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BEYOND FLORIDA: GTB Retail Goes to Kroger!

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  KR Welcome to 2021! In this edition of "GTB Retail's Beyond Florida", we are going to Savannah, Georgia where the first Kroger store on the blog is featured! GMAP Kroger #645 5720 Ogeechee Rd, Savannah, GA  Savannah is the oldest city in the state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, being established in 1733. Savannah is Georgia's fifth-largest city with an estimated population of 144,464 in 2019. The metropolitan area's population in 2019 was 393,353. This Kroger store on US 17 and Berwick Road opened in 2005 and is 70,384 square feet in size. GMAP Before we enter the store, here is a daytime image of the the Berwick Kroger's exterior. These pictures were taken from various sources, including Kroger's website (KR), Foursquare (FSQ), Google Maps (GMAP), and Riley C. (RC) RC Even though that I do not have a picture of the welcome sign (Welcome to your Savannah Kroger), this Kroger shopping cart substitutes that. FSQ Stepping inside, we ca...

BEYOND FLORIDA: The LAST Kmart ever built in the USA

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See here for the original post regarding this Kmart. (All photos are courtesy of the Dead & Dying Retail blog , taken in 2014) Kmart #9463 250 New Road, Somers Point, NJ - Somers Point Plaza Opened on October 19, 2002 as the final Kmart store to be built when the company called Kmart Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This store will close in December 2019 as a part of Sears Holdings store closures, marking an end to the Somers Point Kmart after 17 years in operation. Store map of Kmart #9463. The view that you get after entering through the entrances. The three home sections (bath/bedding and home decor) are straight ahead. The pharmacy department at Kmart. (New Jersey laws require the word department to be written after the pharmacy) Appliances and other household products, about to approach the toys section located near layaway. Also note the exposed ceiling, because this was a 2002-built Kmart store. ...