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Shop-Rite Supermarket | West Caldwell, New Jersey

Shop-Rite Supermarket, West Caldwell, New Jersey exterior

The West Caldwell ShopRite Supermarket Has A Unique Design

The ShopRite Supermarket in West Caldwell, New Jersey is unique.

That is why I included the hyphen in the title of this post, even though the hyphen is not used anymore.


According to a January 31st article in The Chronicle of Higher Education: 

In American advertising lingo, rite makes mite. Or maybe might. The ShopRite grocery chain is the first rite I can remember. ShopRite is a postwar neologism; for a while in the fifties and sixties, the name was spelled with a hyphen (Shop-Rite), after which the logo lost its hyphen but kept the internal cap. 

Japanese Architecture 

I have always been interested in design and architecture.

Whoever built or designed this ShopRite made it with a Japanese design.

I’ve been told that the owner of the supermarket at the time really liked this decor style.

Shop-Rite Supermarket, West Caldwell, New Jersey exterior

Not only does the front of the store have a Japanese theme, but it even has endearing matching phone booths! 

Shop-Rite Supermarket, West Caldwell, New Jersey phone booths

Shop-Rite Supermarket, West Caldwell, New Jersey exterior

Even on the inside, the Japanese design theme continues. 

The signs for the aisles have dragons on them.

At the front of the checkout lines, it bids goodbye to the customers:

Sayonara . . . Thank You For Shopping ShopRite.

 

 

Shop-Rite Supermarket, West Caldwell, New Jersey interior

Shop-Rite Supermarket, West Caldwell, New Jersey interior

Shop-Rite Supermarket, West Caldwell, New Jersey interior

Shop-Rite Supermarket, West Caldwell, New Jersey interior

2022 Updates

This little ShopRite may be endangered.

There have supposedly been plans for a much bigger ShopRite, which would probably mean tearing down this one.

According to JerseyDigs:

ShopRite of West Caldwell submitted a state flood hazard application in February that calls for “the construction of a new ShopRite Supermarket facility” on Bloomfield Avenue in the township, according to filings released by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). NJDEP records indicate that the application was approved in May, but do not show what exactly is being proposed or where on Bloomfield Avenue it would be located.

 The Market Report gives a detailed 2021 TOUR of this particular store.  

You may want to read my post about The Buzz Aldrin Rock, another offbeat place.

Thanks for visiting New Jersey Memories!  

 

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