This Giant Eagle In Richfield, Ohio Is Stuck In the 70s!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This Giant Eagle In Richfield, Ohio Is Stuck In the 70s! Enjoy a look at this vintage grocery store that housed several stores over the years. However one thing that didn't change are the aesthetics inside. This store is stuck in the 70s and looks fantastic! A wonderful looking store compared to modern day places!
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Hi I’m an employee at this store haha! I run the bakery! Thank you for coming in and showing the world our little secret in the corner of Richfield :) we hope you enjoyed your visit!
I did! Thank you! I ended up buying a few things I needed too! Haha
Also Yes! there is an abandoned apartment in there too! If you look up in the produce department you can see the window of one of the rooms. We use the other half of it as office space. There was once a bowling alley in my bakery department as well it was a 2 lane. We use it as a store warehouse now. Let me know if you have any questions. I’ve worked there for over 5 years :) I’d be happy to answer any!
Was it ever a Big Bear? It looks like the Thurber Village Big Bear back in the day. Giant Eagle bought them out and closed most of the original ones.
@@anitalauer2715 before GE bought them out it was a Country Counter
@@dragonspirited6690 Vaughn's country counter!
That’s a perfect example of “if it’s not broke don’t fix it” except for understandable tech and security upgrades it looks beautiful.
You mean "If it's not broke don't ruin it" for the design
@@Warp3326 It's probably one of those lucky because they do just enough business and revenue to stay open but don't do enough to justify a remodel/new store built either on top of it or close by. The Target in Elyria is that way and therefore stuck in the 90's.
That grocery store looks so nice! It looks way better than modern grocery stores.
Looks like the Sparkle Market in Youngstown, Ohio. Only cleaner.
This store is so incredibly cozy.
That’s a very apt description
so true. there's this modern push to make public places less cozy. I simply do not get it
I grew up in that town. It used to be a LOT nicer. Where the Hallmark section is today, used to be the butcher shop, and also where they would keep the greens from veggies in a big bin, for the farmers for their livestock. It was really cool.
Just knowing that something like this still exists is heart warming!
WE NEED MORE RETRO STYLED STORES‼️‼️
Sir, that is a store not a restaurant.
@@avgjoeavglife sorry i just woke up from a nap my brains not fully awake yet lol
@@KMART_ENTHUSIAST It happens to all of us.
I know right, So many stores have lost their charm due to cold cooperate designs. And a need for speed and cheapness
Isn’t retro styled. They never updated the store
I love the vibe! I’d totally shop there all the time just because it’s stuck in the 70’s
Much less early 1980s yet it does remind me of a Kroger stuck in the 1980s.
Maybe a Marsh location if memory serves me correctly.
It's far older than that.
Hey Wallie there was abandoned super Kmart center in Pennsylvania now it’s big lots
I grew up in Richfield in the 1970's and 1980's. It was a Country Counter store. ❤
Much props to those 2 people overnight stocking the store
Nothing wrong with being stuck in the 70s.
Rite weed was better
I agree. I’d go back if I could.
I agree it’s was a wonderful time in my life. I’d give anything to go back to that time
Right
How funny, back here in Western NY there was and still is a Wegmans Supermarket that once had a 70s era look up until it was demolished and rebuilt in 2005. This Wegmans was first built in 1977 in Cheektowaga, NY (suburban Buffalo, NY) and it remained the same inside and out until renovation took place in 2005
Now if only the prices could be vintage
Yeah, no. Era of stagflation and oil crises. You think the 8% inflation in 2022 was bad, it was 11.1% in 1974, and 11.3% in 1979. Mortgage rates were 10% in 1974 and 12.9% in 1979.
I was just thinking about that
Agreed, thanks Biden.
Haha, I was going to say the same thing, but you said it first.
FJB...
Very cool
The store is bright and cheerful. I'd shop there because it is so welcoming
I am a 3 year Country Counter (as Stop n Shop) ex-employee from 1992-1995 and worked exclusively at the Richfield location in the video. At one time there were 7 Country Counter stores across Brunswick, Richfield, Brecksville, Sagamore Hills, Macedonia and possibly Hudson. The Country Counters were owned by the Vaughan family, some of the second generation siblings and at least one of their spouses worked in the offices above the produce/meat department at that time. There were other non-family employees working upstairs as well. Mr. Vaughan and a few other staff members worked in a smaller office area above the checkout section of the store, separate from the other office area. Mr. Vaughan had a nice large office for himself up there though.
I was hired by Bob Tyree, the store manager at the time. There were about 4 other assistant store managers that covered evenings for closing and Sundays. There were other departmental managers for produce, meat, bakery, dairy and frozen. There of course was also a decent-sized stocking crew that worked days and sometimes late night shifts, after the rest of us had left by 9:30pm (or 6:30pm on Sundays).
My first 1.5 years at the store were focused on the duties of a “packer”, usually doing the job of packing the purchased items into brown paper bags (plastic by request) and asking the customers with larger orders (or elderly) if they needed help out to their car. When the registers were less busy, I would go out to the parking lot and bring in carts and make sure the front entrance was orderly. The evening hours could be more interesting as that was when certain chores needed done, such as cleaning/mopping out the break room and adjacent bathrooms. Or, my favorite was being on trash duty which included going to the upstairs offices above produce. It was like being in a totally different place up there, quiet and more modern. I usually took my time while doing trash duty up there, I didn’t like to have to return to the chaos of the store downstairs!
I was happy to meet new kids my age while working there, almost all were students in the local Revere school district, as I was not. They introduced me to the burgeoning hobby of car audio, I learned a lot from them.
My second 1.5 years involved a “promotion” to work exclusively in the produce department. My manger there was Bob Lawyer for most of my remaining time, he was a joy to work for. At that time, the registers could not weigh produce, so weighing had to be done manually by the produce staff for every single item sold by weight. Also, every night most of the cooled produce cases needed emptied of their items and stored in the large walk-in coolers in the back for the night. In between weighing items during the day, there was also wrapping of multi-pak items using the clear film wrapper machine in the back room. I spent many an hour in that back room of the produce department shown towards the end of the video!
A couple other things to note from my time there in the early/mid ‘90’s. The greeting card room shown in the video was the floral department at that time, and was walled off to the public, that opening was not there when I worked there. Also, reading others comments of a bowling alley was news to me, I have no idea where that would have been! Other memories involve Deadheads sometimes coming through the store when the nearby Coliseum was host to the Grateful Dead concerts, they stood out from the usual locals!
I will say the place was a haven for locals on a daily basis. As mentioned by another commenters, so many people were on a first name basis with the cashiers and managers. I recall seeing so many repeat customers over the years. And as is pretty obvious, the place has barely changed in 50 years, I’ve been amazed that I can show my kids the exact same shopping experience I knew as a kid and later as an employee. I hope it never gets updated, it’s a throwback to another time!
Thank you for the share story of this store in its past. It would be great to use as the narrative on the video!
Beautifully written.
When I was commenting on my memories, I had totally forgotten about the office overlooking the registers. My Mom told me that that was where an ogre lived, keeping an eye on naughty children so they wouldn't steal candy while waiting in line. I believed her! 😂
Yes, I also heard that there was a bowling alley somewhere, but that was before my time. I have however, been in the apartment overlooking the produce department, as a friend of mine lived up there.
I wish I could find a grocery store where the prices were stuck in the 1970's.
No you wouldn't, because then you would be paid like it was the 70's! 😅. There was also a gasoline crisis going on, so you had to make all your errands in one day, or WALK. LOL
Beautiful grocery store!😊
Thanks for the walk back to my childhood!
Thank you for the tour. That was such a nice store.
This establishment proves progression is not always the answer. Fantastic !
It's great when any business still has the vintage aesthetics, signage and everything else. It's so cool! 👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀
Wow! That is a really cool looking grocery store. Great find 🙂
That’s a good deal on that Pepsi and Dew
My Mom loved shopping at this place in the 70's and she lived in Parma. She traveled about 15 miles to get to this store even though she had two other grocery stores less than 1/4 mile away. I think the country vibe made this store appealing!
As long as everything is maintained and kept clean it's all good!
Was just there with my family this past Sunday..... real registers.... no self checkouts...it was an awesome store
From a 70s kid that is the best store ever ! All they need is Grocery Store of the 70s musak and it would be complete ! Great find ! That Tudor style was very popular then
Very cool store.
My grandparents used to shop at this store in the 1940s
This store reminds me of the old local "corner" grocery store in Portersville, PA called Cal's General Store. It was inside an old farmhouse with a video rental section upstairs. Everything on the lower level had a 70's vibe. The building burned down 20+ years ago, so they rebuilt a modern building, but I still remember the old Cal's like it's yesterday.
The structure and layout looks great. Upkeep is fanatic. If it isn't broken, no need to remodel. I'd visit Richfield just to walk through this store.
There's only a few Publix locations with their original vintage design.
I miss stores like that
I love it
Very cool.
Looks like a roadtrip for me ❤
It's interesting for sure.
Just found your channel, very interesting, thanks for sharing😀
Even has foil wallpaper, when I wasa kid in the early 80s, everything still looked like this.
I sent this to my mom, who grew up in Richfield. She said:
How cool! I'm in there at least once every time I visit, and it's always the same as for years. The Vaughn family lived upstairs. I think they had two kids several years younger than me. The bowling alley was to the left of the store. Grandpa was on a league (about 6 lanes). The original market had two additions. The original floor was uneven stone. They always served free coffee.
I would totally shop there just for the 70s grocery store music alone.
Glad that it's still the same. Great to see this video.
Had to imagine this store can turn a profit with so few customers and so much inventory. I’d like to visit it.
Nice job player. I think 70s styles are beautiful.
This is s cool store great video as always Wallie top notch
Omg I’m taking a trip as soon as I can. I am always searching out 70s time capsule places!! I live for it!
dude this is just like that Sparkle Market I filmed in Niles a few years ago! SO cool!!!!!
It's beautiful 🌞! We were all falling in love in the 1970s. 1970s = Love, romance, dancing. I'm still back there with the record player ABBA and Henry Mancini.
I was with you till Henry Mancini. I'll insert Mary Tyler Moore instead.🤣
ABBA was in the 80's. Disco was huge in the late 70's, The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, KC and The Sunshine Band, Sonny and Cher, people like that.
Yes, take me back to 1970s 1980s love ❤ 🌞!
This is so cool! My local Giant Eagle is nothing like this!
Very cool.. our store in Oil City PA is the smallest Giant Eagle store, no booze, no pharmacy, no self check out.
Nice store
I got to go check that one out when I'm off
I used to work down the road and had the same reaction the first time I went there. Reminded me of shopping with my mom as a kid in the 70’s. Surprised smoking wasn’t allowed.
Oh, what a wonderful place!! Thank you so much for such a lovely video. This really made my day.
I would love to shop here!
As a confirmed supermarket geek, I was loving the store tour of a 70s vintage Giant Eagle. Looks more like an independent grocer than a chain store. It reminds me of Pennington Quality Market in Pennington, NJ or Deterding's Family Market in Lindenwold, NJ. Those were two stores that I have found that are stuck in the past. Can't wait to see what you'll find next!
@MoparGuy1625, truth! I've had many from that store. They never disappoint!
When Giant Eagle took over, they wanted to change the store to where it would be unrecognizable. The community was having NO part of that, and were going to "run them out of town on a rail". For once, the people won.
I may have to visit this store! My vacation is less than 2 weeks!
Reminds me of the grocery store on the movie "Home Alone"
All I can say is thanks Walmart for recking the mom and pop shops in our country This place is a jewel
Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for a great video!!!
There’s another store like this in Pomeroy Ohio called Powell’s. It’s stuck in the late 70’s. When you walk in, it even still smells like the 70’s in the store lol. I remember going there with my grandparents, when we would go camping. We got our groceries for the camper there. It looks the same now as it did then lol. 😅
I love it!
Would love to have a store like that in my area!
I remember when the produce/barn side of the store had wood flooring. I'm super happy to see how well maintained and unique it remained.
Don't be so quick to say that some of the storage areas they have that are out of sight of customers have black mold growing on the walls
I used to work 2 minutes from that giant eagle and would go there offer to pick up groceries around lunch time. You should of checked out there library while you were there. It’s a converted barn, it’s so friggin cool.
That’s neat.
I work at a grocery store however ours was built in the 1990s. It was the first grocery store in New Hampshire to accept bank cards as payment.
I love stores like this! There is a Kroger in Xenia, Ohio that's like from the 80' 😂 I love it! I love the small closeness of it because you don't have to walk a hundred miles to get from the bread to the milk lol......awesome video!
This was awesome 🐸❤️
Reminds me of the Foodland (western PA) back in the early 90s, when I was a kid. Very similar.
I would love it if a store came into my small town, and did this look, as all we have is a boring modern Dollar General Market, & a Dollar Tree/Family Dollar combo store.
Thats fantastic ! What a wonderful time. Those who werent there in the 70s, can not even begin to understand how much better everything was. It was like a different planet. Those of us who were there are super blessed and have experienced the way life could and should be. I would go back and stay if I could. I miss America so much.
Love it❤❤❤
It's nice I don't get ppl upset with stuff.
Richfield Ohio is one of the wealthiest communities per person in Ohio. I’ve been in that store numerous times.it’s a definitely a step back in time.
Richfield never used to be that way. Bath was the wealthy side of the Revere School District.
my local HEB used to be a safeway and it still has the security catwalk on the ceiling overlooking the registers
I love it! These type stores are so much fun to come across, so delightful when it happens, I totally agree. There is a little general store near Oceanside, CA that has been around for decades and decades and it still has the old wood floors and they're limited on what they carry, but locals love shopping there still. Some of these still exist in the western U.S. as well as NY, MI and PA. You would like Colfax Avenue in Denver, CO, which Playboy Magazine once termed, "the longest, wickedest street in America" and much of it is vintage and beloved by many.
Nice
There was a giant eagle in PA we used to go to in the early to mid 90's that looked similar, only a lot smaller.
Very nice grocery store. I work for Buehlers fresh foods warehouse i like our downtown wooster location because its smaller and easy to find items but even it has had updates.
The 70s was my favorite decade
Very colorful
Before computers
When using your credit against you was illegal, except buying a house or a car
This was great!!! I was born in 67, and the decor really brought me back. Love Ohio!!
Ohio sucks
My mom would shop there when it was Country Counter back in the 80's we live the next town over in Hinckley.
Nice
❤❤❤
Music: Pick up the pieces / Average White Band.
I bet the prices are not from the '70s though. Very cool👍
This is where I do my grocery shopping! I wish the prices would be what they were in the 70s
Looks like it's stuck in the 1970s in a good way!
You need to visit the Martin's Ferry, Ohio Kroger next lol
So many nightmares working with those coffin freezers when they broke down.
Very neat! We have some stores in Houston that used to belong to previous chains that have this late 80s and early 90s aesthethic, including the signage. Even their registers omit this old beeping sound when scanning groceries.
Back to my childhood 🙂
I LOOOVE this store!
There's a small corner grocery store by my house and the other day I saw a package of red Papermate pens for 1.29 that had a promo to win an iPod mini on the front. The date on the back was 2005. ☺️ They also had replacement zippers for women from the 1970s priced at .55 cents.
My grandma's house as a grocery store.
I hope it stays that way I stop there when I'm working in the area
It's like a disco. Even have a strobe light in the dairy section.
The one in West. View, PA is straight late 80’s early 90’s but they sometimes play current music. Signage is all 80’s/90’s.
Oh I'm aware! That's my local one! I just dont shop in there as much as I used to. I've been meaning to do a video of that one for years because the signage is still the same as it was when I was a kid!
love it
Nice! Modern layout but still has the old decor and signs. All the selection you need. I really tire of 'grocery stores' that have become obscene megamarts at some locations. Looking at you, HEB
i love this. not everything needs to be updated to be modern and cold and sterile without any character. if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
I’m in Steubenville .. Same thing. We have a lot of old places .. and no jobs
Life was way better and friendlier in the 70's. Sure do miss it.
That's for sure!