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by rich
15 Sep 2022 18:31
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: history of Giant stores
Replies: 12
Views: 1592

Re: history of Giant stores

A few edits. All numbers are pre-Ahold. #3 is a CVS. It was a long running Hechingers that was much loved and hated by people in NW DC. Loved because there were fewer decent sized hardware stores in DC than now. The store had rooftop parking which was part of what people hated. The grade was rather ...
by rich
11 Sep 2022 15:04
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Fort Wayne, IN chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1925-87.
Replies: 11
Views: 15463

Re: Fort Wayne, IN chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1925-87.

Pangle’s was a Lima, Ohio based chain. I think they had a number of stores in along the I-75 and US 30 corridors although I don’t think they made it to relatively large markets like Findlay that were closer than Fort Wayne. It’s odd that Marsh never had more stores. Fort Wayne would have been a pote...
by rich
07 Sep 2022 10:53
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: The Kroger Co. Store List Project
Replies: 12
Views: 5006

Re: The Kroger Co. Store List Project

They used the Western division in advertising but not the Eastern. It looks like you found Barney’s and Bi-Lo outside the Cleveland area. Those banners were used after they left the immediate Cleveland area but still had the Division there. Barney’s were in former discount stores and were a warehous...
by rich
06 Sep 2022 21:15
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: The Kroger Co. Store List Project
Replies: 12
Views: 5006

Re: The Kroger Co. Store List Project

Over the past year me and some of my friends have been working on a store list for Kroger and its subsidiaries. This list dates from Kroger's inception in 1883 (and even earlier with JayC/Ralphs), and includes a number of surprises throughout Kroger's history, as well as several long-lost retail hi...
by rich
15 Aug 2022 07:56
Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
Topic: Guam- Safeway
Replies: 8
Views: 6837

Re: Guam- Safeway

Guam is a duty free port which would make sourcing from Asia competitive with sourcing from the US, if not cheaper. Manila is less than half the distance to Guam from Hawaii, let alone from the west coast. Very different from supplying Nome or Unalaska and the population base is big enough that you'...
by rich
23 Jul 2022 12:31
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: A&P bakery only locations?
Replies: 6
Views: 1551

Re: A&P bakery only locations?

They probably were the last major chain in include in-store bakeries, but before that they had a fairly extensive selection of house brand baked goods, more than most other chains. I dimly remember that those were among the things we went to A&P to buy. Many people fondly remember their Spanish ...
by rich
18 Jul 2022 08:40
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Farmer Jack outside of Michigan & Ohio??
Replies: 6
Views: 2477

Re: Farmer Jack outside of Michigan & Ohio??

The stores out West were bought by Borman (the original operator) in 1987 and only lasted a year. They sold to A&P after they sold those stores.
by rich
14 Jul 2022 20:25
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Farmer Jack outside of Michigan & Ohio??
Replies: 6
Views: 2477

Re: Farmer Jack outside of Michigan & Ohio??

Farmer Jack's was in Toledo twice: 1980s & 90s on Secor Road in a former Topps under the original Borman's management
which was an enormous store with service departments.

Then they had 4 stores built under A&P management in the early 2000s.
by rich
30 Jun 2022 23:00
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Mystery stores in Terre Haute, IN
Replies: 8
Views: 2069

Re: Mystery stores in Terre Haute, IN

Super market candidates: Kroger, Standard (National Tea), Eisner (Jewel), A&P and possibly Cub (they were in Indy). The last one, oddly, looks like an old MEMCO near where I work that has been subdivided. Terre Haute would have been too small and away from their core area, but maybe it started l...
by rich
30 Jun 2022 09:33
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: NEW: Altoona, 1925-2020
Replies: 9
Views: 1505

Re: NEW: Altoona, 1925-2020

Thorofare went pretty far South (Fairmont WV, East Liverpool, Ohio) by the mid 50s, but they didn't seem to go very far North, East, or West. Eastward they would have run into the dropoff of the Allegheny Plateau (Altoona is close to this) which is an adventure to drive even in dry weather in a seda...
by rich
28 Jun 2022 21:58
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: NEW: Altoona, 1925-2020
Replies: 9
Views: 1505

Re: NEW: Altoona, 1925-2020

A&P had a division and a warehouse in Altoona up until the 1980s. They sometimes had them in places that seemed too close to a more major city. Toledo was another, bigger example. I think they also had one in Fort Wayne.

I’m surprised Thorofare wasn’t here.
by rich
25 Jun 2022 10:48
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: List of A&P Centennial locations
Replies: 6
Views: 1452

Re: List of A&P Centennial locations

2323 Broadview Road, Cleveland Ohio (intact, but current tenant, Rite Aid, recently closed) https://www.google.com/maps/place/2323+Broadview+Rd,+Cleveland,+OH+44109/@41.4389973,-81.7007533,3a,75y,217.89h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sm0D5guUgM2cQZgZ-xf4NJw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x8830ef8d9c9b6cb7:0...
by rich
24 Jun 2022 08:35
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: NEW: Johnstown PA 1925-1960
Replies: 3
Views: 1006

Re: NEW: Johnstown PA 1925-1960

Cupp's was acquired by American Stores and formed the nucleus of their Johnstown Division which ranged down to Morgantown WV and into the Pittsburgh area. It was never a large division and the stores were rather scattered with never more than a half dozen in Greater Pittsburgh. Paul Cupp of Cupp's e...
by rich
23 Jun 2022 09:16
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Pathmark in Maryland?
Replies: 3
Views: 1354

Re: Pathmark in Maryland?

There was a signup during the early 90s for a Pathmark "coming soon" in East Baltimore in the Highlandtown area on Eastern Avenue just before entering the Bayview area and the interstate. To my knowledge, it was never built. A store that now operates as the "Market at Highlandtown&quo...
by rich
21 Jun 2022 08:24
Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
Topic: Guam- Safeway
Replies: 8
Views: 6837

Re: Guam- Safeway

Probably supplied by whomever was supplying the military PXes on Guam. That would have been the likeliest way to make it viable. There probably were more than enough Americans w/o PX privileges, such as people at the University or at Continental Airlines (which had a regional hub there ), to justify...