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            Food Lion #808 / Kash n' Karry #1873
1071 S. Patrick Drive, Satellite Beach, FL - Patrick Plaza

Food Lion first built this store in 1994, next door to a building that once housed a Pantry Pride grocery store (which is now a community center). As was the case with most of Food Lion's Florida locations, this store converted into a Kash n' Karry in 1999 as part of Food Lion's attempt to salvage their Florida presence. It didn't work, and this Kash n' Karry closed in 2004 when Delhaize pulled the brand out of Eastern and Central Florida. The left third of this building has been home to the Satellite Beach post office for a while now (since the late 2000's I believe), and the remaining portion of the building has been abandoned and untouched since 2004.

This rather eerie photo reminds me of an old story…

One dark and stormy evening many years ago, a young retail fan ventured up to the sullen doors of the old Satellite Beach Food Lion. Not knowing any better, he pressed the lens of his camera against the dusty glass of the front door for a photo, hoping for a glimpse inside. A soft breeze began to blow across the empty walkway as he did this, ruffling the palm fronds on the trees out front, disturbing much of the evening’s silence. As he went to take his prize photo, suddenly the front doors of the old Food Lion squeaked open. The young retail fan was intrigued by this unbeknownst opportunity put before him. Not sure what to do, curiosity eventually got the best of him, and he stepped into the shadowy interior that lay before him. Shortly after this a scream was heard throughout the beachside, penetrating throughout the usually calm community. So the legend goes, when the police arrived at the old Food Lion to investigate the scream, all they found of the young retail fan was a smashed camera inside the vestibule, and a message written in the dust on the floor that read “Heed the Lion!” To this day, nobody knows whatever happened to the young retail fan that evening in Satellite Beach, but the legend of the Lion still lives on, bringing chills to all who dare photograph his abandoned beachside home.

Here we can see this rather creepy photo of mine featuring the interior of the Food Lion’s old vestibule. While I was a bit upset at how my interior photos of this store turned out this day due to the lack of light, I really liked how this one came out. The dimly lit hall with the bright light at the end really looks like the perfect setting for a creepy story (like that one above that I may or may not have made up)!

Taken in: United States / Florida / Satellite Beach (show map)

Taken on: August 26, 2015

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Sets appears in: • The Best of The Albertsons Florida Blog

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