Stauffer's Market Closing and Auction

 Cropper's IGA originally opened in 1972, and moved to this building in 1995. At some point, it was rebranded to Cropper's ShurFine. In late 2013, the Cropper family sold the store to Paul Stauffer. When he set up, he had the store completely remodeled. Giant has been talking about opening a store on the adjacent property for a couple of years now (They have had a coming soon sign since at least spring 2014). I imagine that they had something to do with Mr. Stauffer "retiring" and closing the store less than two years after he bought it.  Update: This is back in the hands of the Cropper family, who have reopened the store.
 Bakery and Deli
Empty shelves.

 All they had left were some unfrosted cakes, and some pumpkin spice chocolate. I got both, and was very pleased.
 Local flair! All around the store, they showed nearby historic places. This one is the Kerr Park cabin in Downingtown.
 Frozen aisles. Most cases have been turned off at this point.
 I didn't have intentions of coming here on its last day. I was in the area, and my friend texted me about a closing sale going on here. I made it just in the nick of time!
So this is what the side of a shelf looks like. I don't believe I have ever seen an end like this. It just doesn't look right.
 Break room. I wish ours at Kmart was this nice.
 Another cold storage chamber. If I remember correctly, there were seven of these total.
 I think this was the back room for the bakery.
 Some bakery stickers
 The bakery
 The deli. That little room in the back was the seafood prep room. I tried going in there, but the stench of old fish drove me back out.
Janitor's closet
 Dairy and egg cases, as seen from behind
 Second floor compressor room for the refrigerators.
I think this was the butcher room. It still had the pungent smell of disinfectant
 Floral
 They kept all the stands and displays in the produce area.
 The safe. I have no clue how they got this out of here.
 I found a yardstick bearing the store's old name. It would also switch to the Shurfine banner instead of IGA.
 Hallways and offices.
 We ventured up into the second floor. I don't know what purpose a conference room like this would serve.
 A lot of the décor had been removed in preparation for the auction.
 Signs from frozen
They had lots of odds and ends from the bakery and deli for sale, too. I'm not sure who wants a half-used jar of spice, but I imagine it went cheaply.
They also had giant boxes of candy, which had not been opened. This leads me to believe that the closing came around unexpectedly, since Halloween was right around the corner.
 As nice as they were, I imagine these custom aisle markers were a hard sell, unless there was another Stauffer shopping here.
It just so happened that we had off of school the day Stauffer's was being auctioned off. Naturally, I went. The friend who told me about this came along as well. He got some really good pictures. I have to talk him into making an account here.
There were a lot of Amish people here (everybody pictured with a straw hat or bonnet here is one). I guess they are here for farmers market supplies.

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