Inside Abandoned Save-A-Lot Food Store Left Unlocked 

Brings back so many memories. I worked there before. The area that has been covered up with the tarp was a back room. (only half the store was used.) The area you said was the freezer use to be a produce room when another store was there. It was used for storage when the save a lot was there. The meat room was the area you said was a kitchen. First cut meat in that room, crazy to see it like that now. Also, the "garbage compactor" is actually a cardboard bailer.

Those things you saw on the rack are Copland compressors for all the refrigerators and freezers. All those pipes you saw going into the wall were the channels that had the refrigerant lines running to the walk-ins.

This made me pretty sad. Looks like they did a decent job cleaning up before they left. And the staff photo was also saddening. Some of those people probably loved working here until it closed.

Post10's version of Christmas is coming... Henri is about to directly hit CT and MA, dumping a lot of rain, exposing a lot of clogs and dams.

He was walking through the dairy cooler smelling that dairy air

Haha, the first aid station being fully stocked is just like playing a video game like Fallout! You'd think there wouldn't be any loot in there left, but BAM! First aid supply acquired.

as a person who works overnights at a grocery store... it is indeed easy to get lost in the back room lol nice to see an empty store though!

13:31 Fun Fact: In one state, the Meat Section at Walmart wanted to Unionize. Walmart simply closed all the Meat Sections, and sold Pre-Packaged Meats. Whenever there is a Meat Recall, guess who is on the list for selling that meat? (Rhetorical Question)

Neat! I Have a weird fascination with how people set up stores. Interesting to see it as a completely blank slate.

you should see if the person or company that owns the store/property would want to sell you one of those sinks. I bet they would just be thrown away. You needed your rake for protection.

"it's great not to see vandalism but there is a big poo in the toilet!" 🤣

Those are very heavy duty air conditioning compressor’s. Most likely for Supermarket freezers and coolers. Those devices take a lot of energy to run and are very expensive to replace. I’m surprised they left them behind because those things are expensive! Great job on the video as always! Post 10 Rocks!😀

14:15 those are compressor pumps for the walk-in salesfloor refrigeration and freezer cases. The glass door walk-ins and standalone "bin" type units out on the floor would all have their own zones and valves plumbed to the system, if not a dedicated compressor and refrigeration loop for each.

8:04 That's the HVAC, refrigerant & temperature alarm panel 10:31 On the left if the security alarm. 13:26 That blue heater is a water heater by refrigerant and that room was the refrigerant compressor room. 14:13 Those are refrigerant compressors. All the copper piping has been removed.

Anything that has swinging doors or curtains will be a cooler rather than a freezer. Freezers would always have latched doors. The areas with sinks will be prep areas. The one with the 'MEAT PLU' area will be meat/deli, the other would probably be produce.

Funny, I just shopped at my local Save-A-Lot. They do not sell prepared foods. The two rooms with sinks we’re probably the meat department and the produce department. It is weird to see an empty store. Hopefully someone will come in reclaim or rebuild and provide some good jobs for the area.

Interesting that you didn't set off any security motion sensors. Those closed down retail establishments usually have a silent alarm service.

Thanks for braving the mold to show us what an abandoned Save-a-lot looks like I would never get to see something like this in real life and it's cool to see!

My family always shops at Save a Lot, I wish they were here in Canada. This makes me wanna go back home and go to the store. Just stand inside and cry happily, I miss it.

and! the big sinks in the back, can be used for cleaning produce off before it goes to the shelf, ie; washing ice off of brocoli and cleaning off cucumbers, etc, etc. most produce comes in very dirty, or covered in bugs, so they need to be washed and sanitised, and be inspected before they can hit the shelves and be sold to customers. as well... some of the sinks could have been in the meat cooler, to wash off things like equipment or knives, and keep the meat cooler sterilised too. they serve a great many purposes in the store! as well... my summation for the pumps in the back back section? thing? (we have about 32 in our store) could be used for moving coolant in the freezers/fridges, or moving air flow to keep the store heated or cooled. i'm not entirely sure, as we've never realy had issues with ours/i've never had to ask! but i hope this does help a little bit!

Back when our store, Giant Eagle, was going through a remodel our Dairy section got completely renovated for the new Beer, Wine, and Liqour section that was added. The amount of shelving that was removed made me realize just how 'big' of an area that those shelves take up. Later on when I had to retrieve a ball a customer had tossed up into the freezer section. I got me a different perspective of just how much 'room' there actually was.

I work at save a lot and yes the meat cutters and produce is all cut fresh. The rooms with the sinks are where they cut stuff. Also the black compressors are the condensers for the refrigerator and freezer

The two way mirror may have been a cash office. 👍great video as usual.

Post ten ! Love you ! Got your shirt in the mail! Love it!

I worked at one of these for 7 years. Loved that job.

Enjoyed the video. Used to work in a grocery store for 2 years. It was always really apparent when even one of the shelves was not in their ordinary location, so seeing an entire store empty is really eerie. Also being alone in the store when it was dark was kind of scary even as it was packed, maybe because you could hear constant rattling from the mice lol.

also; Mr. Post 10... the proper response to seeing many heaters on a table is, 'ah that's hot'

The content keep getting better and better. Good job Post

I'm so appreciative of what you film. Your so nostalgic on everything you film. Thank you so much young man plus your voice makes for a good documentaion.... Keep up the work. Thank you so much.

damn thats alot of uploads the last 3'ish days. we are all thankful tho keep it up,

I love that you practice the open door policy.

You're gonna need to work overtime when Henri finally hits.

I did a renovation on a TSC back a year or two ago, and coming into the store with nothing but studs and shelf marks. Worked there for two years and let me tell you, it was creepy as hell. Lovely video.

Hi I used to work at a Save A Lot, yes that’s one way glass! In our store we used that room as the manager’s office which also held the safe and security camera feed. Super cool vid!

I enjoyed the little beaver tribute at the end.

Fascinating, never heard of a Save A Lot, Walmart yes, Save A Lot no. Love the pictures and outline pictures at the end.💚💚

Our Savealot closed after an Aldi opened up. Aldi is far less depressing to be in.

Exploration extravaganza, supermarket variation. Loved it!

Another great video!

That was neat! Love the A in Thanks For Watching. Cool idea.

I cant be the only one who watches his videos high as hell late at night. Something comfy about his content.

Yes, the big black things are the compressors for the refrigeration and freezers.

Here In Canton, Ohio we have three Save-A-Lot stores. Yes, they do make meat cuts package them and put them out in the cold shelf to be sold.

How the milk fridge is set up seems such a good idea, lot less work for staff too, I’ve never seen nothing like that here in the UK

I love exploring abandoned places!! Thank God I live close to 2 Save A Lot locations that are still in business and that's exactly where I get my groceries.

Those machines in that last room were for refrigeration "Cool" video!! 😀😉

This is so cool. Thank you for this fascinating tour!

cool 🥶 I've never seen an empty cold room before. Thank's for sharing. 👍

Great video, keep them coming!👍👍👍

Great job Post. We have a Sav A Lot store here in my town. They don't sell any prepared food.

Very cool. We have strip malls mostly empty with a few stores open in them. A lot of riots messed up our urban area's. I ride around them on my motorcycle just looking. Might have to get a Post 10 squirrel!

*post 10:* "Beautiful commercial sink! Been trying to find one of them for a while!" - *Universe:* "Well, here it is!" 😄

Great video! Enjoyed every bit of it, hope someone will fix it up like new soon! Thanks 😊

There is one abandoned save a lot in the next town over to me... They still have the 400+ items marked down signs hanging in the store... Those signs did not age well.

We use to have a Save alot loved that store ..yes exploring with Post !!!! I love OUR adventures

breaking and entering as well as unclogging things are two of my favorite hobbies as well. Thank you for such frequent high quality content.

14:18 Those are for the refrigerators. At the store, I worked at when I was a kid they were on the roof building cause they produce a ton of heat.

The rack is a lineup of compressors to help power the refrigeration and freezing systems. Essentially, it creates enough pressure for the long, long lines of refrigerant to hold enough pressure for the systems to operate properly. Cool video dude!

Thank you for the upload. Very interesting to see.

I loved that second to last pic, Reverse Bever lol

Hey post! Hope you’re all safe and ready for the hurricane. I don’t know how bad it will be there. Here on Long Island they are tracking a direct hit to my town, East Hampton, NY

Post 10, their is a place on State Route 21 in Northern New Jersey in the City of Newark that sells used sinks, etc .....!!! It’s called J&F Restaurant Equipment in Newark, NJ !

i never realized those water fountains had a compressor in them. they used to be everywhere like public telephones

Very cool !

I can’t wait for the videos coming out over the next week or so. Obviously I do not want people to lose life or property, but he may need to clear some floods

Interesting, the grocery store actually seems smaller without all the shelves and items. Its just a big room instead of an endless maze haha. Cool video man

I couldn’t the whole time i would be thinking what If a door lock 🔐 me in☠️😂😂😂😂

Love this!

I wish we had cool stuff like that where I live. Thanks for the video 👍👍

Not gonna lie, I actually liked save a lot when I lived in Milwaukee. The store was clean and easy to navigate, staff was friendly and helpful and the prices were pretty fair. I lived right across the street from it and it definitely beat a 5 mile drive to the closest pick n save or Wal-Mart. Only complaint was no self check out and only about 6 check out isles. Definitely got backed up constantly during rush hour or a busy Saturday afternoon.

What a delight to see an empty store , fascinating stuff from the master once again .

Your abandoned Save-A-Lot is much cleaner than our open one! I cannot get over the fact that they just left the keys there in plain sight. I'm really surprised homeless people havne't discovered the back entrances and set up camp inside the building.

Used to have save a lots out here by me (Chicago area). Closed them all about 10 years ago. They were a cool discount grocery chain. I worked for a major grocer out here & had to do competition checks there.

@14:10 - that's the compressors for the refrigeration. The same thing that's in your fridge, but massively scaled up.

4:04 Clearly you have never been in a public school or college! Those horrible things are still everywhere, and the water pressure on most of them is abysmal.

Super accurate name! I'll save-a-lot because I won't be spending a single dollar there! ...because I literally can't lol

Makes me miss urban exploring.

Watching this video, you can tell that this building is going to be raised and demolished. It is just matter of finding some one who wants to build something at the location. A video of the demolition would be interesting.

Cool stuff cheers. Chris from England

Absolutely dope

14:09 - looks like compressors to me. A/C, heat pump, freezer - take your pick. But it looks like the copper thieves got there first.

Omg i love your ending screen

We used to have a Save-A-Lot next door but then it turned into a grocery outlet bargain market

Great adventure thanks again

great exploring

Like the outro!

Wow! I'm surprised the door wasn't locked! Aloha!

We had a save a lot .it closed in 2021. I loved that store.they had their own butcher and had the best meat especially their hamburger. I hated when it closed . Prices were low

Also, those heaters could be to help dry it out when it flooded. Seems like it's not been empty all that long.

The black “contraptions” are compressors for all of the coolers and freezers inside the shopping area.

We had a Save-A-Lot store where I live a while back. It wasn't around all that long, maybe 2-3 years at most. I know my mom and sister would shop there. They said it was a good store for cheap staples. I believe the location was just bad where they had it. An older shopping center with a Dollar Tree in the same shopping center and a Walmart SuperCenter barely a 1/2 mile away.

Hi, I wonder if those things you were wondering about at 14:30 are back up generators for the freezers or maybe just back up freezing units ???? A very cool explore and I respect you for only leaving footprints and only taking photographs/video, there are too many little idiots with no brains or respect running around destroying everything they see, so thank you. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖

Great video.

Save A Lot supermarkets here in central Maine closed up in the past few years. They had a lot of cheap food.

I would imagine those black things in the mechanical room are compressors for the refrigerators/freezers

Those are refrigeration freezer compressors. After 35 years in the grocery business I know them well lol

Guess I'll watch whatever this guy posts. No interest in this but watched it all. Dudes a great content provider

The employee photo made me so sad, they took everything else from the building but a photo of a work family they left behind.

Pretty cool 👍

Be careful, the door was open so somebody could be hanging out in there.