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by wnetmacman
29 Feb 2024 18:19
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Kroger Family Centers
Replies: 126
Views: 87182

Re: Kroger Family Centers

Kroger appears to have also tried out the Family Center format with their Henke & Pilot stores: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1585986/ Better quality image: https://www.newspapers.com/article/lake-charles-american-press/109375350/ Correct. Several of the originals were indeed Henke's Fami...
by wnetmacman
19 Jan 2024 13:11
Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
Topic: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
Replies: 12
Views: 1128

Re: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?

As I understand it, some of these drugstores did not have actual pharmacies, and the lunch counters were replaced by pharmacies. (There are some CVS stores that don't have pharmacies, though mostly in tourist locations). Walgreens does this too; I went to a store in Orlando near Disney last summer ...
by wnetmacman
16 Jan 2024 15:44
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2070

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

You're also missing Eisner Foods, who was at the time of their demise a division of Jewel; Skaggs Alpha Beta and Alpha Beta. S-A-B in Texas and Florida became Jewel for a time in the 90s before being sold off to Albertsons.
by wnetmacman
12 Jan 2024 12:26
Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Old ServiStar Hardware signs still up?
Replies: 2
Views: 492

Re: Old ServiStar Hardware signs still up?

ServiStar also tried to start their own corporate stores, building two in Longview, TX in 1984. Both were nice hardware stores, but were started at the time (especially in Longview) that large scale building supply warehouses started coming to town. They were gone by 1996, but both buildings are sti...
by wnetmacman
12 Jan 2024 12:11
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Kroger Family Centers
Replies: 126
Views: 87182

Re: Kroger Family Centers

Greenville is not recognizable at all: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7AxozTRfRckqfNyq7 The Fayetteville store is not recognizable from the road, and Historic Aerials only goes back to 1980. But it is located at 3340 N College, roughly what would have been between Fayetteville and Springdale at the time: h...
by wnetmacman
04 Jan 2024 11:56
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Kroger Family Centers
Replies: 126
Views: 87182

Re: Kroger Family Centers

I think I found the missing link in Arkansas - there appears to only have been one. Fort Smith, 4000 N O St.: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LjyUQF5M16YhSRfL7 Currently Troung Son Supermarket and a few local stores. Heavily remodeled, and of brick construction, not the aggregate tilt wall most of the other...
by wnetmacman
03 Jan 2024 11:19
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: New Orleans area updates
Replies: 2
Views: 649

Re: New Orleans area updates

I know most of the directories may list Schwegmann stores in 2000, but I'm fairly sure they all closed in 1999. A good number of the stores were purchased by Robert Fresh Market and A&P (to become Sav-A-Centers), but this would have happened before that point.
by wnetmacman
01 Dec 2023 10:45
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: NEW: Gulfport and Biloxi, 1925-2020
Replies: 1
Views: 979

Re: NEW: Gulfport and Biloxi, 1925-2020

Both Gulfport and Biloxi are tough because of their location and its predication to hurricanes. Camille in 1969 and Katrina in 2005 really reshaped the first few blocks of both cities, almost up to the railroad about 6-10 blocks north. There are photos from 1969 of a nearly brand new Centennial A&am...
by wnetmacman
13 Oct 2023 18:21
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Aurora IL, 1924-2020
Replies: 2
Views: 921

Re: NEW: Aurora IL, 1924-2020

With as many of these as you've been cranking out lately, I'd say we need to find you a hobby. :)
by wnetmacman
05 Oct 2023 17:57
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 1216

Re: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020

Here's a clipping showing the Safeway turned Brookshire's after its final Safeway remodel and expansion in 1981. Link This look was fairly typical of Dallas Safeway stores from 1979-1983; similar stores were built in Longview (x2), Henderson (now Kroger) and elsewhere in the region. Henderson still ...
by wnetmacman
05 Oct 2023 10:48
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 1216

Re: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020

Here's a bit of trivia about Shreveport: It's the city where the founders of Id Software started their career at locally-based Softdisk, and where the first Commander Keen game was written on evenings and weekends. So where were Tom Hall, John Romero, and company buying their groceries in 1990? Acc...
by wnetmacman
04 Oct 2023 21:44
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 1216

Re: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020

Kroger never bought the cafeterias. They continued as Big Chain for a while, then were bought by Brookshire's, who ran them until 1990-1991. Actually, I'm almost certain I ran into a newspaper ad for the cafeterias that listed them as a division of Kroger. I'll see if I can find one and post it. Up...
by wnetmacman
03 Oct 2023 18:35
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 1216

Re: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020

Kroger never bought the cafeterias. They continued as Big Chain for a while, then were bought by Brookshire's, who ran them until 1990-1991. Interesting, though what's confounding is how some of the Big Chain cafeterias were opened adjacent to Big Chain supermarkets after the Kroger acquisition. Bi...
by wnetmacman
03 Oct 2023 16:22
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 1216

Re: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020

Here's a location list for Big Chain Cafeterias for 1961. This would be before Shreve City, so I would guess that there were at least 6 cafeterias. Big Chain Cafeteria List 1961 Were these ever spun off from Kroger? Kroger never bought the cafeterias. They continued as Big Chain for a while, then w...
by wnetmacman
03 Oct 2023 15:08
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 1216

Re: NEW: Shreveport, 1925-2020

Here's a location list for Big Chain Cafeterias for 1961. This would be before Shreve City, so I would guess that there were at least 6 cafeterias.

Big Chain Cafeteria List 1961