Grocery Archaeology

Original Tenant: A&P Address: 7 Naughright Rd, Hackettstown, NJ Opened:  1999 Closed:  2015 Later Tenants:  subdivided, Retro Fitness Photographed:  May 2020 & June 2021 This 56,000 square foot A&P was actually the third in Hackettstown, where the chain had at least one operating store since 1958. The original store and 1980s-era replacement were both over at 57 US-46 , a few miles west of here on 46, and this store opened as a replacement for the 1980s store in 1999. As we see here, the far left portion of the store (about 18,000 square feet) has been taken over by Retro Fitness. However, the majority of the A&P remains -- with its signage! Except for the "FOOD MARKET" lettering, for whatever reason. That was removed, who knows why. Crazy how good this sign, which is original to the store in 1999, still looked five years after the store's closure. The paint wasn't so lucky. Let's take a look at what we can see inside the store. Here's the fo...

Original Tenant: A&P Address: 57 US-46, Hackettstown, NJ Opened:  1958 Closed:  1980s Later Tenants:  Blockbuster Video > Atlantic Health Systems Photographed:  May 2020 The first A&P store in Hackettstown was here at 57 US-46, in a barrel-roof store that was later retrofitted with a Centennial facade. This store came in at just over 18,000 square feet, which is just around the same size as the Centennial purpose-built stores. In the 1980s, A&P constructed a new, 32,000 square foot store at the back of this strip mall, which in turn relocated to 7 Naughright Rd in 1999. That's our other post for the day which you can see here . The newer 80s store in this mall also became a Food Basics for roughly two years in the early 2000s. The storefront here was later a Blockbuster Video, which you can see in JoshAustin610's photo linked above. Today, most of the strip mall has been converted into medical offices (along with some non-medical tenants, such as a...