TOUR: Boyer's Food Markets - Shenandoah, PA

Boyer's Food Markets

Owner: Dean Walker

Opened: unknown

Previous Tenants: A&P (1960s-1980s) > IGA > Great Valu Markets

Location: 600 W Centre St, Shenandoah, PA

Photographed: November 29, 2019

Any supermarket fan will be able to glance at this store and say exactly what it was originally! This store was built in the 1960s as an 11,000 square foot A&P Centennial, but has since been expanded into its present 20,000 square feet or so.

These days, we enter at the far left to go into produce, deli, and bakery in the expansion, with meat on the back wall and frozen/dairy to the far right. You can see a small window in the picture above where you pay for gas at the attached Sunoco station, which is at the back of the customer service counter inside.

I don't believe there's anything left from any previous tenant here, and we can tell that this store is older. It was likely remodeled by Boyer's earlier on when they moved in, around 1985, and not significantly since except for perhaps some new fixtures. Boyer's at the time was an IGA (seen in a picture here), then a Great Valu affiliate, and now an independent chain.

Although I like the history of the space, it really needs a renovation. This decor has not held up particularly well -- not in maintenance, as the store is kept up great, but in appearance.

Boyer's has a dedicated international (specifically Latin) section at the back of the produce department, and we can see the grocery aisles behind it.

Deli/bakery are on the back wall.

You might see a lot of smoked meats, kielbasi, and pierogies here. There's a large Polish population here, and Shenandoah is also home to Mrs. T's Pierogies.

Cramped but fully-stocked grocery aisles. Boyer's must have gotten those wooden crates for a really good deal, since we're seeing them all over all the stores.

Like especially the freezer aisle of this one. I like the look, but why so many?

10 aisles in total these days, although it's likely it was originally closer to 6 with a much smaller produce and deli area. Dairy and frozen are in the last two aisles.

A look across the front-end.

There's also a bread alcove in the front right corner, along with the customer service counter and aforementioned gas station window.

This whole area feels very old-fashioned to me, but not in an unpleasant way. This store could use some updating, like most of the Boyer's, though. But the chain is slowly working its way through its stores with renovations, it seems.

One more look across the front-end before we head out!

That's all for this Boyer's, and we're nearing the end of this group too! Tomorrow we're headed just a little east of here for a stop in Mahanoy City on The Independent Edition!