Hanging Cheese Shop Sign!
SET 2 – Naifeh’s (former Kroger), Covington, TN
Did anybody figure it out? The item from the previous image that I was so excited to see here at Naifeh’s was this wood-slat hanging feature above the cheese case… reason being, of course, is that it’s no ordinary wood-slat hanging feature; it is, in fact, a repurposed Kroger kitchenware department wood-slat hanging feature!!! I told y’all in that linked description “to keep this thing solidly in mind for when we return in the future for our Naifeh’s post-conversion tour;” well, here we are now, with a look at how Naifeh’s very very cleverly reused this décor item and gave it a brand new life and purpose.
It really speaks a lot to their smartness of conversion tactics here that instead of trashing this piece, they decided to paint the outside gray and black (although the tell-tale wood still remains visible on the inside parts, of course), add new stick-on letters, and completely relocate it to an entirely different area of the store. Great vision and resourcefulness. After all, like most everything else, they don’t really make décor pieces like this anymore, with real wood having long since been replaced with fake foamboard… not to mention that it definitely ain’t cheap to develop new décor yourself, especially something of this quality… so obviously, the Naifehs knew a good fixture when they saw one. Props to them.
(c) 2022 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 :)
Hanging Cheese Shop Sign!
SET 2 – Naifeh’s (former Kroger), Covington, TN
Did anybody figure it out? The item from the previous image that I was so excited to see here at Naifeh’s was this wood-slat hanging feature above the cheese case… reason being, of course, is that it’s no ordinary wood-slat hanging feature; it is, in fact, a repurposed Kroger kitchenware department wood-slat hanging feature!!! I told y’all in that linked description “to keep this thing solidly in mind for when we return in the future for our Naifeh’s post-conversion tour;” well, here we are now, with a look at how Naifeh’s very very cleverly reused this décor item and gave it a brand new life and purpose.
It really speaks a lot to their smartness of conversion tactics here that instead of trashing this piece, they decided to paint the outside gray and black (although the tell-tale wood still remains visible on the inside parts, of course), add new stick-on letters, and completely relocate it to an entirely different area of the store. Great vision and resourcefulness. After all, like most everything else, they don’t really make décor pieces like this anymore, with real wood having long since been replaced with fake foamboard… not to mention that it definitely ain’t cheap to develop new décor yourself, especially something of this quality… so obviously, the Naifehs knew a good fixture when they saw one. Props to them.
(c) 2022 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 :)