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by pokemonprime
31 Mar 2021 18:39
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: Colonial Stores in Florida
Replies: 4
Views: 2393

Colonial Stores in Florida

Colonial Stores has always been one of those chains that, while found all across the South, seemed to not want to touch Florida. But, they did have a presence, however limited. Under the Colonial nameplate, they had a very limited presence, no more than 4 stores in Tallahassee. The first store to op...
by pokemonprime
29 Sep 2020 09:25
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: Florida Choice store list
Replies: 1
Views: 2249

Florida Choice store list

Florida Choice was a very short lived chain in Florida by Kroger, that was only in existence for two years, from 1986 to 1988. It was a successor to Kroger's SupeRx Food & Drug stores also down here in Florida. After the sale of SupeRx drug stores, I believe they wanted to shift away from the na...
by pokemonprime
06 Sep 2019 16:41
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Vintage Supermarkets in Movies and TV (Old Ones Only Please)
Replies: 178
Views: 142293

Re: Vintage Supermarkets in Movies and TV (Old Ones Only Please)

In the Vietnam war film Born On The Fourth Of July (1989), the main character, before going off to Vietnam, is shown working at an A&P Supermarket and we get decent views of the store. However I'd guess it's a recreation for the film.