![]() ![]() Going from memory (I was little in the early 70's) I remember Grant's (where Aldi is now), and White's. Link (Thrall Library) to photos of the Acme market on East Main St. This may be due to the fact that within a few years of opening, the entire chain was purchased by A&P and store outside Long Island were closed. Waldbaum's in Vails Gate, NY at NY Rotes 32, 94 & 300, seemed to have some of the same feel as Park Edge, but was more corporate. This store had a "Pick Your Own Pickle" barrel where you could actually pcik out your own pickle. To this day, my brother still fondly recalls the samples that he received in this store. ![]() ![]() Local "Park Edge Supermarkets" in Buffalo, NY used to give out cookies, lunch meat slices, cheese slices, deli items, and even ham salad to kids to entice the parents to buy the items. Probably the reason that you received a cookie each time is because most grocery stores in the 1960's and 1970's would give out free samples to kids to persuade their parents to visit the high profit delis and bakeries located in larger supermarkets. Ed Lloyd tried to be everything to everyone, but other larger chains had better resources and could pull it off better. Yes, I remember Lloyd's, in Middletown and Newburgh, NY. Which led to me homeschooling because my mom thought that was completely ridiculous. Which led to an in-school suspension for skipping my 8th period study hall to go to Pizza Hut. I used to go through it to go to Stop & Shop and Pizza Hut when I was in high school. There is a hole in MHS's fence right behind that area (where another one of the no school age kids during school hours signs was). I remember they had a sign up saying that those who were school age could not come into the store during school hours without an adult because of all the vandalism they had. My mom also used to buy me petit fours there shortly before they closed. I used to get free leaf cookies at the bakery, I don't know why. The only things left in the plaza are an auto parts store (soon moving to a new location near Stop & Shop) and Colandrea's.ĭo you remember Lloyd's? That place was awesome. I do recall my mom telling me it used to be something else. Transit Road wrote:Is the abandoned Caldor the store on Route 211, between the old Orange Plaza Mall and the old Lloyd's/current Stop & Shop? If so, this was once a White's-Modell's. ![]()
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