The Market Report

Weis Markets Opened: 2008 Previous Tenants: Mr. Z's (early 1990s-2008) Location: 70 Phoenix St, Duryea, PA Photographed: December 22, 2018 and August 12, 2020 The Weis Markets in Duryea is a bit of a strange store, located somewhat outside of town across railroad tracks from the main street. It's only barely visible from Main Street, but the 40,000 square foot store has been going strong for around 30 years, first as a Mr. Z's (likely built after Weis purchased Mr. Z's, or else renovated very shortly after opening), and then from 2008 to the present, as a Weis. A quick nighttime drive-by shot from 2018. The rest of the pictures are from the summer of 2020. We enter to the grand aisle on the right side of the store. Pharmacy is in the front right corner with deli and seafood in an island opposite produce. Bakery and meat are on the back wall, with grocery aisles behind the deli/seafood island and dairy on the far left side of the store. And I needed to get to this s...

Quinn's Market Owner: Jeff Krenitsky Opened:  2010-2022 Cooperative:  ShurSave Location:  401 Kennedy Blvd, Pittston, PA Photographed:  December 22, 2018 The Pittston location of Quinn's Market was well-documented over on Acme Style before the blog went dark, so I strongly recommend you check out their posts before we jump into our tour of this 26,000 square foot store. For a brief recap of the store's history, it was constructed in 1966 before becoming an ACME Super Saver in the 1970s, a brand it actually retained through the 90s. In 1994, it was sold to Penn Traffic and became an Insalaco's, then Bruno's ShurSave by 2006 which closed in 2008, then the third location of Quinn's ShurSave in 2010. My impression is that Bruno's and Insalaco's did little to no renovation prior to opening, and that the ACME decor may have been intact as late as 2008. Quinn's appears to be the one who changed the decor to what it was. The store closed in 2022 but the p...

Gerrity's ShurSave Owner: Joyce Fasula Opened:  1999 - 2022 Previous Tenants:  Insalaco's (1985-1999) Later Tenants:  Gerrity's The Fresh Grocer (2022- ) Cooperative:  ShurSave Location:  801 Wyoming Ave, West Pittston, PA Photographed:  August 12, 2020 This store might be a Gerrity's these days, but we can definitely tell what it used to be from the name of the strip mall! The rather strangely-shaped 41,000 square foot store is tucked away in the back of the Insalaco shopping center, built in 1985 as an Insalaco's then sold to Gerrity's in 1999. More recently, following the store's joining of the Wakefern cooperative, the brand was switched to The Fresh Grocer, but unlike some stores , this one underwent a remodel to update decor inside and the facade. As you can see, the store is in the back corner of a strip mall, meaning the layout is a little bit odd. But once we get inside, it's pretty standard. We enter to produce first, with meats on the back w...