Setting aside the weird layout and weirder cases for a moment, the dairy/frozen aisle along the left wall has something else unique up its sleeve -- elements of all three major versions of the Lifestyle decor package! The refrigerated category markers are from Lifestyle v1, the wall decor from Lifestyle v2, and the frozen food cubes are from Lifestyle v3. The refrigerated category markers are the last remaining evidence that this store once had what I like to call Lifestyle v1.9, a decor package that included the wall decor from v2 and the minor elements from v1 -- and, since the mid-2010s refresh involved keeping the original wall decor while replacing the minor elements, it's hard to tell if a refreshed store originally had v1.9. I haven't yet posted any pictures from a v1.9 store, but here's an example of what that would have looked like.
Pretty cool to see all of that in one shot!
ReplyDeleteIt sure is! Safeway's sloppy remodels tend to leave some remnants around, but this is one of the most interesting scenes I've seen.
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