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Found another location Hollywood City Center, Steubenville, Ohio Ad for the store: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weirton-daily-times-thriftown-door-b/102394831/ There was a Mr Wiggs discount dept. store located in the plaza at one point (????-1981) which then became a Kmart location from 19...

Ok so after doing some more research on Newspapers.com, here's some more information that I found about the chain: I found a store location, 160 19th Ave, Moline, IL It was located next to a Kroger location Was last advertised in 1971 Later advertisements featured the Kroger logo and the Thriftown l...

A quick search on Newspapers.com brought me 2 ads with the Thriftown logo:

https://www.newspapers.com/clippings?qu ... 0Thriftown

What about the Lawrence, NC location which I just found https://books.google.com/books?id=jlUyAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=Kroger+Family+Center&article_id=5551,2196007&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkocDG-5GBAxXQF1kFHZZRAT84ChDoAXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=Kroger%20Family%20Center&f=false h...

I feel like I should also mention that Meijer did the exact same thing with their "Meijer Square" stores: https://retail247.blogspot.com/2023/01/remember-when-meijer-was-square.html They started out as a grocery store, became a hypermarket (via their Thrifty Acres division), but also had t...

Has anyone ever heard of this chain? Apparently it was Kroger's true discount dept. store division Kroger had their family centers, hypermarkets with a full supermarket and discount dept store section, similar and comparable to todays Walmart Supercenter, But they also had Thriftown, full on discoun...

With the 2 locations that I just mentioned, that brings the number of known Kroger Family Centers (known to me) to a grand total of 45.

If you want to view all the locations that I've tracked you can find them here:

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What about the Lawrence, NC location which I just found https://books.google.com/books?id=jlUyAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=Kroger+Family+Center&article_id=5551,2196007&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkocDG-5GBAxXQF1kFHZZRAT84ChDoAXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=Kroger%20Family%20Center&f=false ht...

Has anyone mentioned the store in Mount Airy (NC) yet? https://books.google.com/books?id=IXM_AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA31&dq=Kroger+Family+Center&article_id=7103,5637782&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5s9-S-5GBAxWUEFkFHeFxD7UQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=Kroger%20Family%20Center&f=false https...

There are still a few missing from AR, NC and some other states, though good work. Don't forget to credit the Kroger store list and South Texas Retail for our findings. Also missing - the short lived greenhouse Family Center in Opelousas, LA. It ran from 1980-1982.kropel.jpg Did this location inclu...

You have Paris listed three times. Only one is correct: Kroger Family Center 1310 Clarksville St Paris TX 75460 One is a direct duplicate, and the other (3052 Clarksville) was not Kroger. Kroger didn't run the Family Centers long enough to relocate any stores. Kroger still operates in the old Famil...

Hey guys, I made a Google Sheets list of discount department stores and where they used to be located. I know its not supermarket related (unless you count the discount subsidiaries of grocery chains like Grand Way etc.) I tried to put every single location of every discount chain that I could find...

Ok so I made a list of discount department stores, which includes Kroger Family Centers. here's what my records show so far: Kroger Family Center 2304 N Slappey Blvd Albany GA 31701 Kroger Family Center 530 Woodlawn Rd Lincoln IL 62656 Kroger Family Center 1600 W Jackson St Macomb IL 61455 Kroger Fa...

Grand Union had Grand Way Stop & Shop owned Bradlees Big Bear had Harts Meijer had Thrifty Acres (and a small concept called "Meijer Square" for a few years) Red Owl had had their Family Centers Copps had discount department stores under their own name (Simply just called Copps Depart...

Hey guys, I made a Google Sheets list of discount department stores and where they used to be located. I know its not supermarket related (unless you count the discount subsidiaries of grocery chains like Grand Way, Kroger Family Centers, etc.) I tried to put every single location of every discount ...