For the longest period time, one could easily of forgotten that Tops was in bankruptcy. There was little to no news about which stores would be closing until August and bankruptcy had been filed way back in February. I guess you could say they took their time determining which stores to close. Among the 10 stores closing, this store on Lake Ave in Rochester is the focus of this post.
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| The service departments are empty |
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| Hope all you needed in produce are bananas |
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| Non-grocery items cleared out |
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| Tops aisle market sign. |
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| MetroPCS interestingly had a store within a store here. |
In case you were wondering the 10 Tops stores closing (which are all in NY) are:
- 2120 W Gennesee St, Geddes
- 4141 S Salina St, Syracuse
- 710 Lake Ave, Rocheester
- 175 N Winton Rd, Rochester
- 6720 Pittsford/Palmyra Rd, Perinton
- 33 Forgham St, Lyons
- 381 Hamilton St, Geneva
- 909 W 1st St, Fulton
- 299 S Main St, Elmira
- 622 Lake Flower Ave, Saranac Lake
How would a community like Saranac Lake even get two Tops is insane to me but it's properly a good reason they closed it. There doesn't need to be a Northeast version of Publix.
ReplyDeleteWell apparently at least one of them Tops got through an acquisition of another chain. It could be they had to keep it open at least for a bit.
DeleteIf you street view the closing store and go back, it was something else not that long ago, I forget what it was called.
ReplyDeleteI did not realize this.
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