There are a lot of Goodwills in old grocery stores around, but this is still the only one I've ever visited -- in every case I've seen, our local Goodwill organization strips all of the interior detail out of the stores they take over, leaving them rather boring inside. This one's no exception, but I decided to stop in anyway, in part because it looks quite a bit like the Albertsons I grew up with, and in part just because I was already here.
We have Goodwills here in Houston in just about everything including a few former grocery stores. Usually a Goodwill in a grocery store will be in a sub-divided part of the old grocery store.
ReplyDeleteThe only Willbertsons in Houston I can think of is a bit of an odd story. It started out as a Randall's in Texas City and then became an Albertsons. It was the only Albertsons in the Houston area I can think of that recycled an old grocery building. That was also the first Albertsons in the Houston area to close. It eventually became a Dollar Tree and Goodwill.
At some point in the last 4-5 years, it seems Goodwill was evicted when the shopping center was able to land Aldi and Ross. This was unfortunate because that Goodwill was usually quite busy and I found some great stuff at that location. Oh well, I guess this is one case where Aldi and Ross might actually be an upgrade for the shopping center's profile.
Perhaps the ultimate Willbertsons was the Albertsons in Las Vegas that had a Goodwill store-within-a-store in it a few years ago! Link: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/mar/21/goodwill-tries-new-store-concept-inside-albertsons/
Yeah, they're pretty varied around here -- there are even a few new-build Goodwills, which I always thought was a little odd.
DeleteWow, a Goodwill inside an open Albertsons is an absolutely bizarre concept! No surprise that never went anywhere... 🙂
I guess they wanted to do something with the old video rental department, but still, I wonder how they thought that was a winning idea!
Yeah, that Las Vegas Willbertsons idea was pretty crazy! I know some people get pretty addicted to hunting for bargains at thrift stores and so maybe Albertsons thought they could generate traffic that way, but it's still a pretty crazy idea! Oh well, at least I give Albertsons credit for creative thinking, lol.
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