tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post5694316610454064556..comments2024-03-28T03:22:39.407-04:00Comments on Albertsons Florida Blog: Former Albertsons #4373 - Mount Dora, FLAlbertsons Florida Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-72752024740255207482019-08-16T10:48:32.833-04:002019-08-16T10:48:32.833-04:00I guess I found your new title now! :) With all th...I guess I found your new title now! :) With all the fancy exteriors Albertsons played around with, especially in the late 80's, this one was certainly on the boring side. That store in St. Lucie County certainly had a much nicer exterior, although as much as I liked that store, old 4412 and its many arches is probably one of my favorite Albertsons exterior designs from Florida. Like 4466, you wouldn't recognize 4412 anymore either, sadly. That's interesting you met a manager who used to work here. From the satellite images, it looks like this store never drew much of a crowd. A lot of busier stores got cut before this one, so I don't know why Albertsons kept this one going for so long.Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-4816483457551670122019-08-11T21:35:22.111-04:002019-08-11T21:35:22.111-04:00Haha! Albertsons photo sleuth. I like it! This sto...Haha! Albertsons photo sleuth. I like it! This store was not nearly as interesting to look at as a certain store in St Lucie County not far off the turnpike (at least before 2012). The funny thing is, I recall back as a vendor for Little Debbie back in 2011 (the same year this store closed), a guy who was managing the 13th Street Save-A-Lot in Gainesville was previously a department manager for Albertsons before working for Save-A-Lot. In a conversation one day he actually brought up this store "That Albertsons in Mt. Dora. It's surprising that place is still open". I guess it was a struggling store quite a bit by the late 2000's- like so many others at the time. Ian Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890075405168867484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-41376551377283090402019-08-11T19:15:11.695-04:002019-08-11T19:15:11.695-04:00Yes, I can see the marketing campaign now! :)
The...Yes, I can see the marketing campaign now! :)<br /><br />There really wasn't anyone covering Florida retail back in 2013, so the Mount Dora Kmart and its restaurant were able to fade away without much of a trace (unlike the Belle Vernon store, which got a lot of coverage before it closed). Without those Google Streetview images, there wouldn't be much of anything to document that old Kmart with!Albertsons Florida Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350708223049245195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628100700550321985.post-3164530533944426972019-08-11T12:37:35.482-04:002019-08-11T12:37:35.482-04:00Glad to have you back! And lol, "aisles of ar...Glad to have you back! And lol, "aisles of artsy craftsy froofy stuff" XD I wonder why they don't make that their slogan!<br /><br />That's pretty interesting about the Kmart restaurant as well... I knew all about the Belle Vernon one, but not the Mount Dora one. Cool indeed that Street View has captured its exterior for us.Retail Retellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12636351832804174132noreply@blogger.com