Former Super Fresh Stores in Hellertown & Berwyn, PA
Posted: 09 Dec 2007 16:37
I was wondering if anyone else ever visited--or knows anything about--two of my favorite supermarkets from my childhood. I'm especially interested in finding out when these two stores opened.
Hellertown is located very near Bethlehem. As a young child, I lived in this area, and fondly remember going to the Hellertown Super Fresh with my mother. Although I lived in this area from 1980 to 1984, I don't have any memories of this store being an A&P (which it obviously was prior to 1982).
The Hellertown Super Fresh was a Centennial building that was located in the Springhill Shopping Center on Main Street. In December 1998 (or perhaps another month later), it closed after the chain opened a brand new superstore on Rt. 378 in Bethlehem. Actually, I recently saw a picture of this former Super Fresh (on the Internet), and it is now a True Value Hardware Store. (True Value had long had a small store in the Springhill Shopping Center.) Sadly, the building now looks completely different, with the exception of the roof.
Another Centennial A&P/Super Fresh I remember fondly happened to be located in Berwyn's Gateway Shopping Center. (Berwyn is a suburban Philadelphia town located near King of Prussia.) I became very familiar with this location because it was in close proximity to where relatives of mine were living at the time. The Gateway Shopping Center was a massive shopping center (actually, it was the largest one I have ever seen), and the Super Fresh was right in the middle of it.
This Super Fresh closed circa 1996, when the chain opened a new superstore that was also located in Berwyn. I am very curious as to what store(s) replaced the Super Fresh at the Gateway Shopping Center.
Hellertown is located very near Bethlehem. As a young child, I lived in this area, and fondly remember going to the Hellertown Super Fresh with my mother. Although I lived in this area from 1980 to 1984, I don't have any memories of this store being an A&P (which it obviously was prior to 1982).
The Hellertown Super Fresh was a Centennial building that was located in the Springhill Shopping Center on Main Street. In December 1998 (or perhaps another month later), it closed after the chain opened a brand new superstore on Rt. 378 in Bethlehem. Actually, I recently saw a picture of this former Super Fresh (on the Internet), and it is now a True Value Hardware Store. (True Value had long had a small store in the Springhill Shopping Center.) Sadly, the building now looks completely different, with the exception of the roof.
Another Centennial A&P/Super Fresh I remember fondly happened to be located in Berwyn's Gateway Shopping Center. (Berwyn is a suburban Philadelphia town located near King of Prussia.) I became very familiar with this location because it was in close proximity to where relatives of mine were living at the time. The Gateway Shopping Center was a massive shopping center (actually, it was the largest one I have ever seen), and the Super Fresh was right in the middle of it.
This Super Fresh closed circa 1996, when the chain opened a new superstore that was also located in Berwyn. I am very curious as to what store(s) replaced the Super Fresh at the Gateway Shopping Center.