Former Peter's locations

I took this myself and made it as close as possible from memory.

No free online photo exists of the Skytop Peter's as that, so I had to make do.

My one-time employer Peter's Groceries were a fixture in my area from 1944 until late 2004. After three generations and administration, they became another statistic of a local business being lost to the ages. Here's where they used to be:

501 Midland Ave., Syracuse south side (original store)
Skytop Plaza, Syracuse (pictured, flagship now a Tops)
Shop City Plaza, Syracuse (formerly Green Hills, co-existed in plaza with Grand Union? and was bought out by P&C, and now Tops as well)
5399 N. Burdick Street, Fayetteville (now a Kohls)
NY 5 & 92, Lyndon (deWitt/Fayetteville)
500 Butternut Square, Syracuse north side (previously Chicago Markets; now a Save-a-Lot)
US 11, North Syracuse (previously Williams, later Maines; now Planet Fitness, Thrifty Shopper and Corsos Cookies)

US 11, Syracuse (north side), now cornershop

N Salina St; later Barbieris Diner, now vacant (moved from up the street years earlier)

NY 290 (Eastwood) - Previously Loblaws, later Foodland, Carls Drugs, Fays Drugs, Eckerd and Rite Aid; now Family Dollar.

Bridge St, East Syracuse/deWitt; Westons Plaza, around where Home Depot and Dunn Tire are now

Peter's had been part of the Hometown Markets partnership (in a later post). Many longtime employees stayed on through different vintages and changing of hands. Personally, I was better at shopping there than working there, to cut a long story short. The pressure was on, and the Peter family were petered out! Still many older townies remember it, especially as an IGA franchise! Still, it's good to remember a simpler time!  The liquor stores at Skytop and North Syracuse remain in business.