The Market Report

Save-A-Lot Owner: Leevers Supermarkets Opened:  2021 under current ownership, 2013 previously Previous Tenants:  assorted non-grocery tenants Location:  6801 Frankford Ave, Mayfair, Philadelphia, PA Photographed:  December 2021 Today's snapshot is a quick look at the Save-A-Lot on Frankford Ave in the Mayfair section. The 18,000 square foot store opened around 2013 in what doesn't appear to have been a supermarket ever before, and it's a pretty tough location because it's directly next door to a ShopRite that we'll see tomorrow. We see it in the above photo in December 2021, just a few months after it was acquired by Colorado-based Leevers Supermarkets. During Save-A-Lot's transition from retailer to wholesaler, the Philadelphia area stores were all sold either to Save Philly Stores or to Leevers Supermarkets, an odd choice given that the rest of their stores are in Colorado (I assume there's a family member out here or something). While we see that they up...

Save-A-Lot Owner: John Leevers / Leevers Supermarkets Opened: early 2000s Previous Tenants:  Penn Fruit > Jewel T Location:  3949 US-130, Pennsauken, NJ Photographed:  January 2021 You can recognize that arch anywhere! Part of this Save-A-Lot was originally a Penn Fruit, which you can read more about here . But the Save-A-Lot -- which today appears to be around 15,000 square feet -- unfortunately doesn't have any remnants of Penn Fruit inside, as far as I could tell based on a quick visit. Save-A-Lot really doesn't interest me, but I will say that the recent (and ongoing) switch to independent ownership does make the chain significantly more interesting. This was one of 17 stores acquired in April 2021 by Colorado-based Leevers Supermarkets. This store had not yet been remodeled by Leevers at the time of my visit, but my understanding is that they have a very different approach than corporate Save-A-Lot did. We see clear signs of maintenance neglect here, with the be...