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- 19 Nov 2006 03:13
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Chains Expanding Far From Their Home Turf
- Replies: 24
- Views: 18320
- 01 Nov 2006 08:00
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Smith's Food King in Socal--with store locations
- Replies: 42
- Views: 43469
I only remember one in Maywood, next door to a Thrifty's with a restaurant inside! The building was damaged by a storm around early '83 (the Thrifty's roof partially collapsed and never reopened). Smith's closed that location and sold to an independent, Alpha (not Beta). I believe the entire block w...
- 23 Oct 2006 00:55
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: A big discovery: 1976 Safeway California map!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 66035
- 03 Oct 2006 15:06
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: FedMart Southern California?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 64480
There was one in Fontana on Foothill that was white with maybe 25,000 sq ft. of selling space. The store didn't stock a very big mix, and when Sol opened the large old white fronts he kept this little store operational. It was never expanded, nor as I can remember did it have the room too. Another ...
- 01 Oct 2006 13:19
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: FedMart Southern California?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 64480
Does anyone remember FedMart having an sterisk in their logo towards the end? I think it was written FedMart* but I could be wrong. I posted about that upthread :) It was written FedMart* and I always thought it was strange. It was as if there was some kind of disclaimer that you had to find in the...
- 29 Sep 2006 19:39
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: FedMart Southern California?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 64480
Let me do a better job of describing the 3-sided sign. Looking down on it, it's shaped like an open triangle. It has 3 legs, one at each vertex of the triangle that are essentially just long poles, probably 40 feet tall (?). The sign itself is white at the top of the poles. I know some still exist ...
- 10 Jul 2006 23:58
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: 1959 Safeway in Downey CA
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5517
Gary, Just how old was this store seen in the picture I saw? Ben (StoreLiker2005) Hi The site the pic came from says N/A for a date in the picture but judging from the cars in the lot it should be somewhere between 1961-1964 Gary I recognized this store from the sign to the far right before I saw t...
- 07 Jul 2006 03:48
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Treasury Department Stores
- Replies: 34
- Views: 49886
- 05 Jul 2006 13:55
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: White Front Stores
- Replies: 53
- Views: 65458
Forgot to add, the Target on Orange Show in San Bernardino was once a White Front, and the former Target on Mountain in Ontario was also once a White Front. Both had also been Fedmarts. I read in a Wikipedia entry that the Orange Show store still had the White Front arch. I used to go to that store...
- 05 Jul 2006 02:50
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Old Target Interiors
- Replies: 32
- Views: 26521
- 05 Jul 2006 02:22
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: White Front Stores
- Replies: 53
- Views: 65458
Looking at 2222 S Harbor Bl, that's where the Toys R Us was located. I doubt this buildnig was White Front, but there is a large empty lot it looks behind it. Somewhere near there, either on Harbor Blvd. or a parallel street, there was an abandoned supermarket, complete with a giant sign in the sha...
- 05 Jul 2006 02:11
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: LA Safeways That Became Vons
- Replies: 41
- Views: 33590
- 02 Jul 2006 02:57
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Grocers in "real" malls - not strip malls
- Replies: 79
- Views: 71098
- 30 Jun 2006 22:16
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Does anyone remember Tiangus?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12830
The Tianguis stores initially did very well, but during a labor protest relating to grapes Vons made the decision to have Ceasar Chavez arrested at one of the stores (in Highland Park if I remember correctly). The publicity in the Spanish media was very bad and sales started falling rapidly and the...
- 29 Jun 2006 13:21
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Vons 1956 photos Broadway-Crenshaw LA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8728