Market Basket Fall 2024 quick update

Here is a quick and somewhat recent update at one of the few remaining old-school neon grocery stores in SE Texas. In fact, the store hasn't received any major updates presumably since the store opened.  Even the parking lot configuration is something we rarely see these days with parking spots in front of the store.  

The checkout area doesn't have neon, but the space age lights, and ceiling above the checkouts are pure 1980's. 

The old-school checkout lane numbers are still intact.

The produce department. 

The green neon signage in the floral department.

Not quite neon, but the metallic finish reflects the lights. 

The aisle signage is still intact as well. 

Some of the neon was burnt out at the bakery. 

Here in the dairy department some of the neon was out as well. 

This grocery store is a trip back to the 1980's. I can only hope that it remains this way for years to come. 

That is all for this quick stop at the Market Basket. More to come!

 

Market Basket Orange Tx.

Now for a blast from the past. Photos from August 2018. You may remember my previous post located here on the shopping center where this supermarket is located. 

This supermarket has stood the test of time and retained all of the 1980's fixtures, neon, and mirrored ceilings in certain spots. By today's standards, this is a small supermarket. There are 13 regular sized aisles with a butcher, bakery, deli counter, floral department, and customer service booth. The store is in excellent shape and the people who work here take great pride in keeping the store in good shape. The store could easily go another decade or so if it stays kept up without needing an update. There are some similarities in this store to some of the older Fiesta stores in the Houston area. I hope these stores never change, most of today's grocery stores are boring and bland in my opinion.

Anyway, enjoy the trip back in time to the 1980's.

Mirrored effect on the signage, with a 1980's font.

Green ring of neon in the produce department.

Neon sign and mirrored ceilings in the floral department.

A look at some of the interesting generic products they carry here. Larry The Cable Guy mac and cheese?

Now we venture off into the main part of the store.

The checkouts. It is worth noting that the store uses a strange type of buggy that fits over the checkout. It is hard to explain, you just have to check it out for yourself if you are ever in the area.

Keeping up with the theme of the store, but with red lettering.

Frozen food aisle.

Very cool wood design with mirrored glass and neon lights! There is so much going on in this part of the store. The bakery is literally in a corner of the store.

Kinda misleading because the dairy aisle is one over, but this was the best way to see that sign.

Same with the cold beer aisle.

Here is the dairy section with the cool neon rings.

Another view of the corner bakery and deli.

Keeping up with the theme.

A view of the thank you for shopping at Market Basket sign above the registers.

A better view of the checkout counters.

As you can kind of see, the ceiling above the checkouts goes up and creates a 3-D half oval.

The exterior of the store.