Formerly in CNY, who's still around?

ACME alive and well in Fairfield County (some people don't even think it's a real company!)

 There are a number of chains and indies alike that resonate with the over-60s in and/or from CNY (primarily those who grew up in Onondaga County).  While not everyone knows half of what I do, sometimes a name can bring you right back to a simpler time.  It's easy to assume that many of them outright belong to the ages now and have for decades, but that's not always the case.  It's common for people from older or pretty much all generations to move away from their hometown (human migration has occurred since before antiquity), and we all don't catch up or travel that far.  Here's a rundown of what I can gather:

Loblaws - left area if not US by mid-'70s; now part of conglomerate in Canada

Acme - left here by then as well; still in Tri-State (pictured), NJ, PA, Delmarva

Optivision - formerly in Western Lights; still in Cortland and Ithaca

A&P - left after the '60s; gone by 2011

IGA - see earlier article

Grand Union - several articles on blog

Foodland - briefly in CNY; still in South and Pittsburgh area

P&C - see earlier articles; now in Cortland and Ithaca

Rexall - now sold at Dollar General in US and are still a chain in Canada

JCPenney - some stores remain around the country

Volunteers of America - once in Auburn

St Vincent de Paul - once on Syracuses North Side and Cicero

Pathmark - Super Drug briefly in deWitt; remained in Tri-State, sold to A&P and closed in 2011; see later article

Texaco - left by '70s

BP - left by mid-'90s

Arco - left by late-'80s

Amoco - left by late-'80s

Church's Chicken - left by '80s

Getty - left by 2000s after Lukoil merger; still active in Capital Region, Hudson Valley and Tri-State

Carrolls - converted to Burger King franchisee by '70s; chain name spun off in Finland by Hesburger; US franchise sold to corporate in 2024