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- 16 Jun 2007 16:12
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Colonial Big Stars (Post 1960's-before A&P takeover)
- Replies: 2
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Colonial Big Stars (Post 1960's-before A&P takeover)
I love all of the old pictures of the old Colonial/ Big Star food markets from the 50's and 60's. But I'm puzzled i've not seen any pics of (post 1960's) stores that they had, before they became A&P's. Also does anyone know/have any pics/ads of what the old Big Star logo looked like, both in the...
- 16 Jun 2007 16:03
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: A&P/Family Mart
- Replies: 33
- Views: 45174
- 09 Jun 2007 15:43
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Hill's? Hill's-Korvette?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 54152
Re: Hill's? Hill's-Korvette
Korvette's had a couple of supermarkets in the Philadelphia area that they sold to Food Fair in the 1960's. I think they only used the Korvette name. They were large stores and the one at Cederbrook Mall that Food Fair made into a Pantry Pride was the busiest and most successful store in the divisi...
- 01 Mar 2007 20:36
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Big Star stores NOT connected with Colonial
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6030
- 13 Jan 2007 15:12
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Food Fair/Pantry Pride: How did they fall (esp in Phila)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5079
Food Fair/Pantry Pride: How did they fall (esp in Phila)
This subject has proababy been thrown around before, but I'm still unsure what caused Food Fair's initial 1978 bankruptcy, and it's sudden exodus from its' Philadephia "home" division It seems that they were doing everything right, l mean according to the penn fruit article on the site, PP...
- 13 May 2006 16:03
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Grand Union
- Replies: 76
- Views: 86081
- 04 Feb 2006 15:36
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Food Fair Pantry Pride in Tampa?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8020
- 28 Jan 2006 16:44
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Food Fair Pantry Pride in Tampa?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8020
Food Fair Pantry Pride in Tampa?
I know that the Food Fair/ Pantry Pride chain was big in Florida especially around Miami and Ft. Lauderdale but i'm wondering if the chain at any time had any stores in the Tampa area?
- 21 Jan 2006 17:12
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: KMart grocery stores before SuperKMart
- Replies: 76
- Views: 88950
Once again a bit off, but I recall seeing a photo of a pre-supermarket style LS Ayres grocery store in downtown Cincinnati, 1920's vintage, in a book about Cincy history. Also read an article that suggested that had Federated kept Gold Circle, Richway, etc. they would be today's Walmart. Yeah But F...
- 21 Jan 2006 16:36
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Hill's? Hill's-Korvette?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 54152
- 21 Jan 2006 16:33
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: IGA "O&O's" in Philadelphia (post Penn Fruit)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7748
IGA "O&O's" in Philadelphia (post Penn Fruit)
I had read the aricle on the demise of the Penn Fruit stores in philadelphia and I had heard on a local show called the "Irv Homer Show" that some of the former PF stores became O&O's ( IGA stores owned and operated by store employees) and were supplied by a local IGA wholesaler (Wette...