Monday, October 13, 2014

Lucky Pleasant Hill, CA

The Pleasant Hill Lucky, opened in 2000 as Albertsons, but a store developed by Lucky with a Jewel interior, is closing November 8, 2014. This was probably the nicest store in Save Mart's network of 211 stores (down from over 250 stores in 2008 when they bought NorCal Albertsons) so this is pretty significant. 

Here are some photos of this store taken in 2007 when it was still Albertsons. Save Mart performed "repainting" in the store in 2008 so it doesn't look the same currently as it does in the below photos as Albertsons.
But below that are photos of the Concord Lucky, taken under Save Mart ownership, which was basically identical to the Pleasant Hill Store. After the Save Mart Albertsons "debranding" repaint, the Pleasant Hill Store looked identical to the Concord one.

Photos of Pleasant Hill Store as Albertsons:














One photo of the Pleasant Hill Store as Save Mart Lucky. Note the bakery area covered with mostly fillers rather than fresh baked goods.
Here are photos of the Concord Store from 2013, which once looked identical to the Pleasant Hill Store as photographed above, as Save Mart Lucky with their colors splashed all over the once much more professional looking walls: