This list of former and current Grand Union locations was on Wikipedia, but it had to be removed, so I put it here where it would be better.
Locations
New York
Albany (Central Ave ACROSS from Westgate) - later was a Toys for Joy, now is a Hannaford
Albany (Central Ave IN Westgate) - A former Albany Public turned Scot's Lo Cost (Same company)- turned into GU when merged then torn down during renovations a few years back - sat in the "corner" of the plaza
Albany (Central Ave just ABOVE Westgate same side) - This was a former Caldor/Price Chopper plaza - the Caldor was torn down and a MEGA SAVE store was built (identical to the one in Poughkeepsie that never opened) - this was open 6 MONTHS then closed during bankruptcy. In fact, at one point, a "Grand Opening" sign and a "Store Closing" sign were seen on the store at the same time. The whole plaza was torn down and a Home Depot is now there.
Amsterdam - now True Value Hardware
Astoria - no longer in greater tri-state area
Ausable Forks - became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006
Ballston Spa - now Ocean State Job Lot
Beacon - Now Key Food
The Bellmores - GU is no longer on Long Island
Bolton Landing - became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006
Brooklyn - may now be ShopRite
Burnt Hills - now Dollar General
Brunswick - closed and became a Salvation Army Store, now closed.
Binghamton - closed; now Auction Centre.
Cambridge - closed 2002; now Dollar General (small part vacant for lease)
Champlain - became Tops; closed in 2005; currently Ace Hardware
Chatham - now Price Chopper
Chappaqua - stayed open till 2006; now a Dagastino's
Chenango - now a Giant-Weis
Chestertown - became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006
Carmel - became Key Food in 2001; now NYSC (fitness chain)
Clifton Park - now a Kohls; current store HQ in town
Clinton - TBD
Cold Spring - caught on fire in 2002; rebuilt as Foodtown
College Point - see below
Commack - GU is no longer on Long Island
Corinth - became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006
Cornwall - Became Key Food in 2001
Cortland - became P&C in early '80s; may still be closed
Deer Park - now Stop & Shop
Delmar - now Hannaford
Dobbs Ferry - now a Stop & Shop
East Greenbush (Rt 4)- Torn down when Walmart expanded to super store, where part of parking lot/driveway is now.
East Greenbush (Rts 9 & 20) - Another former Albany Public, was Grand Union for just a short time, then Big Al's discount, later Fay's and then Eckerd before closing last year after the Rite Aid buyout (as there is a Rite Aid just across street) - now vacant.
Elizabethtown - became Tops in 2001, returned to Grand Union in 2006
Elmira - closed in the early or mid 1980s. Was an independent hardware store for several years as of the early 2000s.
Endicott - A&P prior to becoming Grand Union in mid-1980s. Closed and vacant for 3 years. Demolished in 2001, now undeveloped land in Endicott Kmart Plaza
Endwell - closed and vacant for 2.5 years. Demolished, rebuilt as Giant Markets (now Weis)
Flushing - GU is no longer in the New York City boroughs
Forest Hills - became Met Foods, now Walgreens
Fort Edward - closed years ago, recently caught fire.
Fort Plain - Later Big M (now-stepsister chain); now a Save-a-Lot
Freeport - became a Compare Foods Supermarket and is now a CVS/pharmacy
Fultonville - Still Open
Garden City - 7th St. Location - now a Pathmark
Garden City - Roosevelt Field Shopping Centre - later Herman's Sporting Goods
Glenville - now vacant
Glenmont - now a Marshalls (pictured in 2004)
Gloversville - No longer a Grand Union, current status TBD
Goshen - now a CVS/pharmacy
Greenville - now Bryants Country Square
Greenwich - became Eagle Bridge Furniture in 2002; now a butcher shop?
Guilderland - now Price Chopper
Hamilton - later Tops, later Grand Union again; now Parrys general store
Hancock - Still Open
Hicksville - Became Scatturo's, now Best Yet (stepsister store)
Highland - Became Hannaford
Hoosick Falls - Still Open
Hopewell Junction - recently closed
Hudson Falls - closed in 2001; remains vacant
Hudson - on Union Street, closed many years ago, has housed offices since and still does
Hyde Park - Closed in 2004; now an Amish Market
Jay - still open
Keeseville - was Tops in 2001-03, Save-a-Lot 2004-06, and Bourgeois IGA until last year, but may become a Macs Markets or Shaws in future.
Kingsbury - demolished in 2005; now Hannaford
Kingston - There were two. One near uptown Kingston and one just outside of the city in the town of Ulster. The Ulster location is a grocery store but the uptown site is now vacant.
Lake Placid - became Tops in 2001; closed 2005
Latham - in the Latham Circle mall as an outparcel, later Gold's Gym, torn down when Lowes was built
Latham (Route 2 between Latham & Watervliet) - now houses a church
Larchmont - no longer a Grand Union
Loudonville - now Price Chopper
Little Neck - now Stop & Shop
Mahopac - now a Key Food Marketplace
Malta - now Price Chopper
Massapequa - now a Pathmark
Mechanicville - No longer a Grand Union
Menands - Broadway. Originally an Albany Public Market, now the space is used as an operations center for Bank of America.
Middleburgh - Still Open
Millbrook - The main store in town!
Millerton - Alive and well!
Monroe - now a Super Stop & Shop
Monsey/Wesley Hills - became Wesley Kosher Supermarket
Mount Ivy - long gone!
Mount Kisco - became Stop & Shop; closed in 2007; now a CVS
New Hartford - formerly in New Hartford Shopping Centre; may now be a Save-A-Lot.
Niskayuna - now multi-purpose space, including medical offices
North Bellmore - Took over the former ShopRite, which was The Big Apple supermarket now Super Stop & Shop
North Creek - became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006
Northport - became a Key Food Marketplace; now closed
Northville - Still Open
Palantine Bridge - No longer a Grand Union
Peru - became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006
Plainview - no longer on Long Island
Plattsburgh - now a TJ Maxx (3 other stores TBD)
Pleasantville - now a Key Food Marketplace
Pomona/Mt. Ivy - became Stop & Shop
Port Henry - became Tops in 2001; now Mac's Markets
Port Jefferson Station - became Giunta's Meat Farms
Poughkeepsie (city) - closed in 1991; now Davis Furniture
Poughkeepsie (town) - constructed to become a Mega Save Grand Union in 2000, but was never finished because of the bankruptcy and never opened; it is still vacant
Queensbury - now Toys "R" Us
Ramapo - closed a generation ago
Remsen - TBD
Rhinebeck - original store vacant, Stop & Shop built next door
Rouses Point - closed in 2000; became Save-A-Lot in 2002; currently a Dollar General
Saranac Lake - there are two Grand Unions still operating. Both became Tops in 2001, then returned to Grand Union in 2006
Saratoga Springs (Congress Ave.) - became Off Broadway Theatre & Grill; now vacant
Saratoga Springs (West Ave.) - now an Empire State College outreach centre
Saugerties- closed a couple years ago, now vacant
Sayville - now Stop and Shop
Schenectady (State St.) - now Aldi
Schodack - Built as Grand Union in 1977, closed during last bankruptcy and remained vacant, opened as Tractor Supply in 2007.
Schroon Lake - became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006
Scotia - No longer a Grand Union
Sidney - became Tops in 2001; now a Price Chopper
South Glens Falls - now Hannaford
Spring Valley/Hillcrest - now Bravo Food
Smithtown - now a Waldbaums
Stamford - Still Open
Stony Point - ("old Grand Union") became CVS/pharmacy (stores were open simultaneously; 1st Stony Point store retained '60s façade)
Stony Point - ("new Grand Union") became Stop & Shop which is now closed. (this store was remodelled to red dot format)
Suffern - now vacant
Syracuse area - left by early '80s; perhaps earlier or later (may need more research)
Tallman - opened as a King Kullen, became Grand Union, now vacant
Tannersville - Still Open
Tarrytown - now a Walgreens
Ticonderoga - became Tops in 2001; closed 2005
Troy - no longer a Grand Union
Utica - left in the '60s, now a Price Chopper
Vail Mills - now Adirondack Wildlife Museum
Valatie - closed in 2007; now an Ocean State Job Lot
Vestal (Four Corners) - Was the IBM Endicott IDEAS Department before the building was split in half, with IDEAS keeping one side
and the other becoming a Grand Union in 1978. Grand Union closed in 2001, was first vacant, now Big Lots
Vestal (Vestal Plaza) - Opened in 1959. Turned into a dollar store decades later, demolished, now private student housing for Binghamton University
Warrensburg - became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006
Waterford - No longer a Grand Union
West Babylon - became Foodtown; now is a ShopRite
West Islip - no longer on Long Island
West Nyack - became Stop & Shop
Whitehall - became Tops in 2001, then closed; now Dollar General
West Coxsackie - Still Open
West Hempstead - now a Pathmark
In October 2005, C&S's Grand Union Family Market division announced it would acquire 12 Tops Markets supermarkets in the Adirondack
region of New York state. Ironically, these were Grand Union stores before Tops acquired them from C&S in 2001.
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New Jersey
Asbury Park - No longer a Grand Union
Belleville - Later a Foodtown; and then A&P; now sister store Food Basics
Berkeley Heights - now a Stop & Shop
Bridgewater - now a Barnes and Noble
Butler - now a Stop & Shop
Carlstadt - Last "Mega GU" prototype superstore opened right before liquidation; now Super Stop & Shop
Clifton (Broad Street) - now a Stop & Shop
Clifton (Styretowne Centre) - later a C-Town, now a CVS/pharmacy
Clifton (Lexington Ave) - now Rite Aid
Closter - became a Stop & Shop, now a Whole Foods
Denville - became a Key Food; now a Walgreens
Elmwood Park - store, vacant office tower, and adjacent Walgreens demolished after store closed, new Walgreens built on site
Fair Lawn - later Eckerd, now a Rite Aid
Flemington - now a remodelled strip mall
Fort Lee - now a Pathmark
Glen Rock - no longer a Grand Union
Hackensack - now a Stop & Shop
Hawthorne - no longer a Grand Union
Hazlet - formerly located in the Airport Plaza
Lake Hiawatha - now a Foodtown
Landing - now a Pathmark
Livingston - Now Pathmark
Madison - Now Super Stop & Shop
Manalapan - now a Best Buy
Matawan - Currently a Bed, Bath & Beyond
Middletown - now a Stop & Shop
Midland Park - no longer a Grand Union
Montvale - now "The Gym"
Oakland - now a Staples and Zeytinia
North Brunswick - now an A&P
Paramus - now a Stop & Shop
Point Pleasant - now a Super Stop & Shop
Ramsey - now a Kohl's
Ridgewood - now a Super Stop & Shop
Ringwood - now a Stop & Shop
Rocky Hill - Grand Union is longer here or anywhere in the Garden State
South Brunswick - now a Stop & Shop
Sparta - now a Stop & Shop
Teaneck - now a CVS/pharmacy
Tenafly - now a Stop & Shop
Toms River - became a 99cent SuperStore, now a Stop & Shop
Waldwick - now a Stop & Shop
Wayne - no longer a Grand Union
Westwood - now a TJ Maxx
West Orange - It became a CVS/pharmacy. However, the original building which housed Grand Union burned to the ground and was replaced with a new modern strip mall complex.
Wyckoff - now a Stop & Shop
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Vermont
Barre - closed and divided into 2 stores (Lenny's Shoes and Rite Aid Pharmacy)
Bennington - now Tractor Supply Company
Brandon - now Hannaford Supermarket
Bristol - now Shaws
Colchester - later P&C Foods, TBD now
Enosburg Falls - now Hannaford
Essex Center - now Price Chopper
Essex Junction - demolished; now a Lowe's Home Improvement Store
Fair Haven - now Shaws
Hardwick - still operating
Johnson - still operating
Ludlow - now Shaws
Manchester Center - now Shaws
Middlebury - now Shaws
Milton - now Hannaford
Montpelier - now Shaws
Newport - now Vista Foods
North Burlington - demolished 2001; re-built as Hannaford
Northfield - still operating
Poultney - now Shaws
Randolph - now Shaws
Rutland
- US 7 N and US 4 E- still operating
- US 7 S - was P&C, closed in 2004; large strip mall including Hannaford re-built on the site
St. Albans - closed
South Burlington
- Williston Road - Store closed in September 2008; replaced by Price Chopper Supermarket
- Shelburne Road - closed in 2002, replaced by Shaw's; Shaw's re-built in 2004
Springfield - now Peebles
Stowe - now Shaws
Swanton - now Hannaford Supermarket
White River Junction - later P&C; may now be a health food store
Wilmington - now Shaws
Windsor - now a Price Chopper
Woodstock - became P&C, then Mac's Markets
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Connecticut
Darien - Now Shaws
Fairfield - Closed in 1995; Converted to Bob's Stores
Glenville - no longer a Grand Union
Greenwich - Two in Greenwich both closed in 2001; Now Stop & Shop
Hamden - Later became Child World, Gelco, Hometown Buffet, now East Buffet (Hamden Plaza).
Monroe - Closed in 1995; Converted to Priced Right Discount Store; Then a location for Tutor Time Day Care; Now empty
New Fairfield - Now Shaws
Norwalk - Now a Marshalls Store
New Canaan - Building demolished. Now retail stores
Newtown - Now Caraluzzi's
Ridgefield - Now CVS
Southbury - Now Shaws
Southbury - In Southbury Plaza; now Super Stop & Shop
Stamford - Now Grade A Market
Storrs - still open
Stratford - vacant store became an addition to the adjacent Burlington Coat Factory
Trumbull - Closed in 1995; Converted to a Porricelli's Food Mart
Waterbury - Co-Located with GrandWay Dept. Store. (in Colonial Plaza). No longer a Grand Union.
West Haven - Co-Located with GrandWay Dept. Store. Now Railroad Salvage/ShopRite.
Westport - Converted to Shaws
Windsor - No longer a Grand Union
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Florida
Miami (3) - Left in early '80s
Coral Gables - Later Winn-Dixie and OfficeMax
Pompano Beach - left decades ago as well
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Ontario
Toronto area - Now Metro
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Other states and the Carribean
Virginia
Pennsylvania (Milford store about to be Key Food. Was also in Wilkes-Barre)
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Puerto Rico
Maryland
US Virgin Islands
Texas
Georgia
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
South Carolina
Washington, DC
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Louisiana
Other towns to be determined. Subject to change. Feedback appreciated.
Here are a few stores not listed...
ReplyDeleteAmenia,NY-now Foodtown
Beacon,NY-now Key Food
Dover Plains,NY-now Foodtown
Fishkill,NY-empty since it closed
Hyde Park,NY-was Amish Market, now empty
Kingston,NY-Ulster store now Hannaford
Lagrangeville,NY-was Foodtown, now Walgreens
Millbrook,NY-now Stewarts and other business
Naponach,NY-weekend flea markets
New Paltz,NY-now Rite-Aid, TCBY, Blockbuster
Pawling,NY-now Hannaford
Pleasant Valley,NY-was Key Food, now empty
Wappinger Falls,NY-now Treasure Island
As far as Wappinger Falls, the old store became a Rite-Aid and a Fitness Center. Rite-Aid has since moved out. The newer GU Store is currently Treasure Island I believe...
Another former location of Grand Union is Cobleskill, NY (now a Price Chopper since 1990 or 1991. ) Many of these lists neglect to mention it, and I'm wondering if it's because it became a Price Chopper in the early 1990s.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to add Pine Plains,NY. This is a Pecks Market and has been for quite some time. I have family that worked for GU for decades. I will get more info when i have time as we need to fill in many voids in the list!!!
ReplyDeleteA couple other notes:
ReplyDelete- The Greenville (NY) store has always been Bryant's Country Square (and is still signed as such) - they simply changed to being supplied by C&S - even their ad flier looks just like the GU Markets ones, but with the Bryant's logo.
- Hopewell Junction NY (if it's where I am thinking of) is now split between CVS and a Farm store)
- Waterford NY is split into several stores, including one of the largest Stewart's (convenience stores) and a couple other smaller storefronts.
- Matawan NJ - there is a Stop & Shop in that plaza - I am unsure if they operated in the GU spot for a time before building the new store (as they did in Rhinebeck NY) or not.
- There was also a vacant GU in Matamoras PA (just a few miles from Milford) - it looked like there was work going on in July, but no info as to what it might be headed toward.
That Hopewell Junction, NY info is correct. Also, the Grand Union in Warwick, NY is now a CVS I believe. And there was a Grand Union in Greenwood Lake. Not sure what that is now!!
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Ravena NY also had a Grand Union in Faith Plaza on Route 9W. It is now a Hannaford.
ReplyDeleteMatamoras store had a sign up about 2 years ago that said it would be turned into a movie theater, but nothing seems to have come of that so far.
ReplyDeleteWow...I totally forgot about Woodstock,NY. Now a CVS I believe...
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Some additions to Vermont stores...
ReplyDeleteWaitsfield,VT
Morrisville, VT
Berlin, VT
Waterbury,, VT
Also, I have two stores listed for Enosburg, VT...
As for Hew Hampshire stores, I have...
ReplyDeleteHanover, NH
West Lebanon, NH
Lincoln, NH
That's all I have....
BDK
Plattsburgh, NY had at least 3 other locations not mentioned. The first one was at the Plattsburgh Plaza on Rt. 3(Cornelia St.). This is the one that moved to the Commerce Square location that became a TJ Maxx. There was one downtown at corner of Margaret and Cornelia, it is now offices. Also, there was the one at Skyway Plaza (outside the Plattsburgh AFB gates) on Rt. 9. Tis location was a tops for several years and is now a Yando's Big M Supermarket.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with Plattsburgh, but the stores I have as of 8/2/2000 are...
ReplyDelete#1996 63 Consumer Drive
#2403 14 Skyway Shopping Center
Worked for "Grand Union" back in the early '90's.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most petty operations in business , at the time, among a myriad of insults suffered. I had to deal with Assistant Mrgs. being encouraged to punch my time card out early to save a few pennies---no matter that as they were doing so they knew full well that, meanwhile I continued slaving away, somewhere in the store, whether it be, mopping floors, making bales , or wiping feces off toilets Merciless.
Their fond farewell to this reliable, tireless, dedicated employee- included withholding; stealing, actually,(in cahoots with the Union goons in Jersey) my well earned 1 week vacation paycheck which if I recall correctly amounted to the staggering sum of approx 140 bucks
I later discovered that someone had ,clandestinely, taken my name off the payroll for a short period during an well-anticipated, authorized leave-so that my employment tenure would not meet the min req- 1 yr + a cross over of a month of March period Upon my much welcomed return the Food workers Union "double-dipped" for weekly dues to cover the entire length of my absence
Good Riddance Grand (Ma)l Union
While Grand Union had their problems... and not that I don't believe your story, but find it hard to digest your story.
ReplyDeleteSome stores were under significant pressure in the early 90s. I worked in a small store and the manager was constantly tweaking the schedule to stay within payroll caps from the district manager. Anyone not a regular cashier had to juggle several responsibilites. Worst part of the job was scraping off price stickers for price changes before the scanner era.
ReplyDeleteOh, how I remember doing 3 jobs at once in the Four Corners Vestal location. Also, the Endwell store wasn't demolished, they renovated the inside. The original building is still there.
DeleteI would like to clarify a few location updates in Queens, NY.
ReplyDelete1. Bay Terrace Center in Bayside Queens- Grand Union until early 1990's in shopping center. Closed and Barnes & Noble moved in as Waldbaums moved into site at center where former bowling alley was located.
The entire center was remodeled and bears no resemblence of the old Grand Union.
2. Flushing- Main Street and Union Turnpike, is now a Key Food
3. College Point, My last visit to that neighborhood and I discovered a CVS Pharmacy where the former GU was located.
South Florida:
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Ft. Lauderdale/Wilton Manors: Former GU was later a Piggly Wiggly in the late 1980's and now a portion of the store is a gym. The entire Wilton Manor's shopping center was redeveloped and caters to the local Gay and Lesbian community. The only reminder of the old Grand Union can be found in the area of the gym in the original building's angled window shape.
Fort Lauderdale, Broward Blvd: shared shopping center with a Zayre discount store. Was a Shoppers Food Warehouse (under GU) when it closed in the mid 1980's. Entire center demolished to make current park and ride lot at I-95/Broward Blvd/Amtrak/Tri-Rail stations
Lauderhill Florida, another freestanding store off Oakland Park Blvd near a hospital, sat vacant for years then converted into medical offices.
POMPANO BEACH: Sample Road, This store was closed for many years after GU left Florida, was later a used book store, closed again for a decade and was most recently a Save-A-Lot store.
BOCA RATON (3) locations
1. Sandlefoot Cove was later a Publix, is possibly closed today
2. Palmetto Park Road- Original 1970's Grand Union was demolished and Publix rebuit on site
3. Spanish River Blvd & US1- Federal Hwy also an original 1970's Grand Union that was demolished and Publix rebuilt on site.
BOYNTON BEACH: 1970's Grand Union shared shopping center with KMart. Stood vacant for years then when KMart closed, Winn Dixie moved into the old KMart. It too has since closed.
North Palm Beach, neighborhood freestanding Grand Union was a local supermarket in the early 1990's then later abandoned.
Locations not listed:
ReplyDeleteBrick, NJ - Now a Stop & Shop
Toms River, NJ (Rt 37 E) - Now a Super Stop & Shop
Toms River, NJ (Rt 37 W) - Now an off-track betting parlor
Just adding another location not mentioned, the Grand Union on Passaic St. in Wood-Ridge, NJ. I think it closed only a year before the chain folded, or maybe right after the nearby Carlstadt store opened. The site is now a literal a hole in the ground, and will probably be unless Wesmont gets built.
ReplyDeleteI can add a few NH stores to your list
ReplyDeleteWest Lebanon (Glen Road) - Now a price chopper.
Claremont (Pleasant Street) - Closed 1984. Became a Carl's Drug in 1986, then a Fay's Drug in 1988, Closed as a Fay's in 1997 (after the merger with JCPenney), now the space has been divided up into several retail stores. It is rumored to believe that much of the old interior has been retained thru all the remodels, abiet it can only be seen from the stock areas. (I saw this as a Fay's employee in the 1990s)
Claremont (Washington Street) - Closed in 1993, due to Market Basket taking over the old Kmart space and purchasing the entire mall from KMC Realty. Also it should be noted about that time Claremont recieved NH's second WalMart, and since that store's opening in 1980, Claremont had seen 4 different supermarkets open. (Hannaford, IGA/FarmFare, WalMart, and Market Basket). The space is now occupied by a movie theatre.
Worked for GU starting in high school in 1986 leaving in 1995. Worked in many of the store locations.
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Rotterdam, NY - located on Hamburg St. Changed into a Hot Dot for a year or so then closed. Now vacant.
Schenectady, NY - located on State St in Woodlawn Plaza. Now an Aldi.
There was a Grand Union in Horseheads, NY in the Lake Hills Plaza located at 3162 Lake Rd. It opened in 1973 and closed in 1982. It became a P&C from 1987 - 1998 and now it's the Elmira Fitness Center. Below are some pics of the former Grand Union:
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There was another Grand Union in Elmira, NY at 530 Pennsylvania Ave. Now it's a church.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Grand Union in Milford, CT during the sixties, located in the town center. West Haven also had a second smaller Grand Union store in the Baybrook Shopping Center, located at the West Haven-Milford town line. That store cloed in mid 80's.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Grand Union in Franklin Lakes, NJ back in the 70's & 80's and when the federal goverment was completing the connection for
ReplyDeleteI-287 from NJ to NY, they were going to knock down that shopping center w/ the Grand Union... but wait, Sir James Goldsmith and company said no way, go around it and they did! Bet they had wished 'down the road'a few years that they should have taken the govt. money!
The store is still there today as a Stop & Shop!
Who'da thunk it...
There was also a store in Bonita Springs, FL during the 70's. Still a market under a different name.
ReplyDeleteThere were 4 locations (Weingarten) in Shreveport, Louisiana in the 1980's.
ReplyDelete#8040 - Jewella Road
#8044 - West 70th Street
#8054 - Line Avenue
#8068 - Kings Highway
Laurel, MD - Grand Union became Basics and is now Village Thrift (used clothes).
ReplyDeleteI lived in the Hanover/Lebanon/White river Junction area from 1990 to 2001. I was a frequent Grand Union customer.
ReplyDeleteThe Hanover, NH store was on South Main Street, 2 blocks south of the Dartmouth Green and was briefly a P&C. The building was torn down or maybe just gutted and the site now houses a CVS. Some oldtimers still refer to the "Grand Union parking lot," which is the closest free parking to campus.
I don't remember a Grand Union on Glen Road in West Lebanon: there was one in the "Miracle Mile Plaza" on Mechanic Street, which became a P&C, and later a Price Chopper.
The White River Junction Grand Union became a P&C and the building now houses a branch of the Hanover Consumer Co-op. (This is an entirely separate coop from the Upper Valley Coop which is two blocks away.)
There was also a Grand Union 20 miles upriver from White River Junction in Bradford, VT which I frequented for 3 years when I lived nearby in Orford, NH. It also became a P&C.
Most, perhaps all, of those locations were P&C's up until some point in the 1980s: the shopping carts, etc. still had P&C logos on them well into the 1990s.
Claremont, NH...There was another location on Maple Avenue...a large building housed both a Grand Union on the right and an Ames on the left. Grand Union went first; then later the Ames store closed. The building was purchased by Amsource and used as a water-bottling facility briefly before falling vacant for a period. Subsequently, the building was demolished by the city and the site is owned by a church intending to build on the site. The parking lot remains.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your input. I appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteDuring the 60's and 70's the was a Grand Union in Levittown, NY. Frank the manager was one of best bosses i've ever had.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know when the grand union in larchmont, ny closed or have a pic of it.
ReplyDeleteMiddleburgh,NY store is closed and will not re-open due to significant flood damage from hurricane Irene.
ReplyDeleteJust a quick update. Kingston, NY actually had three stores at one time. And one had two different locations. They were as follows:
ReplyDeleteKingston Plaza(original location) - Now split between Fashion Bug and a liquor store
Kingston Plaza(second location) - opened in half of former Britt's. Now a Hannaford
Albany Avenue - now offices for the Ulster-Greene ARC
Route 9W(Town of Ulster) - Now split between Aldi and Family Dollar
Manassas, VA had a Grand Union in the 1970's -- Manaport Plaza across from Manassas Mall. Was very young when it closed but I remember it had some kind of grocery cart return apparatus that would automatically bring the carts back inside -- fascinating for a 5 or 6 year old
ReplyDeleteAs of the third week in september 2012, 21 GU Family Markets will be bought by Tops Friendly Markets. (NY STORES): Ausable Forks, Bolten Landing, Chestertown, Corinth, Elizebethtown, Greenville(Bryants), Hancock, Hoosick Falls, North Creek, Northville, Peru, Both Saranac Lake locations, Schroon Lake, Stamford, Tannersville, W. Coxsackie, Warrensburg (VT STORES): Hardwick, Northfield, Rutland.
ReplyDeletepeekskill, ny (on washington street) had a grand union from the 1960-mid 1970s. became a furniture store after GU left the site.
ReplyDeleteGrand Union had 3 Poughkeepsie locations open at one time. They were Main Street, Route 9, and Washington Street. Add Newburgh, NY as well.
ReplyDeleteStorrs is closed. Building is vacant.
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