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Locations
New York
Now Tops:
Corinth, Bolton Landing, Elizabethtown, North Creek, Au Sable Forks, Schroon Lake, Northville, Chestertown, Greenville (ex-Bryant's), Hancock, Stamford, Hoosick Falls, West Coxsackie, and Tannersville (all small towns mainly in or near the Adirondacks or Catskills).
Other former GU stores:
Albany (NY 5/Central Ave ACROSS from Westgate) - later was a Toys for Joy, now is a Hannaford
Albany (NY 5/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. Later had Price Chopper International (closed in 2024 when Market 32 took over ShopRite down the street, so current GU could get Westgate vacancy).
Albany (NY 5/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.
Albany - NY 5, Grand Way
Amsterdam - now True Value Hardware
Astoria - was no longer in greater Tri-State area
Amsterdam - now True Value Hardware
Astoria - was no longer in greater Tri-State area
Auburn - NY 38A?
Ausable Forks - NY 9N; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops by 2013
Ballston Spa - NY 50, now Ocean State Job Lot
Beacon - Now Key Food
The Bellmores - GU was no longer on Long Island
Bolton Landing - NY 9N; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops once more in 2013 (I have a photo my sister took for me on hols)
Ausable Forks - NY 9N; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops by 2013
Ballston Spa - NY 50, now Ocean State Job Lot
Beacon - Now Key Food
The Bellmores - GU was no longer on Long Island
Bolton Landing - NY 9N; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops once more in 2013 (I have a photo my sister took for me on hols)
Bronx - 164th St and Ogden Ave; disappeared
Brooklyn - may now be ShopRite (possibly the one off the F tube), others TBD
Burnt Hills - now Dollar General
Brunswick - closed and became a Salvation Army Family Store, now closed.
Binghamton - closed; now Auction Centre? Another now a church?
Cambridge - NY 22, closed 2002; now Dollar General (small part vacant for lease)
Clifton Park - now a Kohls; store HQ later in town under C&S but there were no more Saratoga County stores by 2004
Clinton - was around in '50s; long gone
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 - former NY 5/8/12; formerly in New Hartford Shopping Centre; may have been a Save-A-Lot later, yet Tuesday Morning moved in there since
Niskayuna - now multi-purpose space, including medical offices
Niskayuna (NY 146/Nott St.) -later ShopRite until November 2023; now Market 32
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 and Tops in 2013
Brooklyn - may now be ShopRite (possibly the one off the F tube), others TBD
Burnt Hills - now Dollar General
Brunswick - closed and became a Salvation Army Family Store, now closed.
Binghamton - closed; now Auction Centre? Another now a church?
Cambridge - NY 22, closed 2002; now Dollar General (small part vacant for lease)
Cazenovia - originally Cazenovia House, then Harris Foodliner (IGA?); later Smiths; now Kinney Pharmacy; US 20 & NY 13
Centereach - later King Kullen, now Big Lots
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 Weis
Chestertown - US 9; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and back to Tops again in 2013
Centereach - later King Kullen, now Big Lots
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 Weis
Chestertown - US 9; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and back to Tops again in 2013
Clayton - US 12; later Big M
Clifton Park - now a Kohls; store HQ later in town under C&S but there were no more Saratoga County stores by 2004
Clinton - was around in '50s; long gone
Cohoes - closed generations ago
Cold Spring - caught on fire in 2002; rebuilt as Foodtown
College Point - TBD; also see below
Commack - TBD; GU was no longer on Long Island by 2000s
Corinth - NY 9N; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops again in 2013.
Cornwall - Became Key Food in 2001
Cortland - US 11 & NY 41; became P&C in early '90s; now Dollar General (new Grand Union in former Tops opened 2022)
Cold Spring - caught on fire in 2002; rebuilt as Foodtown
College Point - TBD; also see below
Commack - TBD; GU was no longer on Long Island by 2000s
Corinth - NY 9N; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops again in 2013.
Cornwall - Became Key Food in 2001
Cortland - US 11 & NY 41; became P&C in early '90s; now Dollar General (new Grand Union in former Tops opened 2022)
Crown Point - NY 22; long gone
Deer Park - now Stop & Shop
Delmar (NY 443) - now Hannaford
Dobbs Ferry - now a Stop & Shop
East Greenbush (US 4)- Torn down when Walmart expanded to super store, where part of parking lot/driveway is now.
East Greenbush (US 9 & 20) - Another former Albany Public Markets (sold to Weis in 1967), was Grand Union for just a short time, then Big Al's discount, later Fays and then Eckerd before closing in 2010 after the Rite Aid buyout (as there is a Rite Aid just across street) - now vacant.
Elizabethtown - US 9; became Tops in 2001, returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops in 2013
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 - NY 26?; closed and vacant for 2.5 years. Demolished, rebuilt as Giant Markets (now Weis)
Deer Park - now Stop & Shop
Delmar (NY 443) - now Hannaford
Dobbs Ferry - now a Stop & Shop
East Greenbush (US 4)- Torn down when Walmart expanded to super store, where part of parking lot/driveway is now.
East Greenbush (US 9 & 20) - Another former Albany Public Markets (sold to Weis in 1967), was Grand Union for just a short time, then Big Al's discount, later Fays and then Eckerd before closing in 2010 after the Rite Aid buyout (as there is a Rite Aid just across street) - now vacant.
Elizabethtown - US 9; became Tops in 2001, returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops in 2013
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 - NY 26?; closed and vacant for 2.5 years. Demolished, rebuilt as Giant Markets (now Weis)
Endwell - 3100 Watson Blvd; later a carpet and now Byrne Dairy
Flushing - Main St/NY 25A and Union Tpke; GU was no longer in the New York City boroughs; now Key Food
Forest Hills - became Met Foods, now Walgreens
Fort Edward - closed in 2003; later caught fire. Market 32 opened at the site.
Fort Plain - NY 80; Previously Great American; later Big M (semi-stepsister chain); now a Save-a-Lot
Freeport - became a Compare Foods Supermarket and is now a CVS/pharmacy
Fultonville - closed by time chain was sold; current status TBD
Garden City - 7th St. Location - later Pathmark, today TBD
Garden City - Roosevelt Field Shopping Centre - later Herman's Sporting Goods
Flushing - Main St/NY 25A and Union Tpke; GU was no longer in the New York City boroughs; now Key Food
Forest Hills - became Met Foods, now Walgreens
Fort Edward - closed in 2003; later caught fire. Market 32 opened at the site.
Fort Plain - NY 80; Previously Great American; later Big M (semi-stepsister chain); now a Save-a-Lot
Freeport - became a Compare Foods Supermarket and is now a CVS/pharmacy
Fultonville - closed by time chain was sold; current status TBD
Garden City - 7th St. Location - later Pathmark, today TBD
Garden City - Roosevelt Field Shopping Centre - later Herman's Sporting Goods
Geneva - NY 14; Later Area Records and Music, now Perfectly Unique Gifts and Home
Glenville - now demolished
Glenmont - US 9W and Fuera Bush Road; now a Marshalls (old store pictured in 2004)
Gloversville - TBD
Goshen - NY 17C; now a CVS/pharmacy
Greenville - NY 32; later Bryants Country Square, but also now a Tops
Greenwich - became Eagle Bridge Furniture in 2002; now a butcher shop? (not Greenwich Village in NYC)
Glenville - now demolished
Glenmont - US 9W and Fuera Bush Road; now a Marshalls (old store pictured in 2004)
Gloversville - TBD
Goshen - NY 17C; now a CVS/pharmacy
Greenville - NY 32; later Bryants Country Square, but also now a Tops
Greenwich - became Eagle Bridge Furniture in 2002; now a butcher shop? (not Greenwich Village in NYC)
Greenwood Lake - now a CVS/pharmacy and post office, off NY 17A
Guilderland - US 20; now Price Chopper/Market 32
Hamilton - NY 12B; later Tops, later Grand Union again and Fashion Kraze; now Parrys general store (last CNY store at time of 2012 sale until return while Price Chopper opened up the street)
Hancock - NY 17 & 97; Still Open as Tops
Hicksville - Became Scatturo's; later Best Market (formerly one-time stepsister store to GU under C&S Best Yet Market); now Lidl USA.
Highland - US 9W; became Hannaford
Hoosick Falls - NY 22; still open as Tops
Hopewell Junction - NY 376; now ACME?
Hudson Falls - closed in 2001; TBD
Hudson - on US 9/Union Street, closed many years ago, has housed offices since and still does
Guilderland - US 20; now Price Chopper/Market 32
Hamilton - NY 12B; later Tops, later Grand Union again and Fashion Kraze; now Parrys general store (last CNY store at time of 2012 sale until return while Price Chopper opened up the street)
Hancock - NY 17 & 97; Still Open as Tops
Hicksville - Became Scatturo's; later Best Market (formerly one-time stepsister store to GU under C&S Best Yet Market); now Lidl USA.
Highland - US 9W; became Hannaford
Hoosick Falls - NY 22; still open as Tops
Hopewell Junction - NY 376; now ACME?
Hudson Falls - closed in 2001; TBD
Hudson - on US 9/Union Street, closed many years ago, has housed offices since and still does
Hunter - NY 23A; TBD
Hyde Park - US 9; Closed in 2004; later an Amish Market, now Dutchess County Board of Elections
Hyde Park - US 9; Closed in 2004; later an Amish Market, now Dutchess County Board of Elections
Ithaca - NY 13/34/79/89/96?; lost to obscurity, even for a small uni town (only had a mere tip on Facebook, but rumored to buy closing Tops on S Meadow St)
Jay - NY 9N; closed
Keeseville - was Tops in 2001-03, Save-a-Lot 2004-06, and Bourgeois IGA until later, but may become a Macs Markets or Shaws after that.
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 on US 9W. The Ulster location is Hannaford, but the uptown site is now vacant.
Lake Placid - became Tops in 2001; closed 2005
Latham - NY 2, 7 & 9 in the Latham Circle mall as an outparcel, later Gold's Gym, torn down when Lowes was built
Latham (NY 2 between Latham & Watervliet) - now houses a church
Larchmont - no longer a Grand Union by the time chain folded
Long Lake - NY 30; now Northern Borne
Loudonville - US 9; now Price Chopper/Market 32
Little Neck - now Stop & Shop
Mahopac - now a Key Food Marketplace
Malta - now Price Chopper/Market 32
Jay - NY 9N; closed
Keeseville - was Tops in 2001-03, Save-a-Lot 2004-06, and Bourgeois IGA until later, but may become a Macs Markets or Shaws after that.
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 on US 9W. The Ulster location is Hannaford, but the uptown site is now vacant.
Lake Placid - became Tops in 2001; closed 2005
Latham - NY 2, 7 & 9 in the Latham Circle mall as an outparcel, later Gold's Gym, torn down when Lowes was built
Latham (NY 2 between Latham & Watervliet) - now houses a church
Larchmont - no longer a Grand Union by the time chain folded
Long Lake - NY 30; now Northern Borne
Loudonville - US 9; now Price Chopper/Market 32
Little Neck - now Stop & Shop
Mahopac - now a Key Food Marketplace
Malta - now Price Chopper/Market 32
Manhattan - TBD
Massapequa - later a Pathmark; now TBD
Massapequa - later a Pathmark; now TBD
Mattydale - US 11; later Tops and P&C, now Big Lots
Mechanicville - No longer a Grand Union when they became defunct; more info TBD
Menands - NY 32/Broadway. Originally an Albany Public Market (later owned by Weis), now the space is used as an operations center for Bank of America.
Middleburgh - NY 30; closed in 2012 after flooding; later Shop with No Name; now vacant
Millbrook - NY 44; now Foodtown?
Millerton - NY 44; now Foodtown
Mechanicville - No longer a Grand Union when they became defunct; more info TBD
Menands - NY 32/Broadway. Originally an Albany Public Market (later owned by Weis), now the space is used as an operations center for Bank of America.
Middleburgh - NY 30; closed in 2012 after flooding; later Shop with No Name; now vacant
Millbrook - NY 44; now Foodtown?
Millerton - NY 44; now Foodtown
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 - former NY 5/8/12; formerly in New Hartford Shopping Centre; may have been a Save-A-Lot later, yet Tuesday Morning moved in there since
Niskayuna - now multi-purpose space, including medical offices
Niskayuna (NY 146/Nott St.) -later ShopRite until November 2023; now Market 32
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 and Tops in 2013
North Syracuse - North Plaza, US 11; now has Dollar General and other businesses
North Syracuse - Airport Plaza, US 11; closed in 1966; later Channel Home Center; became P&C in 1994 and Tops in 2010.
Northport - became a Key Food Marketplace; now closed
Northville - now Tops
Northport - became a Key Food Marketplace; now closed
Northville - now Tops
Nyack - original store closed ages ago. Latter-day store was later Stop & Shop and is now Met Fresh.
Palantine Bridge - Was no longer a Grand Union
Peru - NY 22; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops again in 2013, reverting to GU in 2022. Original store was in village well before this.
Plainview - was no longer on Long Island
Plattsburgh - one now Yandos Big M, another now a TJ Maxx (2 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; later Davis Furniture, then a Latin American market. Now Market Fresh.
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, US 9
Queensbury - later Toys "R" Us, now closed, US 9
Ramapo - closed a generation ago
Palantine Bridge - Was no longer a Grand Union
Peru - NY 22; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops again in 2013, reverting to GU in 2022. Original store was in village well before this.
Plainview - was no longer on Long Island
Plattsburgh - one now Yandos Big M, another now a TJ Maxx (2 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; later Davis Furniture, then a Latin American market. Now Market Fresh.
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, US 9
Queensbury - later Toys "R" Us, now closed, US 9
Ramapo - closed a generation ago
Red Hook - likely US 9; long gone
Remsen - TBD
Rhinebeck - US 9; original store vacant for a period and is now an urgent care; Stop & Shop built next door and then became ex-sister store Tops
Remsen - TBD
Rhinebeck - US 9; original store vacant for a period and is now an urgent care; Stop & Shop built next door and then became ex-sister store Tops
Rome - NY 46 & 49; later Tops, then P&C, Tops again, and Grand Union once again
Rotterdam - now Superior Office Products
Rouses Point - closed in 2000; became Save-A-Lot in 2002; currently a Dollar General
Saranac Lake - there were two Grand Unions operating. Both became Tops in 2001, then returned to Grand Union in 2006 and back to Tops in 2013, then GU again in 2022 (NY 3 location). Other location TBD.
Saratoga Springs (Congress Ave.) - became Off Broadway Theatre & Grill; now an Embassy Suites
Saratoga Springs (West Ave. & NY 29) - now an Empire State College outreach centre
Saugerties- NY 32 & 212; closed years ago, now vacant
Sayville - CR 85; now Stop and Shop
Schenectady (NY 5/State St.) - later Aldi, now vacant. Other Schenectady County stores TBD.
Schodack - Built as Grand Union in 1977, closed during last bankruptcy and remained vacant, opened as Tractor Supply in 2007.
Schroon Lake - US 9; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and full circle to Tops in 2013.
Scotia - NY 50; later CVS/pharmacy; now Kings Dance Academy
Rotterdam - now Superior Office Products
Rouses Point - closed in 2000; became Save-A-Lot in 2002; currently a Dollar General
Saranac Lake - there were two Grand Unions operating. Both became Tops in 2001, then returned to Grand Union in 2006 and back to Tops in 2013, then GU again in 2022 (NY 3 location). Other location TBD.
Saratoga Springs (Congress Ave.) - became Off Broadway Theatre & Grill; now an Embassy Suites
Saratoga Springs (West Ave. & NY 29) - now an Empire State College outreach centre
Saugerties- NY 32 & 212; closed years ago, now vacant
Sayville - CR 85; now Stop and Shop
Schenectady (NY 5/State St.) - later Aldi, now vacant. Other Schenectady County stores TBD.
Schodack - Built as Grand Union in 1977, closed during last bankruptcy and remained vacant, opened as Tractor Supply in 2007.
Schroon Lake - US 9; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and full circle to Tops in 2013.
Scotia - NY 50; later CVS/pharmacy; now Kings Dance Academy
Sidney - NY 7; became Tops in 2001; now a Price Chopper
Sidney (2) - now vacant
South Glens Falls - US 9 & NY 32; now Hannaford
Spring Valley/Hillcrest - later Bravo, now KeyFood
Smithtown - NY 25, 25A & 111; later a Waldbaums, now closed
Stamford - NY 23; now Tops
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 - see Tallman
Syracuse area - left by early '80s; perhaps earlier or later (may need more research); included Westvale (NY 5), Shoppingtown (NY 5, deWitt; demolished in 1975), Shop City (later with P&C, Peters, Green Hills and Tops); NY 290, Eastwood, downtown, north, west and south sides (including three on US 11) (all long gone), and Northern Lights (US 11, North Syracuse; various changes)
Tallman - NY 59; became ShopRite, now vacant
Tannersville - NY 23A; now Tops
Tarrytown - US 9; now a Walgreens
Ticonderoga - NY 9N & 22; became Tops in 2001; closed 2005
Troy - no longer had a Grand Union a decade ago. Hoosick Falls was last Renssalaer County store.
South Glens Falls - US 9 & NY 32; now Hannaford
Spring Valley/Hillcrest - later Bravo, now KeyFood
Smithtown - NY 25, 25A & 111; later a Waldbaums, now closed
Stamford - NY 23; now Tops
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 - see Tallman
Syracuse area - left by early '80s; perhaps earlier or later (may need more research); included Westvale (NY 5), Shoppingtown (NY 5, deWitt; demolished in 1975), Shop City (later with P&C, Peters, Green Hills and Tops); NY 290, Eastwood, downtown, north, west and south sides (including three on US 11) (all long gone), and Northern Lights (US 11, North Syracuse; various changes)
Tallman - NY 59; became ShopRite, now vacant
Tannersville - NY 23A; now Tops
Tarrytown - US 9; now a Walgreens
Ticonderoga - NY 9N & 22; became Tops in 2001; closed 2005
Troy - no longer had a Grand Union a decade ago. Hoosick Falls was last Renssalaer County store.
Tupper Lake - NY 3 & 30; possibly closed by '70s
Utica - former NY 5/8/12; left in the '90s, now a Market 32 (formerly King Cole Shopping Plaza)
Vail Mills - NY 30; now Adirondack Wildlife Museum
Valatie - US 9, 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
Utica - former NY 5/8/12; left in the '90s, now a Market 32 (formerly King Cole Shopping Plaza)
Vail Mills - NY 30; now Adirondack Wildlife Museum
Valatie - US 9, 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
Voorheesville - NY 85A; closed then reopened; later Supervalu and Nichols Shop 'n Save (no relation to Liverpool store); now Hannaford.
Warrensburg - US 9; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops again in 2013, came full circle to GU once more in 2022. Early store in village.
Waterford - NY 32; No longer had a Grand Union. Also had a warehouse.
Warrensburg - US 9; became Tops in 2001; returned to Grand Union in 2006 and Tops again in 2013, came full circle to GU once more in 2022. Early store in village.
Waterford - NY 32; No longer had a Grand Union. Also had a warehouse.
Watertown - NY 3?; Downtown (there were at least two); gone by '70s (new one on US 11 in Pamelia)
West Babylon - NY 107; became Foodtown and later ShopRite; now closed
West Islip - two locations; was no longer on Long Island by 2000s
West Nyack - became Stop & Shop, NY 59
Whitehall - became Tops in 2001, then closed; now Dollar General
West Coxsackie - US 9W and NY 81 & 385; now Tops
West Hempstead - later Pathmark; now on the market
In October 2005, C&S's Grand Union Family Market division announced that they 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. Many of them became Tops again in 2013 (see above) and several back to Grand Union once more in 2022.
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New Jersey
Asbury Park (of Springsteen fame) - No longer a Grand Union and had left the Garden State by 2004.
Belleville - Later a Foodtown; and then A&P; now their sister store Food Basics USA
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 - later a Pathmark; now a South Korean market
West Babylon - NY 107; became Foodtown and later ShopRite; now closed
West Islip - two locations; was no longer on Long Island by 2000s
West Nyack - became Stop & Shop, NY 59
Whitehall - became Tops in 2001, then closed; now Dollar General
West Coxsackie - US 9W and NY 81 & 385; now Tops
West Hempstead - later Pathmark; now on the market
In October 2005, C&S's Grand Union Family Market division announced that they 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. Many of them became Tops again in 2013 (see above) and several back to Grand Union once more in 2022.
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New Jersey
Asbury Park (of Springsteen fame) - No longer a Grand Union and had left the Garden State by 2004.
Belleville - Later a Foodtown; and then A&P; now their sister store Food Basics USA
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 - later a Pathmark; now a South Korean market
Freehold - US 9; closed by the time the Boss was a household name!
Glen Rock - was no longer a Grand Union; TBD
Hackensack - now a Stop & Shop
Hardwick - unknown
Hawthorne - was no longer a Grand Union, TBD
Hazlet - formerly located in the Airport Plaza; TBD
Lake Hiawatha - now a Foodtown
Landing - later a Pathmark; then Fresh Imperium; now likely vacant
Livingston - later a Pathmark; now The Fresh Market
Madison - Now Super Stop & Shop
Manalapan - now a Best Buy
Matawan - Currently a Bed, Bath & Beyond
Middletown - now a Stop & Shop
Midland Park - was no longer a Grand Union, currently TBD
Montvale - now "The Gym"
Northland - TBD
Oakland - now a Staples and Zeytinia
North Brunswick - later an A&P; now vacant
Paramus - previously Acme; later a Stop & Shop; now vacant
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 was 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
Union City - TBD
Waldwick - now a Stop & Shop
Wayne - former flagship store; was no longer had a Grand Union; headquarters were in town until 2001
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
Glen Rock - was no longer a Grand Union; TBD
Hackensack - now a Stop & Shop
Hardwick - unknown
Hawthorne - was no longer a Grand Union, TBD
Hazlet - formerly located in the Airport Plaza; TBD
Lake Hiawatha - now a Foodtown
Landing - later a Pathmark; then Fresh Imperium; now likely vacant
Livingston - later a Pathmark; now The Fresh Market
Madison - Now Super Stop & Shop
Manalapan - now a Best Buy
Matawan - Currently a Bed, Bath & Beyond
Middletown - now a Stop & Shop
Midland Park - was no longer a Grand Union, currently TBD
Montvale - now "The Gym"
Northland - TBD
Oakland - now a Staples and Zeytinia
North Brunswick - later an A&P; now vacant
Paramus - previously Acme; later a Stop & Shop; now vacant
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 was 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
Union City - TBD
Waldwick - now a Stop & Shop
Wayne - former flagship store; was no longer had a Grand Union; headquarters were in town until 2001
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
Burlington - later Brooks, Rite Aid, and Walgreens (about to close)
Colchester - later P&C Foods, now Price Chopper/Market 32
Enosburg Falls - now Hannaford
Essex Center - now Price Chopper
Essex Junction - demolished; now Lowe's
Fair Haven - now Shaws
Hardwick - now Tops
Johnson - closed in 2011 due to flooding; later Sterling Market, but sadly was just demolished because of more floods (there have been several in recent years); new store TBA
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 - now Tops
Poultney - now Shaws
Randolph - now Shaws
Rutland
- US 7 N and US 4 E- later Tops, returned to Grand Union in 2022 (only non-NY store today and includes 802 Spirits, Montpeliers official liquor store)
- 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/Market 32
- Shelburne Road - closed in 2002, replaced by Shaw's; Shaw's re-built in 2004
Springfield - later Peebles, TBD
Stowe - now Shaws
Swanton - now Hannaford
White River Junction - later P&C; may now be a health food store
Wilmington - now Shaws
Windsor - now a Price Chopper/Market 32
Colchester - later P&C Foods, now Price Chopper/Market 32
Enosburg Falls - now Hannaford
Essex Center - now Price Chopper
Essex Junction - demolished; now Lowe's
Fair Haven - now Shaws
Hardwick - now Tops
Johnson - closed in 2011 due to flooding; later Sterling Market, but sadly was just demolished because of more floods (there have been several in recent years); new store TBA
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 - now Tops
Poultney - now Shaws
Randolph - now Shaws
Rutland
- US 7 N and US 4 E- later Tops, returned to Grand Union in 2022 (only non-NY store today and includes 802 Spirits, Montpeliers official liquor store)
- 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/Market 32
- Shelburne Road - closed in 2002, replaced by Shaw's; Shaw's re-built in 2004
Springfield - later Peebles, TBD
Stowe - now Shaws
Swanton - now Hannaford
White River Junction - later P&C; may now be a health food store
Wilmington - now Shaws
Windsor - now a Price Chopper/Market 32
Winooski - now KeyBank
Woodstock - became P&C, then Mac's Markets; TBD
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Connecticut
Darien - Now Shaws
Fairfield - Closed in 1995; Converted to Bob's Stores
Glenville - no longer had Grand Union in CT. Stop & Shop?
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 (Big Y?)
New Fairfield - Now Shaws
Norwalk - Now a Marshalls Store
New Canaan - Building demolished. Now retail stores
Newtown - Now Caraluzzi's
Ridgefield - Now CVS/pharmacy
Woodstock - became P&C, then Mac's Markets; TBD
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Connecticut
Darien - Now Shaws
Fairfield - Closed in 1995; Converted to Bob's Stores
Glenville - no longer had Grand Union in CT. Stop & Shop?
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 (Big Y?)
New Fairfield - Now Shaws
Norwalk - Now a Marshalls Store
New Canaan - Building demolished. Now retail stores
Newtown - Now Caraluzzi's
Ridgefield - Now CVS/pharmacy
Sharon - CT 41; now Sharon Farm Market
Southbury - Now Shaws
Southbury - In Southbury Plaza; now Super Stop & Shop
Stamford - Now Grade A Market (Tri-State area)
Storrs - closed but might've become Price Chopper/Market 32 if not somewhere else in town (it's a small town)
Stratford - vacant store became an addition to the adjacent Burlington
Trumbull - Closed in 1995; Converted to a Porricellis Food Mart
Waterbury - Co-Located with GrandWay Dept. Store. (in Colonial Plaza). Now TBD.
West Haven - Co-Located with GrandWay Dept. Store. Now Railroad Salvage/ShopRite.
Westport - Converted to Shaws
Windsor - Now Geissler's
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Florida
Miami (3) - Left in early '80s (one is now Sabor Tropical)
Coral Gables (near Miami) - Later Winn-Dixie (may become ALDI) and OfficeMax
Pompano Beach - left decades ago as well (same area really)
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Ontario
Toronto area - Now Metro (left the boys' area by the '60s)
Southbury - Now Shaws
Southbury - In Southbury Plaza; now Super Stop & Shop
Stamford - Now Grade A Market (Tri-State area)
Storrs - closed but might've become Price Chopper/Market 32 if not somewhere else in town (it's a small town)
Stratford - vacant store became an addition to the adjacent Burlington
Trumbull - Closed in 1995; Converted to a Porricellis Food Mart
Waterbury - Co-Located with GrandWay Dept. Store. (in Colonial Plaza). Now TBD.
West Haven - Co-Located with GrandWay Dept. Store. Now Railroad Salvage/ShopRite.
Westport - Converted to Shaws
Windsor - Now Geissler's
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Florida
Miami (3) - Left in early '80s (one is now Sabor Tropical)
Coral Gables (near Miami) - Later Winn-Dixie (may become ALDI) and OfficeMax
Pompano Beach - left decades ago as well (same area really)
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Ontario
Toronto area - Now Metro (left the boys' area by the '60s)
Niagara Falls - Now Shoppers Drug Mart
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Other states and the Caribbean US Territories
Virginia
Pennsylvania (Later Milford store now Key Food. Early one on US 6 & 209 now various small businesses. Later Matamoras store opened in 1993 and closed in 2001. Edwardian one long gone. Was also in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area)
West Virginia
New Hampshire - Statham (now Market Basket) and Salem (TBD)
Puerto Rico
Maryland
US Virgin Islands
Texas (operated in Harris County as Weingarten in early '80s. Stores later became Safeway and other chains)
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Washington, DC
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Other states and the Caribbean US Territories
Virginia
Pennsylvania (Later Milford store now Key Food. Early one on US 6 & 209 now various small businesses. Later Matamoras store opened in 1993 and closed in 2001. Edwardian one long gone. Was also in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area)
West Virginia
New Hampshire - Statham (now Market Basket) and Salem (TBD)
Puerto Rico
Maryland
US Virgin Islands
Texas (operated in Harris County as Weingarten in early '80s. Stores later became Safeway and other chains)
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Washington, DC
Florida (including Miami/Ft Lauderdale area) - see earlier section
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Louisiana
Williamstown, MA - MA 2, TBD
Nantucket, MA
Nantucket, MA
Haverhill, MA
Other towns to be determined. Subject to change. Feedback appreciated.
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!!
ReplyDeleteBDK
Ravena NY also had a Grand Union in Faith Plaza on Route 9W. It is now a Hannaford.
ReplyDeleteTechnically, that store is a Shop 'n Save.
DeleteWhile they once used that name for all their stores in the area, after most switched to Hannaford the Shop 'n Save name was reserved for stores that are supplied by Hannaford, but owned by independent owners.
There may be others still out there, but a couple that were eventually got bought by Hannaford (probably owners wanted to retire) and are now labelled with the corporate name.
Matamoras 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...
ReplyDeleteBDK
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
Back in the 70's Grand Unions were all thru NH Claremont. Keene, Bristol, Lincoln etc.
DeletePlattsburgh, 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.
ReplyDeleteThe one in the Plattsburgh Plaza is now a Big Lots and Family Dollar. Keeseville's was a Macs but they closed because the roof is shot, it's vacant. There was one in Willsboro that was closed when Tops left and reopened as a Country IGA but failed possibly due to poor management. it's also vacant. If there was one in Jay it's unrecognisable now and was closed for many years. There was once one in Westport NY but it's now called Everybody's Supermarket.
DeleteCould the one in Jay actually be the Ausable Forks location?
DeleteI'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
Consumer "Drive" is actually called Consumer Square. That location is now split between a Petsmart and TJ Maxx. It replaced an older store located down the road in Plattsburgh Plaza, which is now split between a Big Lots and a Family Dollar. There was also a Grand Way store in Plattsburgh Plaza at one point in time. That building later housed an Aldi, and is now a Save A Lot.
DeleteThe GU at Skyway Shopping Center was converted to a Hot Dot Foods in the late 90s. After the bankruptcy it became (and still is) Yando's Big M. That store primarily served the south end of the city and the former Air Force base.
There was another smaller location downtown on Margaret St. that closed sometime in the 80s. The building was remodeled for office space and doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to a supermarket now.
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.
DeleteAnd the best part of the price stickers (for the customers) was finding the items where they hadn't been removed.
DeleteWe had one store here (Schodack, outside Albany NY) from 1977 that stayed open until the bankruptcy and NEVER got scanners!
Once the card came into effect for sales, they'd put a tag on the item with the regular price then at the top a -$x.xx for the discount (which the cashier would punch in both).
Sometimes, as a customer you could get better deals by finding a sale tag from a prior week that wasn't removed, say to combine with a manufacturer coupon that had come out that current week so you got the best net price.
I 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:
ReplyDeleteFormer Grand Union locations
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.
ReplyDelete2 locations I worked in that are not listed:
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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http://www.flickr.com/photos/23616573@N06/4813905603/
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...
Have seen that one (at least I think - you can see it from 287 but not "get to it" right there?).
DeleteThere 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.
ReplyDeleteTwo in Levittown - Hemstead Turnpike @ Division Ave (burned down 1971-/72 ish and Levittown Parkway @ Newbridge Road.
DeleteFrank was a great guy. We lived across the street from that GU on No Newbridge road. That small shopping center had everything. Marcel’s, Bakery , a Bank , a pharmacy, butcher, barber, dry cleaners,and a luncheonette. ❤️
DeleteForgot to add the former GU is still a small local grocery store. From Grand Union to Trunz, Newbridge Farms to the current Foodtown That little shopping center is still bustling with shoppers.
DeleteDoes 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.
ReplyDeleteGreenville, Hancock, Hoosick Falls, Stamford, Tannersville, W.Coxsackie: NY. Hardwick, Northfield, and Rutland: VT are now under the Tops banner. Ausable Forks, Bolten Landing, Chestertown, Corinth, Elizabethtown, North Creek, Northville, Peru, Saranac Lake (Lake Flower ave) Saranac Lake (Church St.) and Warrensburg: NY are in the process of changing their name to the Tops banner.
ReplyDeleteMillerton, NY is the only Grand Union still own and operated by C&S wholesale Grocers
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ReplyDeleteThere was a location in Franklin Lakes, NJ, which closed some time in, IIRC, the early 80s. I don't think any other store ever occupied the anchor spot in that strip mall before it was leveled and rebuilt some itme in the 90s with a more modern strip-mall structure. There is now a Stop & Shop on the site.
ReplyDeleteMany of you will not remember that there was a rather small but significant Grand Union in Long Lake, NY. In the Adirondack Park, it served residents of Long Lake, Blue Mountain Lake. It also had a unique service: a supply boat would take orders from residents up on the lake, then DELIVER by boat the next day!
ReplyDeleteWhen did that one close? I know there was one in Indian Lake that became a Tops after the bankruptcy, and from Google street view looks like it's now sitting empty.
DeleteIndian lake became an indepent in2005, was gone by 2008 now sits empty what an eye sore and sad
DeleteMillerton is not part of Foodtown. It is still owned and operated by C&S wholesale grocers.
ReplyDeleteDo you know if that store is still a Grand Union as of 3/14? I have driven miles for their wings. Not the greatest at that particular store but it is the last remaining one. Haven't been out there in 6 months or so.
DeleteYes it is still a Grand Union. It is the last one left.
Deletehttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-Union/145387535510860
DeleteA photo showing it in Dec 2016, but the Feb posting indicates it may have (finally) closed?
http://www.mygrandunion.com/ was what they've (apparently) been using, the site shows the info for that location but no current ad shown and the map shows closed...
It closed on February 28, 2017 due to the lease expiring. It is now Millerton Fresh Market.
DeleteMillerton Fresh struggled for about 2 years, then closed. The building has been vacant since.
DeleteThere were two Grand Union stores in Port Washington, L.I.,N.Y. The earlier location was at 475 Port Washington Blvd., closed in the early 1980's, basically now a strip mall. The newer location was at 75 Old Shore Road, closed in early 2001, became a Stop & Shop, and is now a Home Goods, since the Stop & Shop moved to a new larger building to the South.
ReplyDeletethere was a Grand Union in Delhi,NY Now it is a Price Chopper
ReplyDeletethere was 2 Grand unions in Oneonta.NY one was demolished 1n 1973 for construction of James Lettis Highway &Interstate 88 the other one closed in the 80's &still vacant
ReplyDeleteThere Was A Grand Union In Norwich, NY Closed Inthe 90"s Was a office For Agway Energy Products Now vacant
ReplyDeleteI worked at GU from 73 to 01. Have store listings with addresses of the whole chain if anyone is interested
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the grand union in west Babylon (great south bay shopping center) is michaels
ReplyDeletethe big star in charlotte,n.c. in the park road shopping center is now harris teeter.
ReplyDeleteWell the sign in process ate my first draft, so I will try again. Willsboro NY had a Grand Union, it closed the first time Tops came to the North. Country. A local businessman tried to run it as an IGA but that has since closed, the building sits vacant. The Keeseville location's story was that it went from GU to Tops, when Tops left the first time Mac's Market took over. They left because the roof was beyond repair. This building also sits empty. The Lake Placid location on Rt 86 has been renovated and is now a Hannaford's.
ReplyDeleteThe Keeseville store became an IGA after Tops left. The IGA closed in 2009, Mac's Market moved in in 2010 and stayed until 2013, due to the bad roof as mentioned above. As of 2018, the building is just sitting, rotting away.
DeleteThe old Keeseville GU was demolished around 2020/21 and the site is now occupied by a local credit union branch.
DeleteThe Ticonderoga ,NY Store now houses a Peebles and Aaron`s stores. The old store in downtown Ticonderoga became the firehouse in the 1970`s when GU moved to the bigger store.
ReplyDeleteThe Peebles closed in 2016. Aaron's takes up a small portion of the old GU, the rest of the building (including the former Peebles and a short-lived Verizon store) is sitting empty. The former Ames store in the same plaza is now occupied by a Dollar Tree and an Advance Auto Parts.
DeleteAcross the street from the Ticonderoga fire house/original Grand Union is a small assisted living facility which was once an A&P, and still (mostly) retains the old A&P facade.
Sidney, NY location was never a Tops, and is not a Price Chopper. The Grand Union location has been vacant for several years (likely since it closed).
ReplyDeletePrice Chopper is in the plaza just up the road, along with KMart
The ShopRite on McDonald Avenue and Avenue H in Brooklyn, Ny was never a Grand Union. There was a Grand Union on McDonald Avenue at Caton Avenue that has become a Foodtown.
ReplyDeleteAs a former employee of grand union the big guys sure set a fine example by stealing from the company !
ReplyDeleteAs of 2012, the Colchester, VT Grand Union- turned P&C was a Price Chopper.
ReplyDeleteAccording to some old photos on display in a nearby restaurant, Grand Union had a store in the Ethan Allen Shopping Center in Burlington, VT. I don't know when it closed, but the shopping center has had a Hannaford since at least 2009.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Grand Union in the Cherrywood Shopping Center in Wantagh, NY
ReplyDeleteThere were two in Levittown. Hempstead Turnpike & Division Avenue - burned down New Years Eve 1971/72 (?) Sat empty for years before becoming LA Fitness - now smaller stores. Newbridge Road & Levittown Parkway - closed early 80's (?)- now a Key Food.
DeleteThere was a Grand Union in Granville ny...dating back to the 1960s or earlier
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know where Grand Union stores were located in Illinois other than the Yorktown Mall store in Lombard? I do not recall there being any in Chicago or the northern suburbs.
ReplyDeletei scrolled thru this list very quickly - I may have missed it.. but there was a GU in wappingers falls ny. i know, cuz i worked there - for a year or 2. and i even got bit buy a doggie in the vestibule, when bringing carts in from the parkin lot. (yeah I said "hi poochie pooch!! and that fqr bit me right on my hand!!) And it was New Yrs eve 1979 or maybe 80. Had to get a tetanus shot and docs told me not to drink for 24 hrs. NOT HAPPNIN DOC!! I survived. But the Wapp Falls Grand Union did not!!
ReplyDeleteThere used to be a Grand Union in Moravia, NY, which is now a supermarket called 'The Modern Market.' There was also one in the City of Auburn, NY. It closed in the 1980's and is now a Tops.
ReplyDeleteWhich then moved buildings... I want to say they moved into an old Food King??? building.
DeleteThe ORIGINAL GU building in Moravia is now a (remodeled) Dollar General.
There were two Grand Union stores in Danbury CT - one on White Street(now an orthopedic center) and one on Main Street (now a Price Rite). There was also a Grand Union in New Milford CT(now a Stop & Shop)
ReplyDeletePlainview NY GU is now Fairway
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ReplyDeleteI do not understand why grand way department stores had. To close i use to live in paramus nj they had a grand union and a grandway in the same shopping center on rte 17
ReplyDeleteCrown Point, NY once had a small Grand Union at the corner of Main St/Rt. 9N and Creek Road. It closed sometime in the late 70s/early 80s. The building was then a private residence for many years and currently houses an antique shop.
ReplyDeleteEverybody's Market in Westport, NY was once a Grand Union, it closed sometime in the 70s.
Port Henry, NY originally had a small GU store on Broad Street. The building was razed several decades ago, but the old (and very small) parking lot is still there. It was replaced by a bigger building just around the corner on South Main Street in the 50s. There were extensive renovations done and an addition built on in the mid 70s. The store became a Tops in 2001 after the bankruptcy, but closed in 2006 when Tops left the area. Port Henry was one of several former North Country GU/Tops locations that did NOT become a GU Family Market. There was talk about it becoming a Save A Lot, but ultimately the building sat empty for a year, and Rutland, Vermont-based Mac's Market (who still occupy the space to this day) bought the building and re-opened the store in 2007.
Mac's Market closed that store in 2019. It is empty yet again.
DeleteIt was bought by Stewart's, who demolished the old GU, and built a new Stewart's gas station on the property.
DeleteThere was also a Grand Union in Williston Park, NY in the Herricks Shopping Center. My mom shopped there when I was a kid. It had a conveyor belt in the middle of the store to bring goods up from the basement. It's now an H-Mart. The conveyor belt is still there, but now it's cordoned off, presumably for safety reasons.
ReplyDeleteThat was the old, old store design, dating back to before WWII. The Oradell NJ store had one too. All the main floor was store space, even the meat cutting went on in the basement. Sometimes the break room and the bathrooms would be up in the attic.
DeleteMy mother shopped at the GU in Levittown (Newbridge RD & Levittown Parkway) . . . they had the conveyor belt system there too.
Deletereads Landing - later a Pathmark; now Fresh Emporium
ReplyDeleteupdate: Food Emporium closed
Sparta, Stop and Shop relocated to new building, GU location now Ocean State Job Lot
Butler - GU location vacant, Stop and Shop relocated to the larger Pathmark site in Kinnelon which closed.
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ReplyDeletere:Malta NY this Grand Union was first at exit 11 on the Adirondack Northway. i worked there from 80 thru 82, about 2 decades later the mall it was in was rebuilt with a Hanniford. before that grand union was moved to exit 12 on the Adirondack Northway. then it was sold to Pricechopper, as it remains today.
ReplyDeleteThe Saranac Lake location on the Essex County side closed in November 2018. The Franklin County one is set to undergo a $500,000 renovation.
ReplyDeleteWelland, Ontario: Grand Union, Niagara St. at Thorold Rd., became Steinberg's and then Miracle Food Mart and is now a Chinese restaurant and a bank (Kimono's and Scotiabank. Niagara Falls, Ontario: Grand Union, Victoria Ave. , became Steinberg's and then Miracle Food Mart and then Hy and Zel's drug and then Pharmacy One and now Shoppers Drug Mart.I would like to know the other Ontario Grand Union locations.
ReplyDeleteMontvale NJ had 2 Grand Unions. The one you mention was on Chestnut Ridge Rd. The other one was right on the Pearl River NY border on Kinderkamack Rd/Rt 304. It opened in the mid-70s as a super store to replace the tiny little store in Pearl River NY. Problems with the EPA kept it from opening for 3 years, after the Pearl River store had closed. They lost their customer base, and now Shop Rite is the only grocery store in town. The 137 Kinderkamack Rd Montvale store is still half empty as of 2019; half is a surgical center. The building has never been redesigned since it was built, not even during the Goldsmith and Red Dot eras.
ReplyDeleteI worked in all of these stores '77-'88.
There was a small Grand Union in Oradell NJ, also on Kinderkamack Rd. Another one nearby in Emerson NJ which is now a Stop 'n Shop. One of the last new GUs opened in Bergen County was in Westwood NJ. It was a big place, and is now a Sushi Village.
All these stores were within a couple miles of each other. GU was the neighborhood grocery store all over Bergen County NJ and Rockland County Ny.
Drove truck for them out of Carlstadt nj
DeleteWhen did the grand union close in Vail mills ny ?
ReplyDeleteThere were 2Grand unions in Oneonta ny one was demolished as part of construction of Interstate 88 in1973 the other closed in the late 80's and remain vacant there was one in Norwich NY it closed in the early 90's it was an office for Agway energy now it remains vacant there was one in Delhi NY now it's a Price Chopper
ReplyDeleteYou have lots of info, so much so I'm hoping you can give me a direct link to Star Markets info...(if you have any)...
ReplyDeleteYou're missing the one on Hillside Avenue in hollis that became a Met Supermarket and now Foodtown.
ReplyDeleteLevittown , NY - Hempstead Turnpike , a few store fronts from Division Avenue. Burned down on New Year's Eve 1974/75 or 75/76. There was a second Levittown location on Newbridge Road and Levittown Parkway. Not sure when it closed , currently Key Food.
ReplyDeleteYou're also missing the one in Amenia, NY and Pawling, NY.
ReplyDeleteUpdate for the one Oneonta Grand Union part of it became Family Dollar and the left part Along with former Ames became a fitness center and Fastenel store and the Delhi location Price Chopper moved to the end of the plaza Now its Westlake Ace Hardware
ReplyDeleteUpdate on the one in Chenango now it is Touch of Texas Country Nightclub
ReplyDeleteThere were 5 grand unions in Massachusetts Williamstown, Two in Pittsfield, one in Greenfield the fifth I have no knowledge of. Also afew in New Hampshire Two in Charlmont one in Salem, Stratham, West Lebanon, Hanover total on 19 stores possibly non the state around 1968.
ReplyDeleteThose MA stores had to close quite some time ago.
DeleteI remember going (as a kid, so late 1980's or early 1990's probably) to a food show event in Albany (NY) that GU sponsored. They gave away gift certificates as door prizes, and someone had come from MA and won one.
The announcer was kidding with the winner about that, that he would have to stop by a store on the way home to use it, since there were none over there in MA.
Not quite sure why that occurred, as they still had stores in VT and CT until the bankruptcy (and even after under the wholesaler in scattered spots), but not in MA which is between those two (particularly the towns you mention like Pittsfield and Williamstown, which is not far distance wise from Bennington, VT).
Grand Union is back. The Tops stores in Warrensburg, NY, Rutland, VT, Owego, NY, and Norwich, NY have converted to GU. The Tops locations in Peru, NY, Watertown, NY, Saranac Lake, NY, Rome, NY, Sherrill, NY, Cortland, NY, and Cooperstown, NY are set to change over to GU later on this month.
ReplyDeleteAlong with a second Watertown location that became, of all brands, Piggly Wiggly! Not something previously seen in NY.
DeleteThe Queensbury location is now split between Aldi and Five Below
ReplyDeleteWow what a treat.I worked for GU in the 60 s in many stores. The Sunrise supermarket stores were bought by GU in that period.All the stores in Levittown (Sunrise) were converted to GU!
ReplyDeleteI worked in many of them but my BEST YEARS were at the Manhasset. Sunrise at 1900 Northern Blvd in the Americana Center.
B.Altman was right next to us. Our customers were From Strathmore, Munsey Park, Port Washington So nice to deal with, always a kind word, how are you etc. NEVER complained. We had many CEO,s.....owners of major food products that we sold. Best time of year...a snowy winter day, roads closed. The people would come down on SLEDS..kids on back, too early before the store opened. The milk and bread trucks used to leave the goods on our sidewalk.NEVER A THOUGHT OF THEFT!!!
When I came in I would find milk and bread items taken out and the MONEY on top, some with a nice note.Have a nice day Tom, from Mrs.Jones. What a beautiful experience.
Miss them all! Tom Curtin
Missing a location in Saint Johnsbury, VT on the list. Later became a Shop & Save, now home to a Napa Auto Parts, Salvation Army, and a Domino’s Pizza
ReplyDeleteOh, and Berlin, VT (on Barre-Montpelier Road). Has been a Big Lots since but the whole shopping plaza received major flood damage back in July, so I don’t know if it will ever reopen
DeleteI have a photo of a Grand Union NY store circa 1955 I'm looking to locate - can anyone help? https://ibb.co/tL5vhj4
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