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Groceteria wrote: ↑19 May 2024 13:09 It's very sad that Edric Floyd, who was from the area, apparently passed away several years ago. He probably could have shined some light on all this.

Oh WOW!

That is awful news.

He was a GREAT guy with loads of information. I enjoyed his contributions especially about the Food Fair Empire!

... end of the 60s: Acme, First National, Colonial, Kroger, and soforth. Food Fair, Penn Fruit and Grand Union built larger stores beginning in the 50s, as did some regional ...

... end of the 60s: Acme, First National, Colonial, Kroger, and soforth. Food Fair, Penn Fruit and Grand Union built larger stores beginning in the 50s, as did some regional ...

Could be that they left it because current zoning would not have allowed construction of a new tower sign. Just a thought.

The question now becomes why not just tear down everything pylon and all? Don't get me wrong-I'm glad they left it but it's just kind of odd. Was it that well constructed it would be more difficult to take down vs. the building? Were they afraid to demolish it for fear it might fall into the road? A...

When the building was a Food Fair, would the entrance have been oriented towards the parking lot or towards the street? 32nd Street has ...

When the building was a Food Fair, would the entrance have been oriented towards the parking lot or towards the street? 32nd Street has ...

... Simpson Ferry closer to Mechanicsburg for a while. A bit further down from said Weis is a Grocery Outlet which is one of the former central PA Food Lion locations. David's location list also shows an independent there prior to Food Lion and originally an A&P.

The old Food Fair is on 32nd Street (US 11-15) just north of Market Street. Market Street is the old route into downtown Harrisburg ...

That's right. 32nd Street, I think.

I'll be adding a list of Harrisburg suburban stores soon BTW.

If memory serves, this is Camp Hill correct? Drove by it many times heading down to Northern Va over the years. Somewhere before that when you're headed south on the opposite side of the road there was a Weis that dates back to the '60's I believe.

... PA. I drove by it the other night and thought “that looks like a Food Fair pylon But there’s no building there.” Turns out they tore down the store about six years ...

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Plenty of Acme, A&P, Giant-PA, and Food Fair!

... or enlarged the smaller ones when they took over. That whole area of food stores was in flux when I was a kid. It is a blurry memory of A&P, ... a Grand Union somewhere. Farther out was Korvettes, Pathmark and Food Fair.

... Markets (last two stores went independent, closed) BI-LO (includes RedFood)* Big Star Markets* Bruno's (includes successor Belle Foods) Earth Fare ... & Easy Gemco* Leedmark Pantry Pride (includes Penn Fruit, Food Fair, Wooley's, Hyde Park, Hills) CANADA Steinberg Additions: Welcome, Xtra ...