Shaw's and Star Market

[AmesNewington]

The Bristol Shaws looked identical to the Newington Shaws (aside from a few minor exterior and entrances differences). It's a shame most of these locations with this design weren't properly reutilized or closed. It's a beautiful building. The Newington Shaw's was wasted as another Stop and Shop. I'd rather see it closed actually. It looks like S&S just set up shop in Shaw's. Their is hardly any changes excluding dept. signs and registers signage. It looks tacky.

[ynkeesfn82]

I don't see anything going into The Bristol Shaw's for a few reasons:

1. At under 55,000 Sqaure Feet it's small for a grocery store by today's standards (though BIG Y just opened a similarly sized store in the old Meriden Shoprite).

2. No grocery chain is going to want that spot because it is next door to Price Chopper.

3. That whole area of Bristol is dying. Things are closing, but not opening in the adjacent Bristol Commons. The last thing that opened in the Bristol Commons was a Tobacco shop in the Annex part of the Commons. A tobacco shop - what a waste.

[ynkeesfn82]

Bristol and New Britain are the only former Shaw's locations in Connecticut that are still vacant right? I know they opened their discount arm Save-A-Lot in 1/3 of their former locations in Waterbury and Manchester. And Stop & Shop took over their New Haven store that wasn't part of the original Shoprite/Stop & Shop take over deal from 2010.

[JimSawhill]

Next to the Bristol Commons. They call the former Shaw's and the Bowling Alley/Sports Bar next door The Oakland Commons. http://www.cedarrealtytrust.com/property.aspx?p=108

Ok... I know where it is. I wish I had an old city directory of Bristol from the 1970s. I know Bristol Commons was the old Hub 6. (IIRC)

[ynkeesfn82]

The Bristol, CT Shaw's was built on the site of the Old Scarrit's Lumberyard. And yes The Bristol Commons used to be HUB 6. It's been The Bristol Commons since 1991, but the late Patti Ann Jakubiak host of Polka Happiness with Patti Ann on WXCT 990 AM (formerly WNTY) still refereed to the plaza as HUB 6 when she was talking about Harverst Bakery (one of her sponsors). "On Farmington Avenue across from the HUB 6 Plaza."

[JimSawhill]

The Bristol, CT Shaw's was built on the site of the Old Scarrit's Lumberyard. And yes The Bristol Commons used to be HUB 6. It's been The Bristol Commons since 1991, but the late Patti Ann Jakubiak host of Polka Happiness with Patti Ann on WXCT 990 AM (formerly WNTY) still refereed to the plaza as HUB 6 when she was talking about Harverst Bakery (one of her sponsors). "On Farmington Avenue across from the HUB 6 Plaza."

Boy I'm old... on Route 6 in Bristol there is an old Burger Chef restaurant!! (Empty the last time I drove past!!)

[ynkeesfn82]

Burger Chef? Where was that near?

[JimSawhill]

Burger Chef? Where was that near?

It was just up the road going west on Rt 6. It was about 3 miles from Bristol Commons.

[ynkeesfn82]

Shaw's pulled out of Connecticut more than 2 years ago, but mysteriously several bottles of Shaw's brand Vegetable Juice appeared on the markdown rack at Price Chopper in Bristol!!!! They're $1.00 a bottle.

[retailisking]

Shaw's pulled out of Connecticut more than 2 years ago, but mysteriously several bottles of Shaw's brand Vegetable Juice appeared on the markdown rack at Price Chopper in Bristol!!!! They're $1.00 a bottle.

Don't forget that Bristol is a "Xtreme Values" concept store.

"Xtreme Values is poised to live up to its name by featuring an ever-changing assortment of opportunity
buys, limited edition products, lesser known brands, truckload sales, and closeouts, as well as not seen before deals
on corporate and national brand products."

http://www2.pricechopper.com/releases/xtreme.pdf

[AmesNewington]

At the Shoprite I work at in West Hartford, I was ringing apples and the label read "GreenWay", which is A&P's organic brand name line of products. I couldn't believe it, but it does happen. In Price Chopper in Newington, I believe they were selling some pre-packaged seafood under the "Shopper's Value" label, Shaw's low-priced brand. Most of the time, it's shipment errors or there for closeout purposes.

[ynkeesfn82]

Walmart Neighborhood Market is looking at taking the former Shaw's in Bristol, Connecticut. If this happens there will be one vacant Shaw's left in Connecticut - New Britain.

http://www.bristolpress.com/articles/2012/06/04/business/doc4fcd0a249f5fd248750973.txt

[jmcnamara96]

Rumor has it the "Under Preforming"S.Willow St. Shaws in Manchester(im guessing because its always very slow there)is becoming a Save-A-Lot i heard from people on the inside more to come as i get it

[retailisking]

When it rains, it pours, eh?
http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x1587347999/Spokesman-Taunton-Shaws-staying-put

[Zayre88]

Rumor has it the "Under Preforming"S.Willow St. Shaws in Manchester(im guessing because its always very slow there)is becoming a Save-A-Lot i heard from people on the inside more to come as i get it

With the new Market Basket in town, this Shaw's will feel even more pressure..

[gu4ever]

Rumor has it the "Under Preforming"S.Willow St. Shaws in Manchester(im guessing because its always very slow there)is becoming a Save-A-Lot i heard from people on the inside more to come as i get it

That will be a crazy huge sav-a-lot!! I have seen them usually in the old style Grand Union stores.
It hopefully will be an improvement, with the new Market Basket open on Elm will most likely finish off shaws.

[ynkeesfn82]

That will be a crazy huge sav-a-lot!! I have seen them usually in the old style Grand Union stores.
It hopefully will be an improvement, with the new Market Basket open on Elm will most likely finish off shaws.

Nah. Save-a-lot moved into the former Shaw's in both Manchester and Waterbury, Connecticut. In both cases they took only 1/3 of the building. In Manchester they opened in the middle portion of the building. In Waterbury I think they took the part of the building closest to Barnes & Noble.

[AmesNewington]

That will be a crazy huge sav-a-lot!! I have seen them usually in the old style Grand Union stores.
It hopefully will be an improvement, with the new Market Basket open on Elm will most likely finish off shaws.

Nah. Save-a-lot moved into the former Shaw's in both Manchester and Waterbury, Connecticut. In both cases they took only 1/3 of the building. In Manchester they opened in the middle portion of the building. In Waterbury I think they took the part of the building closest to Barnes & Noble.

It's too bad Save A Lot took the store in Manchester. With a second proposed Walmart moving in to the old Kmart spot, it would be nice if ShopRite would have been able to move to the old Shaws to avoid heavy competition with Walmart.

[Joeg]

They should have bought the old Manchester K-Mart site while they had the chance.. It will be interesting to see how it will all pan out next year, with Shoprite across the street and Stop & Shop only about 2 miles down the road.

[retailisking]

With the new Market Basket in town, this Shaw's will feel even more pressure..

The Market Basket is probably the source of Shaw's loss of market share. Combined with the Bedford MB now under construction and the Londonderry store that opened last year, it can't be good news for any incumbent supermarket. I wonder if Stop & Shop is really making a go of it in NH, too.

[Joeg]

OOPS!! this should have been in the Shoprite thread about them moving across the street to the old K-Mart.

[retailisking]

Rumor has it the "Under Preforming"S.Willow St. Shaws in Manchester(im guessing because its always very slow there)is becoming a Save-A-Lot i heard from people on the inside more to come as i get it

I'm hearing the same thing about the Shaw's in Lancaster, NH.

[retailisking]

Here's a goofy corporate video for Shaw's to the tune of "She Works Hard For The Money" mimed by actual Shaw's associates. Can anyone place this video in time based on store decor?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcz6DPlwexM

[JimSawhill]

They should have bought the old Manchester K-Mart site while they had the chance.. It will be interesting to see how it will all pan out next year, with Shoprite across the street and Stop & Shop only about 2 miles down the road.

Shop-Rite needs to do a heavy remodel of the SPENCER STREET STORE.  The last time I was there (2004), there were doing a remodel, but the aisles were tight..

[AmesNewington]

They should have bought the old Manchester K-Mart site while they had the chance.. It will be interesting to see how it will all pan out next year, with Shoprite across the street and Stop & Shop only about 2 miles down the road.

Shop-Rite needs to do a heavy remodel of the SPENCER STREET STORE.  The last time I was there (2004), there were doing a remodel, but the aisles were tight..

I think when the whole Shaw's/ShopRite acquisition happened in 2010, since the family who owns Manchester already purchased the East Hartford Shaw's, they should have purchased the Manchester Shaws and moved there and closed the Spencer Street location. That would have been a nice store.

[retailisking]

http://www.enterprisenews.com/topstories/x1440172241/Shaws-supermarkets-cuts-700-jobs

[ynkeesfn82]

Redevelopment of the former Shaw's in Bristol, Connecticut into a Walmart Neighborhood Market has begun. With this conversion New Britain is one of the last former Shaw's that is still vacant. Here's the run-down:

Bridgeport:
Bristol: Walmart Neighborhood Market
Canton: Shoprite
Clinton:Shoprite
Darien: Stop & Shop
East Hampton: Stop & Shop
East Hartford: Shoprite
Enfield: Shoprite
Fairfield: Shoprite
Glastonbury: Wholefoods?
Hamden: Pricerite
Manchester: 1/3 of store is Save-a-Lot
New Britain: VACANT
New Fairfield (Candlewood Lake): Stop & Shop
New Haven: Stop & Shop
Newington: Stop & Shop
Shelton: Shoprite
Southbury: Shoprite
Southington: Shoprite
Stratford: Shoprite
Vernon: Stop & Shop
Wallingford: Shoprite
Waterbury: Wolcott Street: Shoprite
                Brass Mill Commons: 1/3 of store is Save-a-Lot
Westport:
West Hartford: Shoprite
Willimantic: Price Rite

This list of Shaw's locations is from the summer of 2006, which is right before they began their first round of closings in Connecticut. Any store that closed before 2006 is not included on this list except for Wolcott Street in Waterbury, which was open less than 2 years before they opened at The Brass Mill Commons in '97 or '98.

[JimSawhill]

Redevelopment of the former Shaw's in Bristol, Connecticut into a Walmart Neighborhood Market has begun. With this conversion New Britain is one of the last former Shaw's that is still vacant. Here's the run-down:

Bridgeport:
Bristol: Walmart Neighborhood Market
Canton: Shoprite
Clinton:Shoprite
Darien: Stop & Shop
East Hampton: Stop & Shop
East Hartford: Shoprite
Enfield: Shoprite
Fairfield: Shoprite
Glastonbury: Wholefoods?
Hamden: Pricerite
Manchester: 1/3 of store is Save-a-Lot
New Britain: VACANT
New Fairfield (Candlewood Lake): Stop & Shop
New Haven: Stop & Shop
Newington: Stop & Shop
Shelton: Shoprite
Southbury: Shoprite
Southington: Shoprite
Stratford: Shoprite
Vernon: Stop & Shop
Wallingford: Shoprite
Waterbury: Wolcott Street: Shoprite
                Brass Mill Commons: 1/3 of store is Save-a-Lot
Westport:
West Hartford: Shoprite
Willimantic: Price Rite

This list of Shaw's locations is from the summer of 2006, which is right before they began their first round of closings in Connecticut. Any store that closed before 2006 is not included on this list except for Wolcott Street in Waterbury, which was open less than 2 years before they opened at The Brass Mill Commons in '97 or '98.

W
What is in the other 2/3 of Manchester?

[ynkeesfn82]

What is in the other 2/3 of Manchester?

I believe the other 2/3 of the Manchester and Waterbury stores are still vacant.

[Bdubs]

Just drove by the Manchester store last week.  The whole plaza is a mess, it's like a run down ghost town on that corner.  It was middle of the day Saturday, and there were 5 or 6 cars in the parking lot.

Also, the Glastonbury store had closed a few years before Shaw's announced they were selling off all of their stores in CT.  The place was a dump, and was never updated.  It was weird, there was never any word of the store closing, however the lack of attention it got for so long was so obvious.  Then one day they announced the closure, and it was only a month later they shut it down.