Crosby’s gives Albion north location a new look, expanded kitchen

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Crosby’s celebrated the grand reopening of its Albion north location this morning. The store was closed for most of April for a remodeling. The store reopened on May 1. Today, company officials joined the local employees and community for a reopening celebration a 202 North Main St.

The inside of the store has an expanded kitchen area, and the Crosby’s has added subs to its food menu that includes pizzas, calzones and a wide variety of breakfast items, including breakfast pizzas.

Linda Pickett, a Crosby’s associate, cleans a surface in the kitchen area. The store has seven employees.

Crosby’s presented a $500 donation to the Albion Fire Department. From left include store manager Becca Smith, district leader Brenda Thompson, Deputy Fire Chief John Papponetti and Dave George, director of operations for Crosby’s.

The business also is giving Albion Central School 40 pizzas to be used from the My Crosby’s Rewards card. Crosby’s also donated $100 to the Orleans County History Department in appreciation for use of historic Albion photos that are inside the store.

Several images from Albion from years past are part of the new store redesign. This photo shows Main Street in the 1940s.

The Reid Group, headquartered in Lockport, owns the store. The Reid Group is comprised of Crosby’s and Reid Petroleum Corp.  The group operates 90 Crosby’s locations throughout Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania.

Reid officials noted the site at 202 North Main St. was a Mimi’s Gulf store that opened in the mid-1950s by Carol and Dominic Martillotta. The site was a Genesee Farms from 1982 to 1997, and a Yellow Goose until it became a Crosby’s in 2017.

Dave George from Crosby’s said the company wants to continue the tradition started by the Martillottas in the mid 1950s.

“It was more than a business,” he said. “It was a cornerstone of the community.”