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... old newspapers I happen to have. The Azalea Mall grocery was originally Food Fair, then Pantry Pride. I don't know what it "died" as, perhaps as Pantry Pride. ...

... spent a brief period sporting some of the A&P banners" :?: Food Fair was the corporate parent of Pantry Pride. Pantry Pride was it's discount operation for ...

Sorry I was not more clear, but..........I intended to state that Food Fair bought Penn Fruit AND Food Fair bought Hills.

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... but a large shopping center in a strip configuration. Originally, Giant Food was an anchor at one end, with JC Penney at the other. There was also ... I agree 100% with you on the "mall" terminology. EDIT: Food Fair, then Pantry Pride, according to this . I don't remember there being ...

... is the first time I've ever heard of a connection between Hill's and Food Fair. One little detail that (for unknown reasons) seems to be stuck in my brain, is that while ...

Fredrick's....south Florida....1940's ?....very large stores, fair assortment of general merchandise, hardware, firearms and all stores had pharmacies. They also had full bakeries, seafood, delis, shoe repair, eateries (stools or chairs), gift and plant boutiques. Shell ...

... been trying to research this for a long time. Hills was purchased by Food Fair around the same time it purchased Penn Fruit (before or after). I believe Hills was in ...

... stores way ahead of their time. They had eveything from full service food to firearms (discount operation). I don't know when they began to operate ... I have not been able to discover whom started this company. Food Fair eventually purchased them. ?????????

Yes, they were headquartered in Philly and later Ft. Lauderdale. They began in 1900 in N.Y.C., moved to Harrisburg and later Philly. They were the highest volume (per store) supermarket chain store in the USA. Their acknowledged growth was prolific (probably ONE of the reasons for their implosive de...

Hi Steve I wasn't aware of Food Fair's casino ownership. I knew that grocery store chains often owned their own cattle ranches and operations ...

... your kind response :) I am pretty sure it was originally a Fox Market. Food Fair bought all of the Fox stores (Ca., NV.) in the 1960's. Food Fair was "introduced" ...

... was proably in either the 1950's ir 1960's that I rmemeber seeing the Food Fair Stores and I only remember one in particular and unfortunately I didn't go inside but ...

... County and didn't have any of their stores nearby. I remember the Food Fair Stores and even remember Food Fair Stores in Las Vegas, Nv. I lived and grew up in Orange ...

Hello Wayne,

Do YOU remember the above chain? Their main office was in the southeast section of downtown Los Angeles.

They had over 50 stores in mostly Southern California and over 20 stores in Las Vegas.

In the 60's they were merged with Food Fair Stores.

Any info?

Steve :)

... one of these message boards that Parole Plaza mall in Bowie Md. had a Food Fair, so the practice seems to be rather common for 1950's-1960's era malls. Malls from that ...