The Market Report

Publix and Weis, two significant regional chains on the east coast in Florida and Pennsylvania, respectively, don't appear too much in the memorabilia I find, but we have a few! Publix Here's some Publix trucks! While I don't know the exact date of either of these, the below one is definitely newer. Weis And speaking of trucks, here's a 1970s-era toy truck from Weis! I love the font and the cloud logo here. I bought this one at an antique store in central PA, not far from Weis's home of Sunbury . And one more spice tin, this time from a classic Weis package! Tomorrow we're wrapping up our memorabilia feature with a look at, well, everything else we haven't seen yet.

Publix Super Markets Opened: 2019 Previous Tenants:  none, built on site of former strip mall Location:  1411 Folly Rd, James Island, Charleston, SC Photographed:  January 2022 This 45,000 square foot Publix is towards the southern side of James Island, and was constructed in 2019 on the site of a closed strip mall that appears to have had an achor that looks like a supermarket. It's just across the street from the Food Lion we saw yesterday . It's the second Publix we've seen on Folly Road, and tomorrow, we move on to our second Harris Teeter on Folly Road (but the third in total, including the one we didn't see). Come back to check it out! Update   Local expert Carlton Swift  says: "The former grocer in the previous shopping center was a Bi-Lo. Bi-Lo moved up Folly Rd into a former Kroger. The former Kroger is now PetSmart. Next door to the former Kroger was a former Kmart. The Kmart was torn down and became a Super Bi-Lo. It now sits empty."

Publix Super Markets Opened: unknown Previous Tenants:  none Location:  520 Folly Rd, James Island, Charleston, SC Photographed:  January 2022 We arrive at our next Publix snapshot, and again, sadly I do not have any Publix tours. I do think there are many wonderful Publix tours over at Albertsons Florida Blog , which I highly recommend. This 38,000 square foot store is just over half a mile from yesterday's Harris Teeter and just under half a mile from the next southern Harris Teeter at 675 Folly Road, which I did not photograph. Up next we move south on Folly Road about two and a half miles to the southern part of James Island, where we'll be seeing our next three stores. Come back tomorrow to check out the next! Update Local expert Carlton Swift says: "There was a Winn Dixie here before Publix. It was torn down and rebuilt for Publix."

Publix Super Markets Opened: unknown Previous Tenants:  none Location:  1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, West Ashley, Charleston, SC Photographed:  January 2022 You just wait until we get to Pennsylvania, and the quality of my photography is going to skyrocket. I promise. This store comes in at just under 50,000 square feet, and while I'm not sure when it opened, it's definitely been open since at least 2007. We're roughly four miles southeast of yesterday's store, and about as far northwest of downtown Charleston. But we have a few stops before we can get into downtown, and we're moving tomorrow about two and a half miles southwest for a familiar friend. Come back to check it out!

Publix Super Markets Opened: unknown Previous Tenants:  none Location:  1575 Old Trolley Rd, Oakbrook, Summerville, SC Photographed:  January 2022 We're just two miles east of yesterday's Walmart Neighborhood Market for a 48,700 square foot Publix. Although there are quite a few Publixes in the Charleston area, we aren't actually going to tour any of them although we'll see a couple more before we leave the Mid-Atlantic region. I'm not familiar with the history of Publix in the SC region. From Wikipedia , it looks like they entered South Carolina fairly early (their first store outside Florida, in Savannah, GA opened in 1991 and their first SC store opened two years later). The chain is way  larger than I thought it was, with an astounding 1200 locations, over 800 of which are in Florida. Gee, I should do more research before I start writing. Anyway, tomorrow we move onto another chain that I don't know too well but that has locations around the area. We'll...