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| Former Colonie store. Courtesy Tyler A. McNeil/Wikimedia Commons. |
I heard of ShopRite when I was younger through adverts on NYC TV stations on cable when they were indie (more on that on our sister blog). I didn't realise they were in the Capital Region in those days, being loyal to Grand Union, as well as being in Price Choppers backyard. It wasn't until I was away at school in between when I finally went on a regular basis. When I came back to CNY for good, I would later discover non-union sister chain PriceRite (covered years earlier here). I would go to ShopRite in the Tri-State the last two times I went before they were back up the Hudson over a decade ago. I just received the stunning news that a handful of O&Os in Schenectady, Albany and Renssalaer Counties are closing by the end of the year (the nail on the coffin lid was hit on 18 November, with Price Chopper/Market 32 getting those stores just ten days on). People started in on the W-word and all that lot (wouldn't fit anyway, and they said it's not on). If I do go to New York City again, I'll just go in that area, despite the plethora of competition in the boroughs alone. This is just a small list of NY and NJ stores as there as dozens more that aren't around any longer. I put most of these on the later PathMark post, since that chain spun off of a franchise decades ago.
Montague, NJ - NJ 23
Wayne, NJ - CR 504
Slingerlands - NY 85; TBA
Ellenville - US 209
Drexel Hill, PA; moved to new store next door; sister chain The Fresh Grocer based here
Albany (1) - US 20; closed by late '80s
Albany (2) - NY 5; now Market 32
Colonie (1) - Wolf Rd.; closed by late '80s; later Bed Bath and Beyond; now vacant
Colonie (2) - NY 5 (pictured); now Market 32
Rotterdam - 1426 Altamont Ave; closed by late '80s; may not have been Great American; now plaza
Menands - NY 32; previously Great American; later Price Chopper; now offices
North Greenbush - US 4 & NY 43; now Market 32
Niskayuna - NY 146 & Nott St E; previously Grand Union; now Market 32
Cortlandt Manor - US 9
West Nyack - NY 59; previously Grand Union
Vestal - NY 434 & Rano Blvd.; later Giant (local chain, not Ahold Delhaize one); now Weis
Poughkeepsie (Arlington) - US 44 & NY 55; TBD
Newburgh (Balmville) - NY 32; now Ocean State Job Lot (current store down the road in Vails Gate)
Hyde Park (1) - US 9 ; plaza store closed in 1998; demolished along with former Jamesway and restaurants and is now original Stop & Shop in Hyde Park Mall
Hyde Park (2) - US 9 & CR 40A (opened 1998; became Stop & Shop in 2001 and closed in 2012 when new store opened across the road. Old site demolished and is now park space. Meanwhile, ShopRite opened in North Poughkeepsie in 2021 at Hudson Heritage, past Culinary Institute of America and the City of Poughkeepsie across US 9 from Marist College. I left the Hudson Valley in 2000 and last visited in 2010, so I'm just catching up!)
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