Grand Union

[gu4ever]

The front checkouts of the Bolton Landing, NY Grand Union store.

[gu4ever]

The exterior of the Bolton Landing Grand Union store.
This store is located downtown on route 9N.

[gu4ever]

The former home of Grand Union in Danbury, CT.

[gu4ever]

The Grand Union of Glenmont, NY now home to a Marshalls.

Here's a link to wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Union_Glenmont.jpg

[gu4ever]

Here is the former home of Grand Union in Clifton Park, NY.
Well the shopping center street sign anyways. Grand Union sat where the Kohls department store is now.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=clifton+park+ny&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.252269,60.996094&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Clifton+Park,+Saratoga,+New+York&ll=42.859613,-73.771267&spn=0,359.985108&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.859691,-73.771201&panoid=GMx3bWXjyT57sIl6pbCX4w&cbp=12,293.97,,0,20.69

[gu4ever]

The Grand Union store in Hardwick, VT. This location still has a vintage orange store front sign.

[nims57]

Originally posted by gu4ever
The Grand Union of Glenmont, NY now home to a Marshalls.

Here's a link to wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Union_Glenmont.jpg

Wikipedia says "now home to a Dollar Tree". :huh:

[BillyGr]

Originally posted by nims57

Originally posted by gu4ever
The Grand Union of Glenmont, NY now home to a Marshalls.

Here's a link to wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Union_Glenmont.jpg

Wikipedia says "now home to a Dollar Tree". :huh:

I guess Wikipedia messed this one up - the picture above is definitely the Grand Union (actually, probably the Marshalls and the Famous Footwear combined).  The Dollar Tree is to the far left end of the plaza, and is a part of the former Ames.

[gu4ever]

During my trip into NY in the Mt Kisco area I stopped at a former Grand Union store in Pleasantville.

[gu4ever]

I was not able to get a good photo of the label scar at the entrance, however you can see where the sign hung that back in the days of Grand Union said "GRAND UNION We Have a lot in Store For You". This store also continues to use the red-dot entrance/exit decals on the glass doors.

[gu4ever]

A photo of the service departments at keyfoods shows the original hanging red glass lamp shades at the former "Fresh Catch" seafood department and "Custom Cut Prime Meats" butcher shop.

[gu4ever]

At the checkout you can see the canopy that would have housed the stain glass "clean, fresh and good" slogan from the Grand Union.
*note* the red dump bin... A classic fixture still being used from the days of Grand Union.

[gu4ever]

Formerly known as clean, fresh and good make a Grand Union now has the sign "hurry back" keyfood market place.

It's not likely that I would hurry back to this location, it's the one time that I got tossed out on my head at a store for taking pictures of graphics and fixtures!!
I was lucky that I had already been through the store and capture a few pictures. At the time the produce department had been swamped with people and I couldn't get a good photo, so I went back and got a picture of the hurry back sign and as I entered produce I was asked what I was doing taking pictures of keyfood graphics. :o
I told them that this had been a Grand Union and I was taking a few pictures of anything vintage Grand Union that might be left while I was in the area.
That didn't go over well and I was tossed out, interestingly they never asked to see my camera to view it's content or ask me to delete any interior photo's I had taken so far.

[gu4ever]

Just off from route 8 in Sidney, NY is the shopping center home to Price Chopper "formerly Grand Union" and Big Kmart. Here's a view of the good size building from a distance.

[gu4ever]

The former "fresh catch" seafood department of Grand Union remains open at Price Chopper.

[gu4ever]

Flowers&Plants at the Price Chopper.... You can see the canopy over the checkout area and the red&white floor tile from the days of Grand Union.

[gu4ever]

The former store front of Grand Union now occupied by Price Chopper.

[gu4ever]

Here was the exciting find on my trip!! I knew Price Chopper had occupied the space formerly a Grand Union, however I didn't know that Grand Union once sat in the empty shopping center to the left of it's current home. Here's the picture of the decaying store front.

[gu4ever]

We have a lot in store for you!!
This location even though moved into a larger more modern structure next door left the graphics hanging over the entrances and you can clearly see the red-dot entrance/exit decal on the glass doors.

[gu4ever]

Here's a great view of the stain glass canopy still hanging over the former checkout area. The canopy says "Clean" "Fresh and" the word good is out of camera view. Notice the red&white floor tile is missing?

[gu4ever]

Another great view of the stain glass canopy over the former checkout area. In the background you can see the corner-deli area still complete with tiled walls.

[gu4ever]

I don't often post photo's of the receiving area of Grand Union, however this location still had it's receiving hours decal sign posted and of course the red&white checkout flooring was found too!!

[gu4ever]

Grand Union decal.....

[gu4ever]

Here it is, the former red&white checkout tile. Around the corner and out of camera view was a massive pile of the wood paneling that was removed from the interior walls of the former Grand Union store.

[gu4ever]

Grand Union graphic inside the entrance.

[GothicPrincess]

Great pics of the innards of GU.

[gu4ever]

Here's a great example of the stain glass canopy over the checkout still in use at the Swanton, VT Grand Union store.

I remember this same canopy style in Amherst, NH back in the 70's when I was just a little kid of maybe 4?
Of course back then I didn't know what the cursive writing said, but remember staring up at it during checkout.

[gu4ever]

As a teenager my family had driven by this store, back then it was a Grand Union. I remember thinking "wow Grand Union is still around" I hadn't seen them since they left Amherst, NH.

[gu4ever]

Welcome to Vista Foods of Newport, VT. This sign originally was a deep shade of brown with white letters that said "GRAND UNION" "We have a lot in store for you"

[gu4ever]

A great interior view of the produce department from the former Grand Union. This store still utilizes the light box canopy, produce fixtures and salad bar.