Former Kmart #3529

NOTE: This post comes from outside the blog's coverage area.

With the loss of this Kmart in spring 2019, the entire Pittsburgh market is now without a single Kmart store. In fact, the closest Kmart stores to Pittsburgh still operating are Leechburg or New Castle. Kmart owned this location, which likely explained why this store was the one that lasted longer than other Pittsburgh stores. At least the future of this building has a known purpose, something of which cannot be said for other old locations. It will serve as a home of U-Haul storage facility since U-Haul bought the property. Not really exciting, especially since this is part of a shopping center, but its something at least.

This is one of two or three Kmart locations I've visited to use the old auto center as a makeshift garden shop. This one, however, had Kmart's drive-thru auto center which honestly was pretty neat to see in person. This store was the only location I've personally been too to have the drive-thru feature.

Montgomery's Weis Little Store

While the majority of Weis' supermarket stores tend to be on the larger side, there is still at least one that is pretty tiny. Likely thanks to its proximity to Weis HQ in Sunbury, PA, this small and likely fairly original store continues to operate. As you will see from the photos, this store has been updated, but it has an interesting layout thanks to what was very likely an expansion into part of attached strip mall. Despite its small size and general lack of selection by comparison to other Weis stores, I'm glad to see Weis continue to operate to serve the Pennsylvania community of Montgomery. I have a lot of respect for companies that operate small stores like this in rural areas when they are typically known for having much larger stores.

Without further ado, let's take a look at this unique Weis:

As you can see from the photo, this is a small Weis! Note that the far left side isn't even used by Weis! I'm suspecting Weis expanded to the right, but I could be wrong, as you will see below.

New products which one could take for granted at other Weis locations

I was immediately drawn to the right, as the change in elevation drew my attention. Not a common thing nowadays.

The suspected expansion area actually had a lot of the supermarket staples you'd expect. I'm not sure Weis would want to continue to operate this store if they didn't have this space.

Now we head back into the store core:

Small little selection of Greeting cards 

This 'features' display feels original to the store. Definitely a relic even if it isn't.

A small little book department

Look at that dated ICE machine. That's cool literally. (sorry) 

Only 3 checkout lanes here; with customer services counting as one