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PriceRite are ShopRite USAs sister chain. This is another one of those smaller markets that mostly carry own brands with a few nationals, all at everyday low prices. They're often in less-affluent neighbourhooods where there isn't a lot of money. While ShopRites are mostly franchises, PriceRites are almost all O&Os except the West coast in the giant LA area. They usually try not to be in the same area to avoid self competition for owner Wakefern (though the NY Capital Region and parts of Connecticut now have both chains). They compete with the big boxes and indies, but more with Aldi or Save-a-Lot to put it that way.
What I'm putting here is a list of towns where PriceRite should open in Upstate and even Downstate NY as well as PA:
Poughkeepsie - former Natures Harvest, US 9
Horseheads - former Aldi
Canandaigua - former Walmart
Syracuse - south side (South Ave; spear-headed by Jubilee Homes) - now open!
Tully - start from scratch despite rival Aldi having a warehouse in town yet not opening a store there
Lancaster - former Save a Lot
North Adams, MA - former Price Chopper if not something else already
Fulton - former kmart on NY 481; split with Planet Fitness
Oswego - former Peebles/Gordmans, NY 104
Cortland (US 11 & NY 41/Homer Ave.) - former Dollar Bazaar
Palatine Bridge - NY 5S; former Ames
Horseheads - former Aldi
Canandaigua - former Walmart
Syracuse - south side (South Ave; spear-headed by Jubilee Homes) - now open!
Tully - start from scratch despite rival Aldi having a warehouse in town yet not opening a store there
Lancaster - former Save a Lot
North Adams, MA - former Price Chopper if not something else already
Fulton - former kmart on NY 481; split with Planet Fitness
Oswego - former Peebles/Gordmans, NY 104
Cortland (US 11 & NY 41/Homer Ave.) - former Dollar Bazaar
Palatine Bridge - NY 5S; former Ames
Napanoch
Bridgeport - former Victory/Great American on NY 31 & 298
Geneva - former Tops/CherriBundi, NY 14A
Pulaski - former Als Big Corner Market off US 11 and NY 13
Milford, PA - former Grand Union unless taken
Matamoras, PA - same as above
North Syracuse - former Media Play (Northern Lights)
Bridgeport - former Victory/Great American on NY 31 & 298
Geneva - former Tops/CherriBundi, NY 14A
Pulaski - former Als Big Corner Market off US 11 and NY 13
Milford, PA - former Grand Union unless taken
Matamoras, PA - same as above
North Syracuse - former Media Play (Northern Lights)
Hyde Park might normally be a difficult spot, since there are ShopRite stores not that far away (Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Fishkill) and as you noted they usually haven't put them too close.
ReplyDeleteHowever, since ShopRite just acquired several Shaw's stores in CT and created at least one or two cities that will now have both a ShopRite and a PriceRite, they may reconsider doing that in other locations.
It's also a strange spot, since ShopRite (under Big V franchise ownership) had built a new store in Hyde Park, which closed only a couple years afterward (during Big V bankruptcy.
This was done even though they only closed a few stores, most of which were the old and costly to maintain Quonset style - seemed kind of strange to close a fairly new store with little near competition and also being the closest grocery to a couple colleges.
I used to go to the Hyde Park stores when I lived near there. I guess Big V's adminstration happened after I left. I've only gone to ShopRite down the river since.
ReplyDeletePalatine Bridge: They could take over the former Grand Union/Ace space in the Dutchtown Plaza. Ace left the Dutchtown Plaza in June 2017 for a freestanding building down the road from the Price Chopper on NY-5. It would be nice to see it as a supermarket again.
ReplyDeleteHerkimer: Splitting the former Kmart could be a possibility.