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http://www.pdasurplus.com/About_PDA/body_about_pda.html I don't know where the gable store is. But the second Vons (the one underneath the gable on that page) is the Vons Food & Drug at Sunset & Virgil in Los Angeles. It has since been completely remodled inside and out and is a very succes...

storewanderer wrote:How did Safeway supply Pak N Saves in FL?

If I remember right they used a wholesale cooperative. There weren't very many stores, probably around a dozen and they had barely entered the market and ended up backing right out.

the pak n' save chain was owned by the Vons Companies till Safeway bought them out. And what came with the buy out was the Vons stores, Pavilions stores, and Pak N Save stores. Vons "invented" the chain to compete in the "low end" market ( e.g. food 4 less). it was a spin off fr...

Correction on Alpha-Beta Monterey Park. It was the Asian Supermarket just north of the Ralphs on the west side of Atlantic.. The Ralphs was actually a Hughes market. This Alpha Beta closed in the 80's right around the time Safeway was closed, and was vacant for years. The old tower where Alphie onc...

Why is the San Francisco Safeway store the prototype of the Marina store when it opened in 1959, yet the Safeway in Highland Park opened in June of 1955 and has the same design? It is located at 5610 York Blvd in Highland Park, Calif. When I worked in the Safeway Southern California division from 1...

Found this photo of a Homeland store somewhere around Shawnee, Oklahoma; not sure if this was a 1970s Safeway or not. http://www.news-star.com/images/122803/bus_homelandLR.jpg My guess is an 80's Safeway (or remodeled in the 80's). That's almost exactly what the Safeway on Santa Monica Blvd. in Wes...

any pics of the west hollywood store when it was a safeway..? do you remember what style the interior was....? No pics. The interior started with an earthtone package that was standard for Safeways at the time. Just plane white walls with big lettering in italics announcing the departments. It also...

Sad... Tower was the coolest 'record' store back in the late 70's and early 80's when I was young. Oh well, the world moves on and you have to move with it or lbe left behind.

That's cool that you remember the Garden Grove Pavilions. It was the first store in the chain and replaced an existing and very successful old Vons in the same shopping center. I thought the Monrovia store was the first Pavilions. At least that's what I was led to believe. If I remember right the f...

The only information was a handwritten sign on the door that said "SORRY STORE CLOSED". All the Ralphs signage has been removed from the exterior, so I think the store is gone for good. Well I guess that will help the Pavilions that is the topic of this thread! But, I'm surprised I always...

There's also a Ralphs at Beverly Connection and a Bristol Farms on Beverly. There *used to be* a Ralphs at Beverly Connection... http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f396/otterphotos/emptyralphs1.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f396/otterphotos/emptyralphs11.jpg Photos taken Thursday... The whol...

are you serious...? I remeber when i was about 5 or 6, always shopping with my aunt at the garden grove Pavilions...from my point of view even at that age they store was different from others. The salad bar/mexican food(?), many service depts, huge delis, more personalized service, fresher. I loved...

The Pavilions is in a great location since it's walking distance to a lot of the apartments (and bars) in Boys Town. It's also at the end of the LA Pride parade and I know I've stood in lines to buy water on pride day. I bet their liquor department is one of the higher-grossing stores in the chain....

I believe its going to be simliar to the burbank store....have you seen the updated bakeries and service delis...? They have hot shrimp and salmon! Burbank is a must see store IMO its one of the best life style changes. Store looks very upscale. I believe this store was supposed to be their multi m...

why were the people against a "pavilions place"...? is there a different to a "pavilions" and a "pavilions" place...? As a Safeway the store had very wealthy customers and was allowed to buy from vendors and suppliers other than Safeway. So, we carried a lot of gourmet...