Shop Rite Stores are kinda dumpy... (Toms River, Kearny: elementary school, restaurant, moving)

[Rob Allen]

I remember Grand Union, and some of their jingle: "... a grand union of all good things...".

I remember the Finast store on 7th St. in Plainfield, which became a Honda dealership just before Honda expanded from motorcycles to cars.

I remember the King Korn supermarket on Front St., which became a Social Security office I think.

I remember Foodtown - they had a cheese that I've never found anywhere else: muenster with caraway seeds.

I remember Stop & Shop and their discount-department-store sibling, Bradlees.

And I remember when a bunch of ShopRite stores suddenly put up new signs and started calling themselves "Pathmark".

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by tahiti

I remember SR being on Bway.

Are you sure about that?
The only SRs that I recall are the aforementioned one at 26th & C, and the "downtown SR", located on C, somewhere below 8th St.

At Broadway & 20th St, there was an indy market named Dairy Maid, but I believe that it closed somewhere in the mid-late 60s. And, of course, there was the market that you mentioned on Broadway, at 34th or 35th St.

Oh...and there is (was?) the Acme, at the city line, but that location is actually in Jersey City, rather than Bayonne.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by Retriever

Are you sure about that?
The only SRs that I recall are the aforementioned one at 26th & C, and the "downtown SR", located on C, somewhere below 8th St.

At Broadway & 20th St, there was an indy market named Dairy Maid, but I believe that it closed somewhere in the mid-late 60s. And, of course, there was the market that you mentioned on Broadway, at 34th or 35th St.

Oh...and there is (was?) the Acme, at the city line, but that location is actually in Jersey City, rather than Bayonne.

Not 100% sure but I vaguely remember one.

Acme is closed. All my friends worked there. I got harassed by a drunk JC cop once there.

SHELLYS!!!!

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by tahiti

Not 100% sure but I vaguely remember one.

Acme is closed. All my friends worked there. I got harassed by a drunk JC cop once there.

SHELLYS!!!!

Yes, it was Shelley's!

Is the McCrory store (next to the Acme) still there?
I worked there, as did my brother.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Retriever

Ladies--The store name was actually, "Finast", which was an acronym for First National Stores.
My brother worked for them in their (rat-infested) warehouse division, which was located in South Kearney.

IIRC, their Bayonne retail location was on 8th Street, between the Boulevard & Avenue C.
That store later became an IGA market by the name of Pagano's.

Ah, still don't remember where I saw one, but I do remember seeing one somewhere. Definitely wasn't Bayonne.

[exnj1970]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Ah, still don't remember where I saw one, but I do remember seeing one somewhere. Definitely wasn't Bayonne.

The one my mom used to go to was in Ledgewood.Long after they closed Rickels moved in there.Then they closed.Now there's a Sports Authority,Mens Wearhouse and Ruby Tuesdays.

[EBWick]

Spent many a Saturday at the Paramus Rickel's or Channel's with my dad.

I also got lost for a while as a kid at Korvette's

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by EBWick

Spent many a Saturday at the Paramus Rickel's or Channel's with my dad.

I also got lost for a while as a kid at Korvette's

Hey, I worked as a cashier (and then a SUPERVISOR of cashiers, woo-hoo) at the Paramus Channel in high school and then full-time for a year after graduation. Say 1975 - 1977. Maybe I rang you up.

[Mendenhall]

1 in Clark isn't bad. Its just too crowded. I hit the A&P up the street when I do my shopping

[johnfrisco]

Shop Rite in Lyndhurst is the King of Queens. Personally I go to the one in Nutley.