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- 22 Feb 2006 20:40
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Check cashing machines at Alpha Beta
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10191
- 16 Feb 2006 08:54
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Rite Aid, Walgreens and Longs
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27584
- 05 Feb 2006 22:48
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: KMart grocery stores before SuperKMart
- Replies: 76
- Views: 87931
Wrigley was their main brand. This was a little after they consolidated their banners in Detroit (where they also operated Packer stores), although they kept operating as K-Mart foods until the end of the decade. In Detroit, they merged with Great Scott! a year later and went to format that included...
- 18 Jan 2006 17:13
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: New Uses for Grocery Stores
- Replies: 90
- Views: 94173
One of the early Giant super markets in DC was in the Tenleytown neighborhood on Wisconsin Avenue, N of Albermarle. For years, it was a Hechinger DIY store and now it has a big box retailer (Staples or Office Depot, I think). It was an early example of a tight urban super market location with parkin...
- 18 Jan 2006 17:08
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Store #1
- Replies: 31
- Views: 23413
- 18 Jan 2006 14:58
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: 7-11
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24853
In DC, the 7-11s probably continue to thrive because there are relatively few 24 hour super markets or fast food places and much of the diner trade is overpriced faux diners in the suburbs. They also never had significant competition and had gained a foothold by buying High's Dairy which had had &qu...
- 17 Jan 2006 21:02
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Zody's
- Replies: 88
- Views: 72344
- 13 Jan 2006 17:52
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Vintage Supermarkets in Movies and TV (Old Ones Only Please)
- Replies: 178
- Views: 142558
More groceries in film...
There's a Winn-Dixie in "Goldfinger", when the MI-5 guys are trailing the guy who wanted his gold (he and the subsequently car get compacted) they pass it in the background. THe grocery store in "The Deer Hunter" (where Meryl Streep works) is on Professor Avenue in Cleveland. It'...
- 06 Jan 2006 17:45
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Savannah Highway, Charleston SC
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17583
Name that store...
The high pylon and no parking in front would have dated back to the early 50s and might be a long ago chain--a predecessor of W-D, Kroger, etc.?. It looks Safeway-ish, but they were never that far south. The front of the pylon has what look like spots for 6 or 7 letters. Does that provide more clues?
- 04 Jan 2006 20:17
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants
- Replies: 72
- Views: 95440
K-Mart Cafeterias
The popcorn & the 3/$1 subs (they may have called them "hoagies") were not included from the prototype they developed around 1983. The mere mention of the popcorn & subs reminds me of the distinctive stench they gave to K-Marts. The mid-80s format was when they first tried to draw ...
- 04 Jan 2006 20:04
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: JCPenney and Drugstores
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10095
Eckerd
The different Eckerd chains were started by different branches of the same family. The earlier incarnation of this message board had some detail about this--I forget if they were siblings, cousins or different generations. It's doubtful that Eckerd "saved" JCP or had better management. A f...
- 04 Jan 2006 19:47
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: First supercenter
- Replies: 30
- Views: 24455
Superstores & service departments
There were early experiments with delis, bakeries (often leased departments) and coffee shop-type restaurants going back to the 50s. Typically these were in the Northeast & Midwest. The Fisher Foods chain in Cleveland had delis in almost all of the stores it opened from the mid-50s onward. Delis...
- 04 Jan 2006 19:17
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: KMart grocery stores before SuperKMart
- Replies: 76
- Views: 87931
Zayre Foods
Colonial operated a small number of stores under the "Zayre Foods" banner. More commonly, they had Albers, Colonial, or Big Star stores in shopping centers with Zayre.
- 28 Nov 2005 18:19
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Best Products
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32524
Best Products
Best had a number of stores in the Cleveland area. None of them were of the architecturally distinctive variety (those came in the mid- to late 70s). The one near me was a former Federal Dept Store (a low-end chain based in Detroit) that was among Best's first Cleveland stores (circa 1972). It later...
- 20 Nov 2005 21:27
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Central Massachusetts
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6572