Jamesway

[XDeSuEhTX]

This is my photo, I uploaded it to Flickr in October 2008. It is in Williamstown, NJ, not PA.  

My bad.

[nims57]

Originally posted by videogamer75
Jamesway took over many locations from Woolco, and they bought out an entire chain of stores called Weston's in the 1980s. They also took over one former J.W. Mays store. Other than that, the majority of Jamesway stores were built new.  

We had a Westons in Painted Post, NY that closed and became a Murphy Mart, then Ames.

Jamesway also took over certain Two Guys and King's stores.

[videogamer75]

Right, like how they took over the Two Guys store in Vineland, NJ, which is sadly now knocked down with a [huge surprise here] Wal-Mart Supercenter in its place.

[nims57]

Originally posted by videogamer75
Right, like how they took over the Two Guys store in Vineland, NJ, which is sadly now knocked down with a [huge surprise here] Wal-Mart Supercenter in its place.  

This one in Dunmore, PA is a former W.T. Grant and later King's (which closed in 1984). The Jamesway closed with the rest of the chain in 1995, then became Big Lots in 1997.

[jmcnamara96]

they couldn't even paint the label scar?

[videogamer75]

Originally posted by powersbt

Originally posted by MBZ321
Sounds cool! Have an address or other info?

The road that it would be on would be NYS Rt. 14 Between Watkins Glen and the Next town South of it, which on the map is Montour Falls. The store may have been a bit farther south than Montour Falls. I remember having to stop there at that parking lot of the Jamesway, probably to turn around.

I looked up ''Montour Falls Jamesway'' on Google and found that is no longer vacant. In fact, it has been a medical facility since 1999. It just looks vacant on the outside.

[videogamer75]

I like Wal-Mart but I thought it was totally unnecessary to build one within 5 miles of the existing Millville location as well as over 5 supermarkets. I wish the Jamesway/Rickel plaza stayed up at least a little while longer so I could've get pics of it.

[videogamer75]

There are some still-vacant Jamesways out west in PA, but that's too far for me to go.

[patk]

the former Jamesway in Middletown, PA as of 3/17!

the sign^

the front of the store^ (if you are nere it you can see the old name :insane: )

and the back with old carts (thay got new ones)
and thats all :yup:

[Caldor1999]

heres a jamesway thats now a flea market in PA you can still see they have the logo still on the store but its painted a nasty yellow

picture was takeing by joshaustin610 on flickr

[Caldor1999]

hears a still vacant jamesway in Tamaqua pa picture taken by joshaustin610 on flickr

[nims57]

The Pepsi logo here was the one during their famous "Madonna controversy".

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by nims57
The Pepsi logo here was the one during their famous "Madonna controversy".

that pepsi logo was used looooong before the madonna controbersy but its a much better logo then the one they have now

[nims57]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by nims57
The Pepsi logo here was the one during their famous "Madonna controversy".

that pepsi logo was used looooong before the madonna controbersy but its a much better logo then the one they have now  

Right, but the cars in the photo date it to around the late 80's.

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by nims57

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by nims57
The Pepsi logo here was the one during their famous "Madonna controversy".

that pepsi logo was used looooong before the madonna controbersy but its a much better logo then the one they have now  

Right, but the cars in the photo date it to around the late 80's.

from what i know about these pictures they were taking sometime betwee1988/1991 jamesway stoped expanding around 1992  

[videogamer75]

Originally posted by amesman
Look what I found at the old Amsterdam Howard Johnson's...hehe

Is that still there?

[videogamer75]

Here's another picture I took of the former Jamesway in Williamstown, NJ. Castleford Tailors has moved out, and the building is now vacant again.

[nims57]

Originally posted by DefunctStoreKing
does anyone have any old slogans of jamesway?

we care (80's?)

[videogamer75]

The full slogan was ''We care about you...the James-way'' there is even a commercial on YouTube where you can hear it.  Search up ''WCAU Commercials Jamesway'' in the search bar

[videogamer75]

According to an article I read online, Jamesway's former corporate headquarters in Secaucus, NJ is now owned by Major League Baseball and serves as a studio for The MLB Network.

[videogamer75]

Here is a site packed with over eight pages of old Jamesway pictures from back in 1978!! :tumble:

http://www.allrandall.com/reunion.html Click the word ''Jamesway''

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by videogamer75
Here is a site packed with over eight pages of old Jamesway pictures from back in 1978!! :tumble:

http://www.allrandall.com/reunion.html Click the word ''Jamesway''  

hears a pic from that sight all i have to say is i hope they renovated this store before it closed

[Caldor1999]

i also noticed that they used a different logo

[videogamer75]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by videogamer75
Here is a site packed with over eight pages of old Jamesway pictures from back in 1978!! :tumble:

http://www.allrandall.com/reunion.html Click the word ''Jamesway''  

hears a pic from that sight all i have to say is i hope they renovated this store before it closed  

They probably did renovate it. I think the site said it was somewhere in New York. Also, there's a video on YouTube that shows the inside of the Somers Point, NJ Jamesway back in 1991.

[catsnap1972]

They obviously weren't using those old NCR mechanical cash registers in more recent years :)

[nims57]

Originally posted by videogamer75

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by videogamer75
Here is a site packed with over eight pages of old Jamesway pictures from back in 1978!! :tumble:

http://www.allrandall.com/reunion.html Click the word ''Jamesway''  

hears a pic from that sight all i have to say is i hope they renovated this store before it closed  

They probably did renovate it. I think the site said it was somewhere in New York. Also, there's a video on YouTube that shows the inside of the Somers Point, NJ Jamesway back in 1991.  

Is that the Big Lots now?

[videogamer75]

Actually, that Jamesway became a Super Fresh.

[nims57]

Originally posted by videogamer75
Actually, that Jamesway became a Super Fresh.  

Which Super Fresh? I could never find one in Somers Point.

[videogamer75]

Originally posted by nims57

Originally posted by videogamer75
Actually, that Jamesway became a Super Fresh.  

Which Super Fresh? I could never find one in Somers Point.

Sorry, I was thinking of something else. I don't know what happened to the one in Somers Point.

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by videogamer75

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by videogamer75
Here is a site packed with over eight pages of old Jamesway pictures from back in 1978!! :tumble:

http://www.allrandall.com/reunion.html Click the word ''Jamesway''  

hears a pic from that sight all i have to say is i hope they renovated this store before it closed  

They probably did renovate it. I think the site said it was somewhere in New York. Also, there's a video on YouTube that shows the inside of the Somers Point, NJ Jamesway back in 1991.  

i wouldn't be surprised they did a lot of renovating in the early 90's im still wondering about that logo they had in there stores im wondering if they ever used it