Safeway Supermarket SuperS Drug Store San Mateo,CA
Safeway and former SuperS Drug Store located at 860 and 872 North Delaware St. in San Mateo,CA. This is (in my opinion) the most intact Safeway and SuperS Drug Store combo remaining. The Safeway received a few very low budget updates in the early 1980's removing the abstract interior and white-washing the walls and painting the same phrases e.g. "Garden Fresh Produce" with basic red lettering. Aside from the paint and the 1980's aisle hangers the layout of the store has hardly changed at all. The proof that changes have not been made is the colored floor which went in with the specific departments Red=Meat, Yellow=Dairy, Green=Produce, etc. Best of all the exterior of the store still has a mosaic CircleS symbol. The SuperS became a PaynSave then a Bills Drug Store. Bills was purchased by Longs and many locations including this one were remodeled and the Bills name was dropped for Longs Drugs. The exterior of both buildings remains in very good condition with very little renovations ever taking place!
Unfortunately all good things seem to come to an end. This shopping center is slated to be heavily remodeled and Safeway plans to takeover a portion of the former SuperS now Longs. A bit of supermarket history will be gone when this shopping center is renovated this Fall of 2008.
Safeway Supermarket SuperS Drug Store San Mateo,CA
Safeway and former SuperS Drug Store located at 860 and 872 North Delaware St. in San Mateo,CA. This is (in my opinion) the most intact Safeway and SuperS Drug Store combo remaining. The Safeway received a few very low budget updates in the early 1980's removing the abstract interior and white-washing the walls and painting the same phrases e.g. "Garden Fresh Produce" with basic red lettering. Aside from the paint and the 1980's aisle hangers the layout of the store has hardly changed at all. The proof that changes have not been made is the colored floor which went in with the specific departments Red=Meat, Yellow=Dairy, Green=Produce, etc. Best of all the exterior of the store still has a mosaic CircleS symbol. The SuperS became a PaynSave then a Bills Drug Store. Bills was purchased by Longs and many locations including this one were remodeled and the Bills name was dropped for Longs Drugs. The exterior of both buildings remains in very good condition with very little renovations ever taking place!
Unfortunately all good things seem to come to an end. This shopping center is slated to be heavily remodeled and Safeway plans to takeover a portion of the former SuperS now Longs. A bit of supermarket history will be gone when this shopping center is renovated this Fall of 2008.