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| Eastwood store in 2008 that I took myself |
I may have heard of Eckerd in passing prior to 1996, then JCPenney bought them and Eckerd absorbed their Thrift Drug division. Then, Eckerd would acquire Fays Drugs. By 1997, the latter would be no more. Many older locations were kept, while others were sold after new standalone stores were built from scratch, including some of the first drive-thru pharmacies in the northeast. Canadian chain Pharmacie Jean Coutu, which previously owned Brooks and sold NYS locations to Revco (which CVS bought in 1997) would later take over. Rite Aid bought out the chain in 2010, except for Florida locations, which went to CVS/pharmacy instead. Eckerd is now a corporate subsidiary of Rite Aid, even though many of these locations were sold to Walgreens in 2019. A number of them closed then that overlapped or later on. Back in CNY, here's a select list of what I can memorise:
Syracuse (Eastwood) - NY 290; former Loblaws/Peters IGA/Foodland/Carls/Fays, now Family Dollar (pictured)
Syracuse (Lyncourt) - Shop City; former Fays; moved to former Ames after ceiling collapse; old space now Valu
Syracuse (south side) - NY 175 & 80; now vacant
Syracuse (north side) - Lodi & Butternut Sts; now Dollar General (Rite Aid already across street)
Syracuse (west side) - Avery Ave & Onondaga Blvd; now Walgreens
Fairmount - former flagship Fays; now Dollar Tree
Camillus - Camillus Plaza; former Carls and Fays; now Rite Aid
Auburn - NY 5; now Rite Aid
Norwich - NY 12; closed after merger due to existing Rite Aid across street, TBD
New Hartford - NY 5A; now Rite Aid
Rome - NY 46 & 49; now Rite Aid
North Syracuse - US 11 & W Taft Rd, Sweetheart Corners; now Rite Aid
Mattydale - US 11; now Walgreens
Liverpool (Galeville) - Old Liverpool Rd; now Family Dollar
Liverpool (Bayberry) - CR 57; now Walgreens
Norwich - NY 12; now Walgreens
Baldwinsville (village) - NY 31 & 370; now Dollar Tree (confirmed by the chain themselves)
Cortland - US 11 & NY 41; now Walgreens
Cortlandville - NY 281 & 222; now Rite Aid
Nedrow - US 11; now Walgreens (one of the first standalones in CNY built to replace Fays)
Canastota - NY 5 & 13; now Dollar General
Cicero (US 11); now Walgreens
Cicero (NY 31 & Thompson Rd); now Rite Aid
East Syracuse - formerly Church Leader Drug/Fays; now Walgreens
Manlius - NY 92 - formerly Harveys Pharmacy; now Unplugged Gaming
Fayetteville - formerly Fays; now Walgreens
Syracuse (east side) - formerly Drumlins Pharmacy/Fays; now Walgreens
Hannibal - NY 3; formerly Fays, now Walgreens
Watertown - NY 3; formerly Fays/liquor store; now vacant
Oswego (city) - NY 104; formerly Fays; now demolished
Baldwinsville (Moyers Corners) - NY 31 & CR 57, Kimbrook Plaza; formerly Fays, now Planet Fitness
Pittsford - NY 31; later Rite Aid, now closed
Oswego - NY 104; now Walgreens
Fulton - NY 481; formerly Fays; now Taco Bell
Scotchtown - NY 211; now Rite Aid (actually downstate, but I was researching Fays, trying to find out about the Middletown store)
Poughkeepsie - US 9 (North Rd); now Rite Aid (I used to live up the road, and I remember it opening)
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