300 Depot St, Bennington, VT

Original Grocery Tenant: Grand Union

Address: 300 Depot St, Bennington, VT

Opened: late 1980s

Closed: between 1995 and 2001

Later Tenants: assorted non-grocery tenants

Photographed: August 8, 2021

When Grand Union vacated their North Street store here in Bennington, they appear to have built this store just to the north of downtown. At slightly over 30,000 square feet, this store was more than double the size of the previous one. This store probably made it all the way to Grand Union's bankruptcy in 2001, or at least closed after 1995.

Though it doesn't appear to have been another supermarket after Grand Union, Tractor Supply has kept the Grand Union facade intact. I didn't go in, and don't see any obvious GU remnants inside from pictures available online.

So while Grand Union is gone from Bennington, the city is still home to three big-chain supermarkets. Come back on Monday to see two of them!