Fry’s Marketplace opens in Apache Junction
by Richard H Dyer | Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent
Hundreds lined up early for the 7 a.m. Oct. 27 opening of the new Fry’s Marketplace, 150 E. Old West Highway in Apache Junction. (Photo by Richard H. Dyer, Independent Newspapers)
Hundreds of local residents lined up early to see the new Fry’s Marketplace Store at 150 E. Old West Highway in Apache Junction on its grand opening day Friday, Oct. 27. It replaces the Fry’s at the southwest corner of Old West Highway and Idaho Road.
Before the doors opened at 7 a.m. a line formed and snaked to the west and into the back of the building. There were Gold Canyon residents like Rosie Pankonie, Mesa residents like Jim Harstad, Apache Junction residents like Dale Rusher and Queen Valley resident Barbara Smith.
Ms. Pankonie, who has lived in Gold Canyon for five years, has been shopping at the Fry’s at Signal Butte and Guadalupe roads.
