Bi-Lo Foods in Renovo, PA, what was it before?

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Bi-Lo Foods in Renovo, PA, what was it before?

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This is the Bi-Lo supermarket in Renovo, PA. Part of Penn Traffic. Can anyone tell if this was another store at one time? Maybe an A&P?
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I believe it was an old A&P. I drove past there several years ago, I think when the 1940's left, they forgot to take that town with them. Did you check out the Weis store on the other end of town? The inside of that store hasn't been touched since it opened around 1958-59.
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Definitely an A&P.
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Excellent preserved store. They even reused the oblong circa-1976 A&P sign frame.
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I did not make it into the Bi-Lo.

Here is a photo of the Renovo Weis aisle sign

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Andrew T. wrote:Excellent preserved store. They even reused the oblong circa-1976 A&P sign frame.
That logo is actually from 1973, when WEO stores were either closed or converted back to A&P.
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Ephrata1966 wrote:
Andrew T. wrote:Excellent preserved store. They even reused the oblong circa-1976 A&P sign frame.
That logo is actually from 1973, when WEO stores were either closed or converted back to A&P.
Are you sure? Around here, at least, A&P was using the old round logo in its newspaper print ads at least as late as January 1976.
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