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- 16 Nov 2006 01:28
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Safeway Stores in NY and PA
- Replies: 50
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The only Safeway stores in Pennsylvania were indeed in Southcentral Pennsylvania. The store in York is at the intersection of Haines Rd. and Mt. Rose Avenue on the south side. Clearly an old Safeway, and the old round S sign from Mt. Rose has Ollie's logo inside there. I believe there was another Sa...
- 31 Aug 2006 22:32
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Goodbye Eckerd (Rite Aid buys Eckerd and Brooks Drugs)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 68339
The people this provides no benefit for is the Mid-Atlantic. Eckerd and Rite Aid already operate stores within a 1/2 mile of each other here, so that benefits no one. Both stores are from 1960's shopping centers as Thrift and Drug Fair, respectively. Eckerd and Rite Aid are eerily similar in that bo...
- 15 Aug 2006 23:49
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Big Star in Washington
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3527
Big Star in Washington
Did they ever make it that far? This weekend I was in Arlington, and saw an indie under the FoodRite cooperative, called Food Star, complete with a star in the middle, resembling Big Star. The store was located along Columbia Pike. I know Grand Union was there until the 1980's, but did they ever con...
- 15 Aug 2006 23:43
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips
- Replies: 27
- Views: 34434
- 11 Aug 2006 01:04
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Looking for the name of a bank in Alhambra and Culver City
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6314
Banks and their mergers is something that has fascinated me too. Sadly, I only know about the Mid-Atlantic and vaguely about the Southeast (since many of their banks have penetrated into this region). I assume it's not the same United Bank w/branches mainly in West Virginia and Ohio, but also some i...
- 04 Aug 2006 01:13
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: brendles department stores
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6929
It was the typical catalog showroom mix, featuring housewares, china, jewelry, toys, electronics, sporting goods, and seasonal merchandise. They made it into Virginia (Charlottesville, Roanoke, Lynchburg and Hampton Roads had them, doubtful Richmond did), and closed in the mid-90's, like most of the...
- 16 Jul 2006 02:13
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Grocers in "real" malls - not strip malls
- Replies: 79
- Views: 81993
As someone stated before about Parole Plaza, it is/was not in Bowie, but in Parole, a small suburb of Annapolis in Anne Arundel County about 20 minutes from Bowie. The Free State Mall was in Bowie, and had a Giant that had mall access, until replaced by a newer freestanding store. Beltway Plaza in G...
- 15 Jul 2006 01:42
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: 1985 movie: "The Stuff"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4902
- 09 Jul 2006 23:42
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Woolco
- Replies: 43
- Views: 47518
- 07 Jul 2006 15:43
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Zody's
- Replies: 88
- Views: 76999
Gold Circle and Richway were both owned by Federated. Stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Tennessee (may have been in other Southern areas) became Target. Stores in Cleveland and Pittsburgh went to Hills. I believe Kmart cherrypicked a few as well. I'm not sure about the rest of Ohio and Gold Circle, ...
- 07 Jul 2006 15:41
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Woolco
- Replies: 43
- Views: 47518
Woolco lasted much longer in Canada until about 1993, when the stores were sold to Wal-Mart, their first entry into Canada. As for Woolcos in the Mid-Atlantic, there weren't too many. Only one off the top of my head was in Carlisle, PA at the old MJ Mall (now a TJ Maxx/Sears Outlet), it was a Hills,...
- 03 Jul 2006 23:55
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Old Safeway Cart Spotted
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9422
It seems that the varying difference of how groceries are loaded is almost a North-South thing. Up north, all the chains feature conveyor belts to the cashier, where the customers unload whatever they have. Food Lion for years has enjoyed a very different system, and I've seen the same system used a...
- 24 Jun 2006 01:05
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Red and White
- Replies: 19
- Views: 28581
- 14 Jun 2006 23:42
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Update: Former Pennsylvania Market
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4047
To my knowledge, it seems that store would be too small and a little too early to be an Acme pylon. Acme's pylons were a little later into the 50's from my research (I wasn't alive then, take into account). The pictures I've seen of Acme pylons indicate some stores into the early 60's had the pylons...
- 14 Jun 2006 00:56
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Update: Former Pennsylvania Market
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4047