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- 03 Oct 2006 20:52
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Safeway's "divested" markets from 1986
- Replies: 48
- Views: 274285
- 03 Oct 2006 17:24
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Vons Lifestyle remodels of old interiors
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9337
Smith's Food King acquired the vast majority of those former Market Basket stores (ladened with talking cash registers), but lasted only about two years. They failed, closed the stores and sold them off piece by piece. This is incorrect, although Smiths did acquire some stores. The break up occurre...
- 03 Oct 2006 17:00
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Vons Lifestyle remodels of old interiors
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9337
Market Basket was undergoing a chain-wide rennovation when the State of California brought them up on anti-trust violations and declared them a monopoly. Market Basket / Korger was forced to sell-out of California circa 1982. That is absolutely not true. Kroger sold Market Basket because with only ...
- 03 Oct 2006 16:44
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: FedMart Southern California?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 65429
- 03 Oct 2006 16:41
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Pavilions/Santa Monica Boulevard
- Replies: 36
- Views: 20167
Pavilions on 8969 Santa Monica Blvd was ALSO a Safeway. Dunno the details of when it became a Pavilions but i do know it was a Safeway then a VONS then a Pavilions...so i dunno if it was aquired in 1986 or not. The store at 8969 Santa Monica Blvd. was never a Vons. I was working there when Vons acq...
- 01 Oct 2006 14:31
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: VIPS Restruants
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5702
- 30 Sep 2006 22:14
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Grocery Experience
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3944
Grocery Experience
Hopefully this is the correct forum to add this to... But I was wondering why so many people have an interest in this subject. For me it's was because I spent the first 15 years of my life in the grocery industry. What I want to know is how many of you were or are in the industry and what your exper...
- 30 Sep 2006 21:59
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: FedMart Southern California?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 65429
- 28 Sep 2006 17:21
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Canada Safeways
- Replies: 53
- Views: 69024
- 23 Sep 2006 14:48
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Santa Barbara, CA former A&P
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3498
Re: Santa Barbara, CA former A&P
The Santa Barbara A&P featured on page 2 of the A&P photo section of this site is at 3305 State st., in the Loreto Plaza shopping center at the corner of State and San Rogue Rd. It was later an Albertson's, and is currently a Gelson's market. When I visited in September 2003, the exterior (...
- 20 Sep 2006 12:22
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Vintage interior in Washington Mutual ad
- Replies: 43
- Views: 24054
- 11 Sep 2006 14:32
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: FedMart Southern California?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 65429
FedMart was started by Sol Price (also founder of the Price Club - now Costco) in 1954. The original concept was very close to FedCo's (geared towards Federal employees) but was later opened to everyone else. He sold out to a German company to raise capital for expansion but they didn't get along an...
- 07 Sep 2006 13:55
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: The Pantry - Southern CA
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13606
Re: The Pantry - Southern CA
I only remember the one in the Sunny Hills area of Fullerton (NW corner of Harbor and Bastanchury, now a Longs Drugs). It seemed slightly upscale. But I remember full page ads in the paper, so they must have had more locations. Any others? Anyone else remember this one? They had 10 or 11 stores at ...
- 16 Aug 2006 21:53
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Hollywood Ranch Market
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6339
- 24 Jul 2006 05:46
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Supermarket Delis
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9037
Now... how about those dark canvas awnings over produce departments? When I think of that era, I also think of those hideous things. What was the purpose of them -- would a dark department make it easier to pass off inferior product? I think this was mostly a Safeway format. They wanted to isolate ...