Revisited: A&P - Clinton, New Jersey


I stopped by the A&P in Clinton a few months ago to check out what has left since I was last there in November 2015, when the store was having it's fixture sale. 
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Signs haven't been taken down yet. The building is currently for sale or lease under Ripco Real Estate.

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Park benches and carts are gone! I would've looked farther into the side here, but unfortunately there was a strange man having his lunch under the tree here in his car. 

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Checkouts are still in place, with all of it's 80-ness still intact. The Grand Union-styled glass panels above the checkout have fallen recently, in a later shot you can see broken milk glass panes all over the floor. 

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Breakroom is located here. The manager's office is located in the back of the store. Obviously this was added afterwards.

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The A&P sunrise sign is slowly fading away. It's starting to look pinkish.

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Shelving has been ripped out of the front corridor, exposing the customer service stand on the right. If you look closely in the image, you can see old A&P circulars and more in the gray part of the floor.
Another thing to note is that half of the aisles are gone next to produce.

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Do they still accept it?

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Customer Service sign (which I swear) was not up at the time of the fixture sale. If I had noticed it, I would've bought this easily. Too bad it's fading now.

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Wood-slat hand-me-down cooler cases! Most likely from a Food Emporium in New York.

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Well folks, here you have it, this A&P's store number, #949.

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Possible welcome sign was located on the left here. It's been gone for years now. 
I tried to enter the building here, but unfortunately the doors were locked. There was a security guard inside.

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Delivery bay looking old... check out that railing!

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If anyone takes over this building, I want to see them power-wash it. 

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Former A&P barrel-roof just across from where I'm standing. Rite Aid now owns it.

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And to top it off, the pylon sign that has everyone asking Why? It's backwards!

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And at the holy-grail of shopping centers... Walmart and ShopRite. It's surprising how long A&P lasted here!

A&P of Clinton

49 Old Highway 22
Clinton, New Jersey

History: A&P