Shop-Rite Supermarket | West Caldwell, New Jersey
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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.
Not only does the front of the store have a Japanese theme, but it even has endearing matching phone booths!
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.
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.
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8 Comments
Betty
Is there a large Asian population there? Or maybe they were into themes and had different themes for different stores at one time? That's an old chain because they were in New Jersey when I used to live there.
New Jersey Memories
I don't think there is a large Asian population at the time it was built. From what I understand, the owner of the store just liked Asian design.
Kristin Aquariann
Interesting indeed! Food Lion would look cool with Asian architecture elements.
Btw, thank you so fairy much for the sweet compliment on my blog. *sparkle*
New Jersey Memories
You are welcome!
2 Dogs
Now that's usual and very cool!
Light and Voices
I like this Asian design. Perhaps other grocery stores could take the hint and do something like this in the United States of America. For example: French designs. Italian designs. Swiss designs etc.
It might be fun to go shopping instead of spending more money on getting rid of cashiers and packers with automation. Soon customers will be scanning their own groceries, packing their groceries, no help out to the car, and then lugging all those groceries into the house to then put them all away. For a young person it is an easy thing to do. On the other hand for an older person this is not something they can do; they need help.
It would be fun to see this store and to shop there, I think.
JM Illinois
New Jersey Memories
Thanks!
New Jersey Memories
It certainly is different.