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TOUR: Tops - Tannersville, NY

This was one of the last newly-built Grand Unions before the chain went under, and its exterior is distinctly GU. You can't miss those arched windows. However, the center tower with the awnings on either side is more like a Pathmark facade if you ask me. The carts are also distinctly Grand Union: At least those green and beige ones certainly are. The handles have Tops plastic things on them, but you can't fool me! The store as a Grand Union, from Chuck AKA GUStores4Ever on Flickr. This became a Grand Union Family Market in the bankruptcy, run by C&S Wholesale Grocers. With his pictures, we can do a little bit of a before-and-after of this store. (All of the GU pictures on this post are from his Flickr page.) BEFORE AFTER Heading in, you turn right to enter the produce department in the front corner. BEFORE AFTER The before is unquestionably better. That's a shame. AFTER The first aisle contains natural and organic product...