More Tops Finds

Started by Retail Regents, November 17, 2022, 08:39:52 PM

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It seems like many of the Tops fleets outside of WNY are a lot like those of Ocean State Job Lot. Here are some acquired carts the Corinth store ordered to replace their rusty Unarcos (same model though). Also looks like they got nothing more than a paint job and bumper caps.

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Quote from: Retail Regents on November 17, 2022, 08:39:52 PMIt seems like many of the Tops fleets outside of WNY are a lot like those of Ocean State Job Lot. Here are some acquired carts the Corinth store ordered to replace their rusty Unarcos (same model though). Also looks like they got nothing more than a paint job and bumper caps.

We could suspect they acquired them and didn't just find them in the backroom of a store somewhere?

Not so sure on the one with the Giant handle, but they did use the Martin's name for a little while in some area of NY when Tops was still a part of the Ahold company...

Retail Regents

Quote from: BillyGr on November 19, 2022, 12:33:34 PM
Quote from: Retail Regents on November 17, 2022, 08:39:52 PMIt seems like many of the Tops fleets outside of WNY are a lot like those of Ocean State Job Lot. Here are some acquired carts the Corinth store ordered to replace their rusty Unarcos (same model though). Also looks like they got nothing more than a paint job and bumper caps.

We could suspect they acquired them and didn't just find them in the backroom of a store somewhere?

Not so sure on the one with the Giant handle, but they did use the Martin's name for a little while in some area of NY when Tops was still a part of the Ahold company...

No doubt, since there are stores that ended up with Kmart Technibilts, as well as those from Ahold banners (including Hannaford).

The green trim could suggest the Giant Food ones are from Giant-Carlisle, as the Landover division used the same red-trimmed ones Stop & Shop used at the time (which some Tops stores ended up with as well). These carts are certainly an unusual choice for both Giant and Martin's as they typically had the low-frame, deep-basket M160 as opposed to these taller, smaller M100s.