Loblaws in CNY

 

Composite of Eastwood store made from Peters IGA

As the last article pointed out, people of a certain age in and from this area may not realise something is still there or not, whether or not they moved house, travel, or stay in the know.  Loblaws looms large.  While it's still a large chain in Canada to this day, it had competition on this side of the seaway until it left US soil by 1977.  There was a low-res scan on Facebook of an advert from the paper, but one can't make out the locations, yet Groceteria has the immediate Syracuse area, as well as other major cities in the US that had Loblaws (including border cities Buffalo and Detroit).  I've only been to No Frills, Wholesale Club and Shoppers Drug Mart on the boys' turf, so one of these days, I'll have to get to a Loblaws proper.  All of this was before my time, which is why it's pensioners who know it domestically and deem it defunct if they haven't gotten the memo (even ex-pat Paul Anka would know it's alive and well today).  Here's a list of CNY locations (can't do this for all of them):

US 11 & Bear Rd (North Syracuse)

NY 173 (South Side, later Price Chopper)

NY 5 (x and Fayetteville)

NY 290 (East Syracuse and Eastwood, now Family Dollar)

Genesee St (Auburn)

South Ave (South Side, now Price Rite)

Bleecker St (Utica, also now Price Rite)

Western Lights (later old Price Chopper?)

NY 48 (van Buren, later IGA, now flagship Seneca Knolls Big M)

NY 46 & 365A? (Oneida)

NY 104 (Oswego)

W Genesee St (Fairmount)

Transit St (Lockport)

NY 12 (Watertown; later Great American, now a mental health facility) (closest one now is in Eastern Ontario)

NY 30A (Gloversville)

Butternut & Park Sts (north side)

US 11 (Mattydale and Pitcher Hill)

N Main St (Cortland)

NY 290 & Grant Blvd - Now Walgreens/former P&C-A&P-Rite Aid-True Value (Eastwood)

Westcott St (East Side)

615 E Adams St (East Side, demolished for I-81)