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These appear to be Canada specific. They have the Canada McDonald's logo (with the red leaf in the middle). I think that is the only McDonalds to have a different logo as a rule. You do not see the golden arch in Canada without a red maple leaf in the middle, though it looks more like a red dot or b...

More research: it appears someone was operating as "Safeway" in Saipan who was not affiliated with the US Chain at all. They seem to have started in the 70's as a joint venture with a Japanese group, then sold to a Japanese group at some point, then re-purchased from the Japanese group in ...

Wasn't Hawaii under the San Francisco/Northern California division? Maybe this was too... That was my first thought too. Hawaii has always been NorCal Division. And wasn't 1994 about when NorCal division got out of Fresno? Maybe that was some final pruning. Looking at some photos of Payless Foods, ...

KFC in Cranbrook, BC still has the old bucket sign. Probably the 80's version of that sign.

Doing some other research, I stumbled across that Safeway once had a store in Guam. It was in the mall there and was sold to Payless Food in 1994.

I wonder which division this store was under.

I assume it was sold because it was one very remote store.

While McDonalds may still lead the pack, they're coasting on their name at this point. A mere shell of their former quality. Have any of you guys seen how their burgers are made now? I have a young cousin who worked there a few months ago. It's all kept in drawers and they put the burgers together ...

There was a very short lived one in the 6500 block of Coal Mine in Littleton, CO. Gone by the early 90's.

We can hope the Thrifty Ice Cream will be kept in some form. It was the only thing Rite Aid ever "acquired" that it actually kept the name of... I have noticed it in more stores lately. I have noticed it in the cartons at Seafood City in NorCal, also the large 5 gallon tubs (only in Vanill...

Interesting notation that those locations offered deep fried pies due to lack of space for an oven. http://burgerbeast.com/2009/07/16/mcdon ... da-closed/

What else does McDonalds make in its oven besides the pies and cookies? I remember they used the ovens before for the pizzas.

I wonder if somewhere along the way, before my time, Thrifty was distributing its own ice cream to a wider geographic range of stores. I know the Reno-Plumb Lane and also Carson City Thrifty Stores both had large walk in freezers in their back rooms which I found odd because they did not have the us...

That package was used strictly in drug region. It was never used on any grocery or combo stores.

It is getting a little blurry at present now if McDonalds needs to go back to some "express" sort of branding for the mall and Wal Mart locations. I make this comment because I am finding those locations do not serve the full McCafe menu and also do not have the full "all day breakfas...

I found Thrifty Ice Cream at a Rite Aid in Hillsboro, OR (prepackaged only) last year. I was really surprised to see it, I did not think it was distributed in OR and didn't see it at the other couple Rite Aids I went into. 2021 NW 185th Avenue Hillsboro, OR 97124 Rite Aid expanded the distribution o...

Cerberus also purchased the Chicago Cub Stores from Supervalu as part of that Albertsons deal to satisfy anti-trust concerns; those were immediately slated for closure when purchased. I think most converted to other similar formats; Ultra Foods, etc.

Mayfair was in Reno until sometime in the late 80's. The store on Plumb became "The Market" and was not open long. I am not entirely sure who owned that store after Mayfair or what the arrangement there was. It is now a Marshalls. The store in downtown Reno on N. Virginia St. became JJ's F...