[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Jasper1963

Have you been there? Reminds me of a 1959 A&P store. Very dated

I realize you are replying to someone elses post, however, I actually miss the old fashioned A&P.............we grew up as kids with the A&P and the Acme supermarkets. That's all there was.

You could zip in and zip out by first going to the produce section......then around the perimeter of the small store.......not like todays mega giant super store supermarkets...........which if one is not familiar with the layout, can be difficult to find some "staple" item in the middle aisles.........

When we moved to Vermont in 1970 , all this little town of 16,000 people had was an A&P and a Grand Union (smaller version of Grand Union).
The A&P was the same as it had been in the 1940's and '50s.....

We later got a big Grand Union (now closed) plus a Price Chopper (HUGE), a Hannaford (Sweetbay in Florida), again a huge store, and an Aldi's.......this is a very self contained little town.........but with a population of still 16,000, all it can support is the Price Chopper , the Hannaford /Sweetbay and the Aldi's which is a "bag your own groceries" limited supply of stuff kind of store. No fresh meats.

Even many of the little mom and pop grocery stores on the corners "down in town" have closed down........going the way of the old fashioned A&P and old Grand Union.......even had an I.G.A. (Independent Grocers) once.
That was excellent for freshness of meat.

Everyone knew all of the butchers in the old A&P and they took pride in their craft..........or trade. Nowadays, we have found greenmolded meat in the cases..........black sausage (which they can't explain).......in my humble opinion, some stores can get TOO BIG, such as Price Chopper.

Many of us, maybe it's showing our age.......really miss the smaller stores.

We also have farmer's markets all over the place and many farmstands on the roads leading in and out of town............but only in the "growing season".......not winter.