Shaw's Opened: 2001 Owner: Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants: Grand Union (ca. 1970s-2001) Cooperative: none Location: 97 E Main St, Wilmington, VT Photographed: August 7, 2021 One look at the outside of this store will tell you it's definitely not the average Shaw's. In fact, this store is pretty small for Shaw's (around 20,000 square feet), and that's because it's a Grand Union that was built in the 1970s and appears to actually have lasted all the way to Grand Union's final bankruptcy in 2001. It's in the small town of Wilmington, Vermont, which is roughly halfway between Brattleboro and Bennington. The interior is freshly renovated by Shaw's and really looks good, but we can tell it's an old building. Produce is in the front-left corner and continues down the first aisle, with a tiny bakery behind it and deli on the back wall next to meat. Frozen and dairy are on the right side, with beer and wine in the front-right corner. This dec...
River Valley Market Opened: ca. 1980s Owner: unknown Previous Tenants: unknown Cooperative: none Location: 661 VT-100, Wilmington, VT Photographed: August 9, 2021 Just down VT-100 from the under-construction Snow Mountain Market is this similar small grocer, the River Valley Market. This one has been around a bit longer than Snow Mountain, having opened around the 1980s. It's a little smaller than Snow Mountain, too, measuring slightly under 9,000 square feet, and looks somewhat more upscale. I drove by after it had closed for the night, so sadly no interior pictures here. The interior looks more like a small general store, and it even has an attached garden center. There's also a wine store , and produce and a bakery . This isn't exactly a full service supermarket, but there is one (albeit a small one) in Wilmington about three miles south. That's tomorrow's post!