Coffee Beanery

Location in Shanghai, mainland China.

Now for something different.  Coffee will never go out of fashion so here's where we should get it.
Only went to the former Renssalaer location at the railway station (which is something else now):

Cortland - former Deli Downtown, Main St

Cicero - former Tim Hortons, US 11

Mattydale, Utica and Albany (Delaware area) - former Friendlys

Fulton - former Jreck Subs

Oswego - downtown, Dollar Tree or other vacancy on NY 104, or former Arbys or Ponderosa

Liverpool - former Arbys, CR 57

Manlius - Madison Row, NY 92

Canandaigua - former Ponderosa, NY 5/US 20

Canastota - former Family Dollar, NY 5 & 13 and CR 25

Rome - Black River Blvd./NY 46 TBD

New Hartford - former Boil Shack, NY 5

Auburn - former Walgreens
Cicero - former Buffalo Wild Wings, US 11
Albany - former D.P. Dough, Western Ave. or Mr Subb, NY 443 & US 9W

Rochester - former Spot Coffee, NY 96

Hannaford

South Burlington, VT store (only one I could find that was freely licenced and did not have cold weather or people in it).

Even Hannaford could use more stores despite owner Delhaize since merging with Benelux rival retailer Ahold (former owner of Tops and defunct mid-Atlantic chain BI-LO, which competed with Hannafords sister chain Food Lion once Hannaford left the mid-Atlantic and Delhaize bought one of the chains).  I've gone to Hannaford in the Capital Region (where they replaced former Grand Union and/or Supervalu/Shop 'n Save stores), North Country (not sure what was there before if not P&C), the Hudson (absorbing Shop 'n Save to avoid confusion with a WNY/PA chain) and (most of all) Mohawk Valleys (where they are in old Tops and/or P&C locations).

Fulton (former kmart on NY 481)
Syracuse (south side) (former Tops/P&C/A&P on US 11)
Westvale (former Tops/P&C on NY 5)
Ithaca (former Tops on NY 13, 34 & 96)
Fayetteville (former O'Brien & Gere on NY 5)  - confirmed pending legal issues

Mattydale (former kmart on US 11)

Oneida (former Price Chopper or Herb Phillipsons on NY 5 & 46)

Binghamton - (former Weis/Giant [as of 3/3/24] on NY 7)

D.P. Dough

Former Ithaca location (even though I'd usually gone to the Cortland one in the next county but now I'll have to go here for a change)

DP Dough are another franchised chain I only wish I could afford to buy into.  They specialise in calzones (a rival chain which they used to compete with in downtown Cortland if not anywhere else could also expand but I wanna focus on places not immediately in the Syracuse area at least).  I also know them from Albany and went once or twice there before.  They are primed to branch out some more.  They really only offer spots in certain states near universities* as that's their target market:

Syracuse (downtown/Armory Square) - former Calios

Utica (Deerfield) - former Nicky Doodles?

Auburn - Fingerlakes Mall food court (NY 5/US 20)

Oswego* - former Calios (downtown)

Fulton - former Jreck Subs (S 1st St E or NY 481)

Cortland - downtown Calios

Watertown - Salmon Run Mall (NY 3 and 12F)

Geneva - downtown (NY 14)

Seneca Falls (NY 5 & US 20)

Corning - downtown

Niagara Falls, NY - close to casino, falls and customs

Other locations TBD as some places I don't go to as much if ever anymore.  I'm open to suggestions.

diBella's Subs

Mentor, OH location outside Cleveland. Wish I had a warmer one!

    I was told about diBellas a year or two ago on a Facebook group for another chain as someone asked where to go instead as the other place was out of reach. diBellas are to me except when I go to their native Monroe County (only just learned they're from outside Rochester) and Albany County (even though I usually go to local rival Mr Subb when I visit there). Back in Kodak country, I thought diBellas were just another Italian restaurant which would be a bit much on the road. I ate at the Brighton flagship and it's streets ahead of Subway and even another Flower City native Wegmans (we have eight in Onondaga County so they're too easy for me like the multinational one). Here's where diBella's should open new locations in CNY and beyond (we did have a word over the phone):

Fulton (former Tim Hortons)

Oswego (former Dollar Tree or other vacancy on NY 104, or Arby's)

Liverpool (former Quizno's)

Cortland (downtown or Riverside Plaza)

New Hartford (former Zebbs on NY 5A/Commercial Drive or Dennys on NY 5/Seneca Tpke)

Canandaigua - former Ponderosa (NY 5/US 20)

Poughkeepsie - former Quiznos (US 9)

Oneida - NY 5

Rome - NY 46

Canastota - NY 13

Ithaca (The Commons or NY 13/96)

Watertown (former Tilted Kilt)

Retail Latin America: Drugstore chain Walgreens to close 200 U.S. stores...

Retail Latin America: Drugstore chain Walgreens to close 200 U.S. stores...: by    John Kell Drugstore retailer is planning to trim $1.5 billion in expenses over the next three years. Drugstore chain Walgreens...

Wallingford, CT store.

Just hope they don't leave my area again.  I may have to go there again soon.  If so maybe CVS could get their stores here as they have even fewer in these parts.

Warm-Air-Fund

Notsky is in Miami thanks to the Warm Air Fund

Warm-Air-Fund: Trying to escape New Siberia!

Tide Dry Cleaners

Only free image I can find right now.

I was just informed of another franchising opportunity, this time Tide Dry Cleaners as an ad appeared in the paper and like most laundrettes in my area it's all indie (I go to one that has both offered).  No TDC locations are on the coasts just yet but of they come my way they could open in these locations:

Eastwood
DeWitt
Cicero
Fairmount
Cortland
Fulton
Oswego
Auburn
Nedrow
East Syracuse
Fayetteville (former Fayetteville Cleaners)
Manlius
Chittenango
Canastota
Oneida
Utica
New Hartford
Syracuse (west side)
Rome

I'd be lucky to start one of these!