2096 Naamans Road
Welcome to the Foulk & Naamans Rite Aid!
It's time for our third and most extensive trip into Delaware yet! We'll be seeing stores in the Wilmington area over the next four weeks, starting here in the Foulk & Naamans Shopping Village to see a Rite Aid. It first opened in 1971 in the parking lot, and then moved to this spot in the later 70s when the Acme next door was demolished and rebuilt. The store recently received a new logo and the new facade during the remodel of the center, but it still looked like this before that. Let's get into our spaceships and travel to Customer World!
Cosmetics and personal care items are in the first aisle on the right side of the store. This decor is quite old, having been retired in 2012 in favor of the Wellness decor, but quite a few Rite Aid stores retain it.
Bath and shower items are in aisle 3. The wall signage in this decor certainly isn't modern, but these aisle markers look quite old-fashioned in comparison. Funny side note: these aisle markers appear on the Wikipedia page for euphemisms.
Flu-fighting with this store's crew takes place in the back left corner of the store. The P and A in pharmacist have certainly seen some better days.
Food, beverages, and paper products are in the last aisle.
A look at the quiet front end.
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The interior decor was the same at this point as it is today, but the exterior remained as it had been since the 90s.
Nearby competition
0.9 miles away: Walgreens of Naamans Road
This Walgreens further up Naamans Road opened around 2005, only a year before the chain made their first big expansion into the region through the acquisition of a local Delaware-based drug store chain called Happy Harry's.
That concludes this tour! While there isn't anything special about this Rite Aid in particular, other than its somewhat rare older decor, I wanted to visit it before the entire chain is out of business, since unfortunately that seems more and more likely with every closing round. This store is thankfully hanging on, though, and certainly wasn't desolate when I was here at 2:00 on a Saturday afternoon. Next week, we'll be headed directly next door to see the supermarket that anchors this shopping center. Until then! The Retail Connection: With us, it's personal.
I'm guessing the script behind the aisle numbers says "RA"? They went a little too elaborate on that!
ReplyDeleteI never noticed that, but I think so! I guess they were assuming most people would just think it was a squiggly line.
DeleteDefinitely agree with you that the aisle markers look much older than the wall décor, despite being from the same package. And that's interesting about the Wikipedia page!
ReplyDeleteI guess the colors could be making them look slightly faded.
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