The Market Report

Now it's time for another store tour at a very nice local small-town supermarket! These are the stores I love the most, because they're so unique -- to the area and even to the town. Full disclosure: I first visited this store one night and found a lot of empty shelves, a generally disorganized store, and rather grumpy service. I don't blame them, as I believe I came in pretty close to closing. I then returned during the day and was very happy to find a clean, fully stocked store with much better service too. I always do my best to show the store in its best state, so I tried to replace any pictures showing the store in bad condition with new pictures of it in better condition, so these were taken over the course of a few days. The storefront faces the parking lot, with produce on the left wall (facing the street). Aisles run parallel to the front wall of the store, with meat/deli on the far right wall. Here you can see how the store fits into the small downto...

Today's Snapshot is a supermarket about an hour southeast of Pittsburgh, PA. When I visited the store, it was Ross' Shop 'n Save, a member of the Shop 'n Save cooperative . It also had some great old decor inside, mostly lots of neon. This Shop 'n Save has since been replaced by Cash Saver, a cost-plus store (they sell groceries at the wholesale cost plus 10% at checkout). Unfortunately, you can see that the classic decor has been replaced on Google Maps . What struck me about the store is how nice the carts looked (even though they were pretty old) in the sunset, and more importantly, just how many of them there were! The store is located at 119 Memorial Blvd, Connellsville, PA. Photographed June 2017