The "punny" sign will be heading to a fresher location at the new store site.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The witty marquee sign at Sacramento's flagship Raley's store has said its last goodbye, at least for now.

"I can’t imagine anybody who’s lived in the area who has not seen that sign [while] driving up and down Freeport Boulevard," said Kris Barton, team leader for the Raley's store. "It’s been there so long, and its such a staple in the community that it’s kind of synonymous with Freeport Boulevard now.”

The iconic sign started coming down on Tuesday and some of the work spilled into Wednesday.

However, it won't be going too far. It'll be heading to the new flagship store being built across the street at Freeport Boulevard and Wentworth Avenue. The sign will be cleaned up and refurbished for its redebut.

“It’s not going to be a new sign. It’s going to be the same sign, puns and all,” Barton said.

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While the marquee sign is synonymous with Freeport Boulevard, its whimsical food puns have been a more recent addition.

“We started a little over a year ago, just as something kind of fun to break it up. My old assistant Will and I came up with that idea,” Barton said.

Since then, the sign has been rattling off food-related zingers like "Olive my love" at passing drivers. The puns came from the core duo for some time, but Barton said they eventually opened it up for any employee to toss a suggestion into the hat.

The sign is gone for now, but it'll be back when the new store location opens in April, according to Barton.

"It holds a tremendous amount of historical significance in our community. As a company, we thought it was very important for us to be able to continue that at our new location,” Barton said.

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