Sherrill Revisited

Our Tour de Union continues with another converted P&C in the Central New York area.

As with the vast majority of the Central New York stores, this one was originally built as P&C Foods, then became Tops in 2010.

A basket with a bizarre sticker bearing a colorless Grand Union logo.

Front end, which had the self-checkouts removed when this store was converted from Tops from Grand Union. Also to the right is a pharmacy, which somehow still operates in this store. Most likely operated by an independent.

Frozen foods on the left side of the store, a section which prominently features coffin-style coolers. Also note the dairy section on the left-hand wall.

Cart Tax: The only new carts here are these Bemis Convenience carts. Everything else is rebadged Tops fare.

Thank you for shopping with Grand Union, of course with the GU logo replacing the Tops logo.

FINAL THOUGHTS: As I continue to tour them, I find them less impressing, given they have done nothing but swap out Tops branding with the Grand Union branding. It does not seem C&S is in it for the long haul with these stores. The product selection is not much different from the Tops they replaced, nor much different than most independent/franchise stores here in Upstate NY that are supplied by C&S.

Also, this poorly-designed logo continues to bother me, given the absence of spacing between the "Grand" and "Union". Also the "red dot" is too big, and thus cuts into the letter "I" below it. When converted to horizontal, the letter "I" is too short and has part of the red dot sitting on top of it despite the logo being all caps.

Until next time, take care of yourself, and each other!

- Retail Regents