Abandoned Shop N Save - New Kensington, PA

[@jeffmcbride469]

Wallie, your laugh is infectious. I so appreciate how these videos are the real you. Nothing fake, nothing pretend. Just the real Wallie and your interests, my wife and I love it!

[@lindamikel7913]

Awesome Shon N Save Places Wallie Enjoyed Video.

[@paulabarton9493]

Thanks for sharing the beautiful cats. The last one you showed that was playing was sp precious.

[@Decade8Media]

I enjoy shopping in smaller grocery stores like that old Shop and Save when I can, even when they are more expensive. They have so much more character than a WalMart or other big box stores.

[@henrhein]

I also lived in New Kensington. On the other side way Gaylords and shop n save was foodland for the early years of my life. I only lived a few blocks a way on 4th ave. I used to walk around town by myself at a young age and knew all the stores on 4th and 5th ave. Which are now longer there. Very sad😢😢😢 Thank you Henry

[@FrankyMarinino]

Yeah I grew up in those projects. Cool shit.

[@infiniti3900]

Hey! Used to have family who lived close to downtown New Kensington when I was a kid. This Shop n’ Save was actually a Foodland up until (im guessing) the early-mid 2000s. My grandma would take me shopping there occasionally when I was really young. I dont head down this way as much as I used to, so when exactly the change happened, I couldn’t tell you. Good video as always!

[@fhsjr]

It was the J&J Foodland, and the franchise owner made sure to put the full name on everything. If the cart in the back had the remains of a red plastic handle, I guarantee it read J & J Foodland in the past.

[@mcgrathmike5]

J & J Foodland

[@russs7574]

Yessir. At that time, the Shop and Save was down in the Parnassus neighborhood, on a site that used to be a drive-in theater (there's a Dollar Tree there now.) And before that, it was out in Lower Burrell at the Hillcrest Shopping Center...it's a Community Supermarket now.

[@kevinray6586]

Thanks again for another awesome video, and you have said it best in previous videos, "the only time you save at Shop N' Save is when you don't shop there" haha. Couldn't agree with you more.

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

Wallie… would be cool if you did a walk of downtown New Ken… fascinating history and decay of such an important city.

[@czechmate6916]

Thank you for sharing the kitties at the end that was different and they were all so cute. I’m so sorry to hear about your kitty. My kitty lost her battle to cancer that was inoperable I miss her every day. Stay safe and see you on the next one.

[@michaelwilliams7032]

When I was a kid the empty store on the opposite end of the shop and save was Gaylords, a department store. I still remember the new ken downtown from the late '70s through the '80s.

[@russs7574]

Born and raised in New Kensington. Back in the day, you couldn't beat Gaylords and their $1.39 LP's.

[@behindthewolfseyes]

In the 80s and 90s, the far end of the center also had an optometrist and several government and doctor offices. That Family Dollar was once a Thrift Drug. I have a bunch of memories of the Foodland, including the coffee grinders at the end of the bagging areas. Some guy also tried to abduct me from the entrance at 6:06, around 1988, while his partner distracted my mom. This used to have bollards preventing one from removing carts.

[@skyebird3933]

There's a Shop n Save in Barnesville, Oh. Thanks Wallie.

[@JeremysRetailExploration]

Good video! There is a few Shop N Saves around Chambersburg that were former food Lions that are now all gone. The one in Shippensburg, PA is still abandoned, I think. The one in Chambersburg, PA is now a Surplus City. The one in Waynesboro, PA is now spilt between a Goodwill and a Harbor Freight which I filmed before the new tenants moved in.

[@barbdonaldson7275]

Thank you for the kitty visit, that made my day Thank you for all the wonderful content you put out too, I enjoy watching you and Kayla go on your many awesome adventures CHEERS!!!

[@MedusaMetropolis]

I worked in the bakery at the Shop n Save Lower Burrell in the 90s, thanks for another great video

[@MrGeno502]

I ♥the kitties!!! 😺😺😺

[@cosmacgrandpa]

Very nice video! And nice shoutout for Frankies Friends. I have a business right across the street from there. Love your stuff.

[@adamsATSfan415]

Good video I passed this and remember I used to live in newkensington Pennsylvania my stepmom vickie worked at the newkensington Kmart it was one of my childhood Kmarts, I told you about this shop n save abandoned this used to be a foodland.

[@kimiastewart6293]

Aww cute little kitties

[@pattyheitzman8635]

Cute cats and kittens.

[@angelalinderman9985]

My dad lives pretty close. He probably misses this store. I go to the one in Youngwood, PA, it's newer and 👍 not very big though. I'm probably going tonight as a matter of fact! Thanks as always Wallie ☺️

[@SchardtCinematic]

I miss the little Shop N Save that used to be in Meyersdale Pennsylvania. Sadly they closed after the Food Lion opened up just outside of town near route 219.

[@watershed44]

@WallieB26 *Glad you mentioned this, not too many people doing the abandoned and closed brick and mortar channels bring this up. It really hurts the economy, and individuals directly.* People are going to wake up one day and realize how damaging it is to not have a decent selection of B&M stores... after all it makes a lot of difference when you can touch, feel, use, and try items...this is what keeps hard good manufacturers keep their quality at least acceptable. When you buy on line you don't really know what you are actually getting until it arrives in the mail and then you might be unpleasantly surprised, and many online retailers are charging big money to return items now*

[@DEDJ4]

I’m from new Kensington pa born and raised. K mart shut down a couple years back as well. It’s sad seeing my town with nothing.

[@VR-th5fs]

I'm a New kensington native, and I believe this may of been a Foodland store prior to becoming Shop n' Save. I remember back in 1985, my friend and I stood near the front door to collect donations for my marjorette troop-'Top Hats." I was last at this store in 2012 about. This shopping center used to be booming when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's. I believe it took a huge nosedive in the 90's.

[@terriwoodard7399]

Great video!!! You can't SHOP or SAVE there anymore.

[@jaimienichols5649]

Awesome Wallie

[@matthewfarmer6830]

Awesome video Wallie you have a Merry Christmas ⛄🎄 and a happy Hanukkah.😎👍👍📸

[@shainahullihen1159]

I had a Shop N Save just before you go into the city of DuBois, PA, and I loved it there. I remember one time my brother ran to get milk in the store and when he came back to us, he dropped it and it spilled all over the floor and he cried. It's now a Save A Lot grocery store. Lol at Sho N Save, lol 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. One of my cats had to be put down because she had something in her throat and my mom tried to have her feel better but she got worse after her breathing problem, I miss her a lot 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢.

[@MrIceman22]

great video buddy keep it up these video are awesome.

[@ethanSderrick]

The ceiling vents in the building reminds me of the Kmart vents.

[@CurtisKolbe]

the kitties made my day

[@susancollins5821]

KITTIES!!!!😻😻😻

[@alanlough638]

Kudos to your KZbin Channel, Wallie! We have a Shop N Save here in Weirton WV. I really loved the footage of the kitties. I'm a cat lover as well. I have a cat, her name is Skeeter, a gray tabby. Skeeter is 2 years old, as of this past year, on August 8th. Have Shop N Savelicious Day!

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool, cute Cats 😀

[@slackingpacking]

There’s an open Shop n Save in Greensburg, PA. I’ve been to that one before and it’s a nice store.

[@adamsATSfan415]

If you mean the one on route 30 I have been to that one when I was going to Johnstown pa for a motorcycle show back in July it is a nice one I used to live by greensburg pa.

[@snomans]

That Giant Eagle in New Ken is ALWAYS busy! I’m sure it was hard to compete with it. I used to go to the Big Kmart in New Ken, then I’d hit Giant Eagle. I didn’t know that Shop & Save was out there. I’ve been to a few Shop & Saves and they tended to be on the dirty side.

[@mcgrathmike5]

I live here in New Kensington, next to the original Alcoa Research and Development Headquarters. Thank you

[@Thorite69]

I used to go to this shop and save when I was younger. I was pretty disappointed when it got shut down because when I used to go there with my mom.

[@BeefShack]

One of the few times I voluntarily went to New Kensington was with my friend to pick up his girlfriend from the bus stop, and to kill time we went into this store and I left shellshocked. I think the rats were doing a better job at keeping it clean than the workers. The fight at one of the registers was cool though.

[@nicholasprofeta9419]

Awesome video 😎

[@NathanDavisVideos]

I was at this EXACT _Shop N Save_ a few years ago; I think sometime around 2015-ish? I'm kinda shocked they closed.

[@joeydersario2470]

Love the cats they are so amazing place

[@agnessomerville2820]

Aww the cats are beautiful. I’m a cat person too. Great video Wallie

[@berylwhite2983]

Love the cats

[@nhsretailadventures]

Awesome video Wallie!

[@brandonb.6099]

I feel bad for people in New Kensington who relied on this old Shop N Save.

[@russs7574]

I know. I closed for the same reason businesses are moving out of a lot of big cities. The amount of shoplifting and other retail theft made it impossible to turn a profit. Plus, a lot of people avoided shopping there in the evenings because the parking lot had become a hangout for certain groups of, um, teens...it got really dicey.

[@scottranger8909]

Wow that stinks I used to live in that area I shopped there. It was kind of dirty I live in kittanning we still have shop and save

[@gradymcclintock3766]

That's a big reciveing dock for a little grocery store

[@ErikVince]

Always sad to see businesses shut down sad to see people lose their jobs

[@djoninja]

At the opposite end of the plaza used to be a mental health treatment provider Family Services of WPA that’s now around the corner in the new Pioneer apartment building, Wesley Family Services

[@JuigijuigiRBLX]

I live in new ken my mom used to work at that shop n save

[@deagnasakaadam7840]

Hello from Australia.

[@trentpettit6336]

Do you remember the FESTIVAL FOODS chain which used to have a small number of stores in the Pittsburgh suburbs? Also what about JUBILEE FOODS which was related to Festival Foods?

[@titanicbrosgaming8085]

I haven't been down there in a long time. Last time I was there it was open.

[@butterboiii9810]

We used to have Shop N Saves here in New England back in the 80s and 90s but most of them have been turned into Hannaford.

[@ambikawolf664]

There is a great Shop & Save by me. I go there whenever I can. I just bought holiday gifts there found nowhere else. Polish chocolates, etc.

[@TrueCrimeJade]

There was a JamesWay on Logans Ferry Rd where this old Shop N Save used to be before they moved I believe .. so that cart prolly got brought along with the others

[@popthecatofficial]

There is a abandoned Shop ‘n save in elk county, PA that’s been closed forever and nothing is moved into it.

[@jennifergarrett6809]

Nice ending with the kitties. Would you like to take 2 home with you. You can have Kingsford and Yosemite. Take them back to PA when you go home. I'll give you canned food.

[@nicolemacpherson3908]

That's sad that Walmart puts so many small stores out of business. The elderly folks I'm sure relied on places like this and didn't want to have to go to Walmart. Such cute kitties! So sorry to hear about your kitty. I know the feeling, as I lost a cat and then a dog that were my best friends. But they're always here in spirit, pain free!

[@speedwalker5753]

That use to be a foodland when I lived there

[@mickmost4190]

Wallie viewed your vid yesterday the owners have another location across the river the reason i'm writing is Frankie's Friends is having funding trouble i will help any way i can great doc!

[@patrickleyland1110]

There was never a Jamesway in New Kensington. The Shop N Save was a Foodland years ago. The right side of the plaza had a Clabers store at one time I believe. Kensington House Furniture moved from 5th Avenue to the right side of the plaza when Clabers left. After Kensington House left, Big Lots was there until they relocated to Natrona Heights.

[@TrueCrimeJade]

Im pretty sure it used to be where Shop N Save was on Logans Ferry before it became Shop N Save

[@todddebick9160]

I live close by the closed shop n save in new Kensington. I live in Creighton. There is a closed Sheetz in Creighton

[@russs7574]

There's a new convenience store/gas station going in on that corner....I think it's supposed to open either this weekend or next.

[@Pumpingas420]

KZbin searching New Ken @ 4AM in 2024.

[@FroggysProductions]

Amagine taking a shopping cart home from a closing store

[@jet34thehawk]

Cool video 📹 man

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Kind of eerie

[@robertewing3825]

It was a Foodland on the left side and Gaylords on the right side. The Foodland was owned by a family from Springdale for many years

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

The sign is still there!

[@ShaunWaveFilms]

how you get inside?? i was trying to get inside to film as i lve up the hill from there…. i sorta do the same thing but i have a hard time getting inside places.

[@garyholt369]

By the bricks outside it looks like it used to be a K mart

[@SuperJoshua1985]

Only Jamesway I heard of is the one that got destroyed in the tornado that hit Beaver County in 1985

[@kimberlygorcey4290]

Plus, Walmart price match. Even after you purchase, bring the receipt and the ad or app and Walmart price match or beat

[@frankym69]

Dude i train to be a prowrestler here. Theres so much to do here. Try Knead Cafe.

[@joetaylorchristmastree2866]

👋 Hi 👋 i 📷 like 📸 ti 👋 your 📷 video 📷📸

[@antoineevans8924]

My dad is from Arnold!

[@benhartley-bb3dn]

My family use to own that

[@sandrahunter5749]

My cat passed away from cancer on November 17 the and I had her for 13 yrs.

[@josephmorris6571]

Did that new abandoned it used to be a Goodwill in Belle Vernon

[@kingjelly6666]

There’s a shop and save here in reading and some of the employees are not very nice . Good store though if you know exactly what you want

[@crazytiedyemom84]

I used to work at the dairy queen by valley high school back in 2003 to 2007. My uncle actually owns it pretty close to fhe snop n save...well kinda... love seeing the local stuff. Will alwsys watch them ill make sure n let u know id anything closes near me lol...there is actually a grocery store that closed in kittanning pa yrs n yrs ago it was called toys golden dawn on east brady road. Its now the tlc shop a consignment store. I like going in it or even just the parking lot ifs ao nostalgic to me esp the inside it looks the same . minus coolers n freezers n some.other stuff also a iga i think became a mechanics in ford city by the sheetz, and an old foodland in town ford city became A dollar general imagine that lol. And the old tiny sheetz across from the new sheetz became a pizza restaurant that closed down for 2nd time first time was a mile or so towards kittanning in manorville it burnt down they re opened n remodeled the old sheetz n its now shut down assume from lack of.business. also, there was a pizza hut on north water street kittanning its for sale now but they transferred the building into a hearing aid sales place it closed or moved but building i assume had to be transformed into an office. But all i remember still is seeing it as pizza hut and getting book it personal pizzas there as a little kid...i could go on n on. Theres also a basically abandoned beer distributior its next to my work or super close to it i work at foxs pizza in kittanning but it shut down after the owner jumped from a bridge. Super sad i know...but building has been empty since...its next to the moose...in kittanning kinda cool to.see thou...i rem being under age lol n of.age getting beer there. There was alwsys another option to go to also but never went to it always went to kittanning beer if i recall the right name dont quote me on it im.sure if u go check out these places ppl local to the spots can fill u in better but u def could spend few hrs here n see come.cool spots i think. Sorry so.long.lol. love ur videos though figured worth staring with ya.

[@joandoyon8805]

you should do a video on the cats please wallieb26

[@craigjensen6853]

we call it shop 'n spend

[@moose4164]

Hers a thing for kaya do you like your car go faster or slow

[@shelleybuccieri2975]

😢😢😢😢😢💔💔💔

[@mikefrascarelli1153]

Used to be a Gaylords department store on the other end. Don't remember a Jamesway though.

[@theriomrasputin8233]

Too much theft and violence. Couple yrs ago a person was shot and killed on the front walkway there. Neverheard of a Jamesway being there. There was an IGA in there for a short time. When I was a kid. The parking lot was tolled. You had to pay to park there. Which is why on the SNS side it has the concrete at entrance and there was a small ticket collecting booth on the exit.

[@russs7574]

I remember the tolled parking lot. That was in the days when Gaylord's was at the other end of the plaza.

[@theriomrasputin8233]

@@russs7574 I remember shopping there way back in the late 70s early 80s. When the surrounding area was filled with small shops. There was a great toy shop on corner street also. The area is being revived, just not that plaza as of yet.

[@ItzJaxsonoki34753]

Also closed due to Pandemic

[@lostnfound668]

My grocery store from birth until it's closing.. smh

[@HeadshotKing0107]

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[@robertmailhos8159]

Well in today's economy state of affairs that this Mom and pop store would not have made it

[@moose4164]

One thing wallie did you see a long Jon’s silvers or no please pleas please 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@WallieB26]

I have been to the one in New Kensington. But it's been awhile.

[@moose4164]

Well I never had LJS but my dad has

[@moose4164]

iOS that the one slash AW

[@zachdproductions123]

New Kensington is… Interesting. There’s like no reason to go there nowadays IMO.

[@NickyClassicBackArchives]

uh as a midwestern, you said missouri wrong. such disrepect. smh. joke lol.

[@roxannelamar7834]

I never heard of that store I like Safeway and fry’s a lot cheaper than Walmart i live in phoenix

[@ccorri97]

The St Louis shop and save most of them were bought by schnucks another St Louis that's a grocery store

[@paulardisson8353]

Gaylords was there

[@alexmcgady741]

tHiNk tHE cOPPeR iS sTiLL thERe 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂