“Androgynous Restrooms” doesn’t really feel like it would be the best title for this photo without necessary additional context
WEEK 41 – Covington Kroger Closing, Set 3
We have officially approached the back left corner in this shot… and it would be nicely visible, too, if not for another of those Kroji ads blocking our view. Annoying little Kroji!! Aw, but I guess I can’t stay mad at it for too long… it is a baby Kroji, after all :P More than that rounded corner hiding behind it – something which we’ve seen plenty of times in other stores – I’m disappointed that y’all don’t get to see that hanging woodgrain Kroger logo, which I find to be a rather cool element of script décor (and perhaps also Kroger’s answer to the proliferation of Ralphs logos in their original version of the package, as discussed at the previous description). Oh well, I suppose…
While we’re here – also be sure to take note of that Restrooms sign. Haven’t we seen that style before? Indeed we have – but at a millennium store, not a script one! That linked pic shows some Express Lane signs, not a Restrooms sign, but you get the gist; there are also Pharmacy Pick-Up and Drop-Off signs to be found with that look, too (and we’ll see all of them once we get to the front end of this location).
Cleverly, the style is androgynous enough to blend nicely with either millennium or script, no problemo. As such, I truthfully can’t even make a good guess as to which of the two packages it may have originated from. However, I can at least theorize that it was probably only developed once script was already a thing and the two packages overlapped, with script beginning to be implemented at some stores at the same time as millennium was on its way out, similar to today’s many overlapping décor packages – because why else would there have been a need to design a style that purposefully went both ways?
EDIT: Of course... it's worth mentioning that the Hernando millennium store at that link was built and opened in 2001, long before the traditional mid-2000s timeline associated with script. So could it be that the signs were simply added later at that store, after script had already debuted and millennium had been officially retired? Sure. But I could swear I've seen the same signage at other millennium stores, for both the restrooms and pharmacy signage which would presumably have been in the building since day one... but right now I can't seem to find any uploaded evidence confirming that. Dang it, I hate when that happens...
(c) 2021 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 :)
“Androgynous Restrooms” doesn’t really feel like it would be the best title for this photo without necessary additional context
WEEK 41 – Covington Kroger Closing, Set 3
We have officially approached the back left corner in this shot… and it would be nicely visible, too, if not for another of those Kroji ads blocking our view. Annoying little Kroji!! Aw, but I guess I can’t stay mad at it for too long… it is a baby Kroji, after all :P More than that rounded corner hiding behind it – something which we’ve seen plenty of times in other stores – I’m disappointed that y’all don’t get to see that hanging woodgrain Kroger logo, which I find to be a rather cool element of script décor (and perhaps also Kroger’s answer to the proliferation of Ralphs logos in their original version of the package, as discussed at the previous description). Oh well, I suppose…
While we’re here – also be sure to take note of that Restrooms sign. Haven’t we seen that style before? Indeed we have – but at a millennium store, not a script one! That linked pic shows some Express Lane signs, not a Restrooms sign, but you get the gist; there are also Pharmacy Pick-Up and Drop-Off signs to be found with that look, too (and we’ll see all of them once we get to the front end of this location).
Cleverly, the style is androgynous enough to blend nicely with either millennium or script, no problemo. As such, I truthfully can’t even make a good guess as to which of the two packages it may have originated from. However, I can at least theorize that it was probably only developed once script was already a thing and the two packages overlapped, with script beginning to be implemented at some stores at the same time as millennium was on its way out, similar to today’s many overlapping décor packages – because why else would there have been a need to design a style that purposefully went both ways?
EDIT: Of course... it's worth mentioning that the Hernando millennium store at that link was built and opened in 2001, long before the traditional mid-2000s timeline associated with script. So could it be that the signs were simply added later at that store, after script had already debuted and millennium had been officially retired? Sure. But I could swear I've seen the same signage at other millennium stores, for both the restrooms and pharmacy signage which would presumably have been in the building since day one... but right now I can't seem to find any uploaded evidence confirming that. Dang it, I hate when that happens...
(c) 2021 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 :)