Friday, January 24, 2020

Sunrise Records

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Toronto location
I only went to Sunrise Records in Kingston, ONT, but it is similar to FYE, which they are buying.  Here's where they could dawn:

Clay - NY 31 & 481*
Auburn - NY 5 & US 20*
Henrietta - NY 15A & 252*
Cortland - NY 13

*past FYE location

Possibly as a result of Sunrises purchase of FYE from Albany-based Trans World Entertainment, fye.com and sister site SecondSpin.com will not buy anymore CDs or DVDs.  You may still be able to in person, although in some areas, it wasn't allowed, such as the Washington, DC location at Amtrak flagship Union Station.  I'll just go to other places to sell them or donate them if they are worth twopence.  Also might be as people stream music and films, as even BluRay is cheap now.

Marco's Pizza

New Marco's Pizza
Somewhere in the Midwest perhaps.

Marco's Pizza I heard of from national TV, but is yet another chain unseen in these parts.  Here's a slice of where to build:

Cortland - former Naples Italian Eatery, NY 13
deWitt - NY 5
North Syracuse - former Pies Guys, US 11
Syracuse (north side) - former Cantina Loredo, Destiny USA
Auburn - former Tim Hortons or Dennys, NY 5
Fulton - former Nestlé site, NY 481
Oswego - * NY 104
Westvale - former Kirbys, NY 5
Fairmount - former Pies Guys, NY 297 (if not Westvale)
Canastota - former Family Dollar, NY 5 & 13 and CR 25
Utica - former Parkway Pizza
Albany - former I Love NY Pizza, US 9

* former Pizza Hut

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Discount Tire

Discount Tire Store
Shenandoah, TX location
Despite being the leader in tyres, Discount Tire is new to me, as I just heard of it from a commercial the other week.  It would have to use the name Americas Tire like on the west coast north of San Diego County (because of other Discount Tires in the Bay Area and LA, given the generic nature of the name, yet in the Cincinnati-Covington area, this Discount Tire compete with Tire Discounters!) to avoid confusion with Mavis Discount Tire in CNY.  Here's where they could go:

Liverpool - NY 31, former Dunn Tire (see Update) or CR 57, former AutoZone
Mattydale - US 11, former Valvoline
Fulton - NY 3, former Fred Raynor Ford
Phoenix - CR 57, former Sharon Chevrolet
Syracuse (West side) - NY 5, former Lowery Bros Chrysler Jeep

UPDATE: In October 2023, Discount Tire acquired Erie County-based Dunn Tire, according to CBS 4 WIVB Buffalo and sister station Newschannel 9 WSYR (studio just up the street from the East Syracuse/deWitt location I've been to). The name will remain, likely because of the aforementioned name conflict and perhaps its legacy in WNY.  It's a "Dunn" deal!