Grand Union

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The former Grand Union store of Montpelier, VT now occupied by Shaw's.

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The former Grand Union of Milton, VT. This location is now operating as a Hannaford.

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The former Grand Union store in South Burlington, VT now operating as a Price Chopper.

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 :(   A sad day arriving at the Swanton, VT store. This location formerly Grand Union is now operating as a Hannaford.
They have done a great job fixing the property up and the store was actually VERY busy. You will see by the photo's that the clean fresh and good canopy was removed from above the checkouts as well as the entry and lobby signs that would remind you "there is always a lot in store for you" and "clean fresh and good make a Grand Union".

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These are some updated photo's of Johnson, VT. My only actual Grand Union store that I visited on my trip!
The interior showed marked decline in upkeep from last fall's visit.

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The Randolph, VT store now operating as a Shaw's Supermarket was designed and built as a Grand Union. This location still has most of the murals installed by Grand Union and the store sign scar is still visible on the building.

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The last store design graphic package from Grand Union. Here are some of the additional murals remaining at the Randolph store from the former Grand Union.

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The former Grand Union store of Manchester, VT now operating as a Shaw's Supermarket.
Interior view of the delicatessen show's "the best take-out restaurant in town" graphic still being utilized.

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The bakery, seafood and floral department mural and graphics from the days of Grand Union at the Manchester, VT.

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Here is the grocery aisle with the lighted canopy valance used in a lot of the newer Grand Union stores in the 90's. The meat department wall mural, also utilized in some location in the cheese department and redi-deli departments, and the pharmacy wall graphic and lighted department graphic from the former Grand Union store still being used at Shaw's today.

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The dairy department graphics and mural at the former Grand Union store in Manchester, VT.

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The modern floor plan of Grand Union in Manchester, VT.

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The former Grand Union store of Delmar, NY. This location has a copper canopy store front similiar to the original Plattsburgh, NY location. The Hannaford store still uses the red-dot pharmacy sign on the outside of the building and over the entrance is the label scar of "a lot in store for you" from the days of Grand Union.

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The Delmar, NY store had a surprise in store for me. It was modernized in the late 90's with the last design package from Grand Union.
Here are some photo's from the produce, redi-deli and seafood department.

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These photo's show off a beautiful wall mural from Grand Union hanging over the butcher block meat department. The frozen food department sign modernized with a Hannaford plaque over the Grand Union logo. Looking down the snack aisle you can see the lighted aisle canopy valance used in the modern Grand Union stores in the 90's.

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The original Grand Union store front in Plattsburgh, NY. This location as mentioned in the post above looks similar to the Delmar, NY store now operating as a Hannaford.

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*note* after you checkout the former copper roofed Grand Union store head west to the next plaza. You will find the vacant Ames and P&C supermarket.

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The brand new Grand Union store of Plattsburgh, NY.... Well at least you can see what's left of the grocery store loading docks as the remainder of the building has been renovated inside and out since Grand Union closed.  :'(

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GU in Swanton VT



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Stopped in Ticonderoga, NY last week to discover a closed Grand Union store. The store front actually had a light label scar from the Tops Market that had last occupied the property. The exciting find on this trip was the red-dot pharmacy sign from the former days of Grand Union and the red outline checkout canopy.
Grand Union no longer offers pharmacy service in any of their stores. All locations with a pharmacy were either sold of to the competition or the pharmacy department closed.

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The former Grand Union store in Granville, NY is now home to dollar general in half of the former supermarket.
Here are some photo's I took in June 2010 of what the store currently looks like.
I was excited to find one entrance remains with it's welcoming messages "we have a lot in store for you" although it appears that the elements have gotten to the sign even though it is undercover.
The store front window still has a visible graphic that reminds you that they offered kosher and non-kosher selections + The now completely faded red-dot "store-hours" graphic.

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Inside the dollar general there was a lot in store for me. The remodel to occupy the space left the box canopy over the former Corner-Deli and at the front of the store you could clearly see the former lighted red framed ceiling canopy over the checkouts now unlit and painted white.
*note* behind the laundry detergent is a single red swinging door that used to enter into the backroom of the butcher block meat department.

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This store has been photographed before by amesman, but I couldn't resist stopping by and getting some shots of the hot-dot store hour sign and was excited to see red-dot decals showing you the entrance and exits on the door.

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Some interior shots of the former Grand Union in East Glenville, NY.

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The former Great American Store of Millerton, NY was taken over by Grand Union during the 80's. This location still operates with the red-dot Grand Union store logo.

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Interior view of the Grand Union store in Millerton, NY.

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The interior of the Grand Union store in Millerton, NY.

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Here are some pictures I took last year of the Coxsackie, NY store. BillyGr posted a great photo of this store back on reply 107. The photo shows the store front with it's original GRAND UNION red-dot sign.
*update* the trailer behind the store has been removed in 2010.

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Some interior photo's of the Coxsackie, NY store.
This is one of the few Grand Union's that still has a make-your-own salad bar in the produce department.

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Some additonal photo's of the interior of the Coxsackie, NY store.

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Some red-dot graphics spotted at the Coxsackie, NY store.