Grand Union

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A picture of Wappingers Falls former Grand Union store soon to be open as Big Lot's. This is the right corner of the building with it's wrap around glass roofed canopy. In person you can clearly see on the roof cap the label scar on both sides where GRAND UNION letters were once attached.

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A photo of the side of the building where the glass roofed canopy wraps around.

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Big Lot's has not utilized the entire building so a wall was put up to divide the space. Luckily the windows were not covered over in the unused portion, so I was able to get these awesome interior photo's.

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This view is of were the checkout counters once stood, you can still see the red trayed ceiling that stood above.
The bottom right of the photo you can make out the red and white tiled floor that matched the colors of the checkout counters.

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This is a close up of the red shades that hung in the grocery aisles. I've never seen these before in person except for photo's of tha Valatie store posted back on page 8.
Thanks to the camera it was able to pick up detail of this space that was actually quite dark, the red shades were very hard to see, and it wasn't until I reviewed the pictures that I spotted the shades and went back over for a close up photo shot. I'm excited I got to see these in person and the only thing that could have been better was if a couple of them had come home with me!

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This is a picture of Hamilton, NY. The view is from the front of the store looking towards the produce department. you can clearly see the red and white decor used on the floor tile, checkouts and trayed ceiling. This is what Wappingers Falls, NY would have looked like all put together.

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This is a collection of ice cream parlor signs from the different Grand Union stores. This particular department sign is not seen in many stores, however when it has been spotted it looks different each time.
This is Your Flavorites Ice Cream Parlor of Brandon, VT

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The Ice Cream Parlor sign of Tannersville, NY. The sign is featured in a slanted box on the wall, this sign box at one time was powered to light the sign from inside.

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This sign was found at a Keyfood Store in Pleasant Valley, NY. This location was a Grand Union store at one time.

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This sign was found at the former Grand Union of Randolph, VT. Of course in viewing the sign it's obvious who now occupies the space.

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This sign is from the store in Enosburg Falls, VT. This store duplicates the store in Randolph, VT operated by Shaw's, of course both locations were built for GRAND UNION.

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This is the store in Rutland, VT. This location has gone through an exstensive remodel since it was purchased from C&S Wholesalers.
The store has removed the wood paneling from the upper portion of the perimeter and replaced it with a mural that wraps the enitre store. Here is the view of the Delicious Ice Cream mural.

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The Valtie, NY store is now occupied by Ocean State JOB LOT.
Thanks to Amesman and Billygr for their great photo's back on the bottome of page 8. Here's the link back to that page.
http://www.amesfanclub.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1265&page=8

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The Grand Union label scar can clearly be seen behind the new sign.

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The entrance to the former Grand Union.

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This photo is of the front of the store where the ice cream parlor once was. You can also see the lattice wallpaper and the yellow walls that boxed in the grocery aisles. Back on page 8 you can see the cone lights that ran through the aisle, now replaced with standard fluorescent lighting.

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The recycled checkouts from Grand Union.

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The sign box as you enter the store had a lighted sign the said Welcome to Grand Union.

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Customer service desk along the front wall.
This store was one of the best locations to experience the former Grand Union glory. This store offered all the service departments and was similiar to Tannersville, NY except it was much larger.

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This is the walled off area of the seafood service department.

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This is a picture of the Stamford, NY store in August 2009.

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The street sign of the Stamford, NY store along route 23.

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While I was at the Stamford, NY store, I spotted this electric mobile shopping cart being used over in produce.

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The store front of Hamilton, NY. This location was acquired by Tops Foods and now is once again part of C&S Wholesalers. The store front sign is the new Family Market logo and is also duplicated on the street sign, this can be seen on the bottom of page 1 of the Hackett's page.
Here's the link to that page.
http://www.amesfanclub.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=2425&page=1#pid44025

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The RED/WHITE DOT sign, part of the original marketing from the Grand Union Company. This sign remained up at both entrances during the acquisition period.
This location is one of the few stores left that still has the original Dot hour sign. The store hours have changed from closing at 11PM to closing at 9PM. In the picture you can see a square "which is the new hours" shadowing over the old hours of operation.

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Welcome to Grand Union...... The shopping carts are to the left, produce to the right and the corner deli know as "The Best Take Out Restaurant In Town" is directly ahead in the back of the store.

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This photo was taken in the front entry near the checkouts. You can see the produce department in the background and the shopping carts on the left. The store was fairly good size and this is one of a few locations that actually still keep all their carts inside near the entrance.

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Garden Fresh and Orchard Ripe produce department. The make your own salad bar originally sat under the lighted canopy on the left in this photo.

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One last look at the naturally fresh produce department.

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I took this photo of the "pick a bouquet" flower shop inside Grand Union. It was awaiting a fresh assortment of flowers.