200 Ridge Pike
Welcome to the Conshohocken Weis!
Just like the GIANT across the street, the Weis in Conshohocken is the fourth grocery anchor of its shopping center. An A&P originally opened in this plaza in the early 60s, being converted to a SuperFresh in 1983 and closing in 2002. The building was then demolished for a new Genuardi's, which opened in 2005 as the very last store in the chain to open. It closed on June 9, 2012, being one of three Genuardi's stores acquired by Weis (the other being Doylestown and East Norriton), reopening June 16. It was remodeled to the current Weis decor by 2016, and, last year, had this facade "update". Let's head inside!
The meat counter is the first department encountered on the back wall, more or less in the same spot it was in East Norriton.
A look down aisle 7, home to chips and other salty snacks.
Interestingly, the pharmacy is on the back of the store past the packaged meats. Usually, Genuardi's stores had the pharmacy department in an aisle, similarly to Wegmans. Also note the "Weis Pharmacy welcomes all Rite Aid customers", referring to the former Rite Aid next door which closed during the initial 143-store closing round in October.
Dairy is in the back corner, where the huge frozen department was in East Norriton.
On the right side of the store are the bakery, deli, and kitchen departments. All retain the Lifestyle backsplash. This was probably one of the only, if not the only, Genuardi's to open with a Safeway decor, as the majority of their stores opened in the late 90s and the Safeway acquisition took place in 2001.
The beer and wine department, as well as seating for the cafe and the Conshohocken Brewing Company, are in the front left corner and just past the entrance marked BEER. Those holiday wine displays probably shouldn't have still been there on January 27.
Checkouts and customer solutions on the front end. Genuardi's stores usually had windows on the front wall, so I'm not sure why this one doesn't.
And, before we go, a look at the sign for Plymouth Square, which probably predates the Genuardi's.
Other Images of Interest
Street View Images
2018
This was how the store looked prior to the facade remodel last year. To be honest, I prefer this style.
2007
Still a two-year-old Genuardi's in this picture. Click here for a clearer picture of this store from before the sale to Weis. The Starbucks labelscar Josh mentioned is still present 12 years later.
Nearby competition
0.4 miles away: GIANT of Conshohocken
Last week, we stopped into the GIANT of Conshohocken, which is so close by it's visible from the Weis parking lot. This store opened in 2006 in a former Clemens, but the building was originally occupied by Penn Fruit back in the 50s.
4 miles away: Acme of Andorra
The Andorra ACME opened on February 7, 1962 as an original tenant of the Andorra Shopping Center. It closed in early February of this year, and GIANT apparently has plans to move into this space and a few of the neighboring store.
That completes our second Weis tour! This was definitely a nice location, though, like East Norriton, it didn't seem very busy. The stores have been open for almost 12 years now, so they can't be that low-volume, though. Thank you for reading, and see you next week for our first New Jersey store since October! Eat better, spend less, that's The Retail Connection!
I did not know the last new Genuardi's opened in 2005. I thought Safeway opened a few new Genuardi's on their own, but I guess there were not many opened under Safeway's tenure if no new stores opened in the chain's last 7 years in existence. I guess that just proves how Safeway's changes did not go over well with Genuardi's shoppers. This store does look good as a Weis though, and this particular Genuardi's design has always looked really nice to me.
ReplyDeleteYes. I believe the next most recent store was Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which opened on April 2, 2003. I think I read somewhere that Conshohocken was ready to open in 2003, but for some reason got delayed by two years. I would imagine that any Genuardi's that opened after the Safeway acquisition had already been planned before.
DeleteI do like the Genuardi's design, but I really don't care for the recent change Weis made with the white and black box. It's quite odd-looking and doesn't match any Weis I've ever seen.
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