Chains with two stores very close to each other

[RoleModel]

In West Paterson, NJ on Route 46; there is an A&P and a Pathmark just over a quarter mile apart. Since Pathmark was recently bought by A&P I'd say this counts too.

Likewise, Pathmark and Waldbaums in Centereach, NY. In fact, there's probably many more of these examples now that A&P owns Pathmark.

Although surprisingly, due to the merger, they only had to divest six stores, all of which were in NY. One of those stores in Shirley, NY divested was a recently renovated Waldbaum's Fresh Market. It became Stop & Shop (which they've renovated *twice* in less than two years). The rest were in Staten Island and became King Kullens.

[Mike Reaser]

In Princeton, WV, there was once a Kroger superstore with a SupeRx implemented in the building design. Next door to it was (and is) located another small shopping center (the "Stafford Plaza"), with a Roses department store and an Eckerd pharmacy.

[ 17 years later, I'm resurrecting this thread - although it maybe should probably be a new, Princeton-specific thread? ]

Ecksherly, that superstore was the "new" Kroger when I was a kid, but I remember the "old" Kroger which had been at the intersection of Center and Mercer in downtown.. This is now the location of the new Post Office.

From Historic Aerials for 1967, when I was 5:



(If I screwed it up, try https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZasVaNWzdJsSQVQQA )

Kroger is to the left, while Princeton Bank & Trust was in the triangular building at the "point". Later in the 70's, that building also served as Princeton's City Hall. Notice that First Methodist Church was only half its present size. IIRC, the superstore on Stafford Drive opened around 1971 or so.

Per Dr Google in 2024:



See https://photos.app.goo.gl/RMfth95CxaP9aoDV8

On a personal note from the "Only in WV" pages, I was christened at First Methodist in the Spring of 1962 by my great-great-aunt's nephew. Uncle Willie (my grandfather's bio-uncle) and his wife Kate never had children of their own, but the minister in Princeton happened to be the son of Aunt Kate's brother. So while they were not themselves related to one another, both Papa and Rev. McM shared an aunt & uncle.

WV, where it's ALL relative! LOL