is also seen in the Berlin, VT store.

jmcnamara96 · August 20, 2009, 11:25:59 PM

you should make a grand union web page like acme style has

gu4ever · August 22, 2009, 10:10:09 AM

Here's the store from Saranac Lake, NY. It's moderately sized and was very busy with customers in every aisle.

gu4ever · August 22, 2009, 10:23:44 AM

Inside the lobby entrance is a new welcome sign. This once featured the famous "GRAND UNION" "We Have a lot In Store For You".
Below the sign you can see through the doors into the store. They still have the Clean, Fresh and Good canopy. This location had been sold to Tops and I was surpirsed they didn't replace the glass panels with plain frosted. Clean, Fresh and Good was the Grand Union slogan of the 70's into the 80's.
I was thrilled to see the canopy though and also this next picture!!

gu4ever · August 22, 2009, 10:30:36 AM

The FAMOUS lighted Aisle Marker. This is what I remember from years an years ago....... The white glass panels that are visible once housed colorful artwork to cordinate with the category of the aisle, or also had panels that spoke to the company slogans of the time.
* red dot special
* clean, fresh and good
* more in your cart, less from your wallet

gu4ever · August 22, 2009, 10:33:02 AM

Leaving the plaza, I took this picture of the street sign.

AmesNewington · August 22, 2009, 11:27:31 AM

What do the price labels on the shelves look like? How about the price stickers for the bakery, deli, meats?? Just curious. If you continue your journey of visiting these GU's please snap pictures on your next stop.

BillyGr · August 22, 2009, 06:36:23 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by gu4ever
Leaving the plaza, I took this picture of the street sign.

Just as an FYI - what is now some of the stores (on the left side - probably the Ace/Auto/$ Tree (Not sure if all three or not - can't visulaize it right now) was a former Ames that was subdivided a couple years back. It's probably pictured elsewhere in the directory or boards.

Also - did you happen to see the OTHER Grand Union in Saranac Lake? It is right in town (this store being out on Route 86) - coming from LP you'd pass this store, take a right at the first light and it's on the right (there is (or was) an old A&P there also - the two sit kind of side by side). For some odd reason, both were taken over by Tops and (at least for a time) they both returned to being GU Markets - not sure if the in town one is still open - never made much sense having the two stores so close (especially the way GU is now with their remaining stores).

gu4ever · August 22, 2009, 11:05:11 PM

Ames was in this shopping center, I do recall seeing pictures of renovations made after the Ames store closed.
Attached is the link to Bing maps that shows the birdseye view of the stores. You can clearly see the Large roofline of Ames, the Smaller roofline of Grand Union.

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=rcjnf78tq7t8&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=4709377&encType=1

gu4ever · August 22, 2009, 11:12:21 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by BillyGr
QuoteOriginally posted by gu4ever
Leaving the plaza, I took this picture of the street sign.

Just as an FYI - what is now some of the stores (on the left side - probably the Ace/Auto/$ Tree (Not sure if all three or not - can't visulaize it right now) was a former Ames that was subdivided a couple years back. It's probably pictured elsewhere in the directory or boards.

Also - did you happen to see the OTHER Grand Union in Saranac Lake? It is right in town (this store being out on Route 86) - coming from LP you'd pass this store, take a right at the first light and it's on the right (there is (or was) an old A&P there also - the two sit kind of side by side). For some odd reason, both were taken over by Tops and (at least for a time) they both returned to being GU Markets - not sure if the in town one is still open - never made much sense having the two stores so close (especially the way GU is now with their remaining stores).

I did see the other Grand Union, it's located on Church Street right down town. It's a much smaller store but this location to was packed with customers shopping.

gu4ever · August 23, 2009, 10:25:09 AM

And as I'm driving down Church Street, wondering where I am as usual I spotted the street sign!!

gu4ever · August 23, 2009, 10:30:50 AM

This is the Saranac Lake down town location. It's a much smaller store then the plaza location, however it was also VERY busy inside, making it hard to navigate on foot without a cart!!

gu4ever · August 23, 2009, 10:36:01 AM

This is the close up view of the store front sign.
An interesting thing to notice about this store, when looking throught the windows you can clearly see the back wall and the Butcher Block sign. It definately was a small location.

gu4ever · August 24, 2009, 09:31:35 PM

Street front sign of the Peru, NY store.

gu4ever · August 24, 2009, 09:39:47 PM

A nice shot of the store from the edge of the parking lot.

gu4ever · August 24, 2009, 09:45:46 PM

This was my last Grand Union store of my trip!!
The location was in a shopping plaza set back from the road. It has a unique rustic country feel to the plaza as seen in the photo of the store front facade.

gu4ever · August 24, 2009, 10:16:45 PM

Heading home south on route 22, look what I stumbled upon, a former GRAND UNION now utilized by Mac's Market.

gu4ever · August 25, 2009, 11:11:26 AM

Here is a picture of the former Grand Union in Barre, VT. It's home to Rite Aid and Lenny's. This stop was a lesson learned, don't go anywhere without your camera phone!!!
I stopped in Rite Aid and asked to use the restroom and was escorted out back. Once in the stockroom area you could clearly see signs of Grand Union's existence. The wall to the stockroom had been moved forward over part of the original retail floor space. The Grand Union tile still remains on the floor and better yet, a McCormick floor decal ad still remained attached to the tile. This area must have been where the "Butcher Block" meat cases would have been. Beyond this space was the old tile to the former restrooms and the area had leveler added to smooth the transition where former walls had been removed. It was an exciting find.
And yes, I now bring my camera phone in everywhere!

gu4ever · August 31, 2009, 12:41:49 AM

You can still see the sign scar from the former Grand Union in Hyde Park, NY.
Amesman posted some great photos back in Jan. 2005 heres the link to them.

http://www.amesfanclub.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1265&page=6#pid20972

gu4ever · September 01, 2009, 08:58:39 AM

After visiting Saranac Lake and heading to Peru I stopped in a town called Au Sable Forks, NY on route 9N.
Here's a picture of the store front.

gu4ever · September 01, 2009, 09:00:51 AM

Here's a side view of the entrance of the store.

gu4ever · September 01, 2009, 09:15:46 AM

Street sign located on the main street on route 9N.
The store is set far back off the street with downtown buildings on main street set in front of it.

gu4ever · September 03, 2009, 11:43:21 PM

Grand Union in Rhinebeck, NY. This location sold to Stop & Shop and eventually was closed for there brand new store built right next door.