3 Occupants, 3 Types of Tile (Explored)
WEEK 42 – Horn Lake Schnucks Kroger, Set II
As we move toward the right side of the store, I want to go on a little bit of a tangent here and talk about the floor tiles in this store. As I noted earlier in today's set, when it received the same remodel, the W Main Kroger in Tupelo removed all of its Albertsons Grocery Palace tile in favor of a trendy concrete floor. This Horn Lake Kroger, on the other hand, opted to keep the tiled look instead of switching to concrete. The snazzy wood flooring we saw in produce, as well as the equally neat two-toned pattern around the perimeter of the store, were added by Kroger in the remodel. However, the tile in the grocery aisles themselves is left over from Schnucks: evidently Kroger must have thought that it was in good enough shape not to bother changing it out. Unfortunately, it's become a little worse for the wear since then. The full-size photo above shows the transition from that now-dingy white Schnucks tile to Kroger's two-toned perimeter pattern.
And as for the inset photo, you ask? Well, believe it or not, that's some old, original Seessel's tile! You may recall that we discussed this here over the summer, but for those of you not viewing my photostream in real-time, I'll quickly summarize that when Schnucks took over the Seessel's stores from Albertsons back in 2002, they were in such a rush to remodel and convert the stores that when they went through to re-tile them, they didn't even bother moving the aisles; instead, they kept them in place, and as such the original Seessel's tile remained if you looked closely enough underneath all of the shelves. Now, when Kroger took over those stores from Schnucks in 2011, they went ahead and ripped out Schnucks's old flooring in most cases, removing all traces of either former operator's tile. (That linked former Schnucks store only managed to keep the Seessel's tile remnants intact because it was bought not by Kroger but by Memphis-based independent grocer Superlo Foods.) However, Kroger decided to be cheap at this Horn Lake store, and as a result retail fans can clearly see some of that old Seessel's tile to this day.
(c) 2017 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
3 Occupants, 3 Types of Tile (Explored)
WEEK 42 – Horn Lake Schnucks Kroger, Set II
As we move toward the right side of the store, I want to go on a little bit of a tangent here and talk about the floor tiles in this store. As I noted earlier in today's set, when it received the same remodel, the W Main Kroger in Tupelo removed all of its Albertsons Grocery Palace tile in favor of a trendy concrete floor. This Horn Lake Kroger, on the other hand, opted to keep the tiled look instead of switching to concrete. The snazzy wood flooring we saw in produce, as well as the equally neat two-toned pattern around the perimeter of the store, were added by Kroger in the remodel. However, the tile in the grocery aisles themselves is left over from Schnucks: evidently Kroger must have thought that it was in good enough shape not to bother changing it out. Unfortunately, it's become a little worse for the wear since then. The full-size photo above shows the transition from that now-dingy white Schnucks tile to Kroger's two-toned perimeter pattern.
And as for the inset photo, you ask? Well, believe it or not, that's some old, original Seessel's tile! You may recall that we discussed this here over the summer, but for those of you not viewing my photostream in real-time, I'll quickly summarize that when Schnucks took over the Seessel's stores from Albertsons back in 2002, they were in such a rush to remodel and convert the stores that when they went through to re-tile them, they didn't even bother moving the aisles; instead, they kept them in place, and as such the original Seessel's tile remained if you looked closely enough underneath all of the shelves. Now, when Kroger took over those stores from Schnucks in 2011, they went ahead and ripped out Schnucks's old flooring in most cases, removing all traces of either former operator's tile. (That linked former Schnucks store only managed to keep the Seessel's tile remnants intact because it was bought not by Kroger but by Memphis-based independent grocer Superlo Foods.) However, Kroger decided to be cheap at this Horn Lake store, and as a result retail fans can clearly see some of that old Seessel's tile to this day.
(c) 2017 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)