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- 05 Aug 2007 23:03
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Goodbye Eckerd (Rite Aid buys Eckerd and Brooks Drugs)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 60117
- 15 Feb 2007 20:26
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Miscellaneous Drugstore Chain Discussion
- Replies: 25
- Views: 19732
Happy Harry's drug stores, a Delaware-based chain or ~73 stores which was founded in the early 1960's, was swallowed by Walgreens last year, and the stores are still using the Happy Harry's name for now. They were using different ads, but I see now they are using the same Walgreens ads/promos with t...
- 09 Feb 2007 22:32
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Paper or Plastic?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13677
- 08 Feb 2007 21:30
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Paper or Plastic?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13677
- 03 Feb 2007 13:57
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: UPC codes & grocery scanning
- Replies: 100
- Views: 95311
Was @ Wal*Mart today. One (1) of the items I purchased had a green price tag on the package. I see this periodically there. Obviously it scans...yet it seems that they put the green tags on certains products. Any idea why? Green tags are for clearance items. Just as kmart puts neon-yellowish/green ...
- 30 Jan 2007 17:17
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Toy Chains
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25159
- 26 Jan 2007 21:45
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Flea Market Montgomery - former Wards?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3889
- 26 Jan 2007 12:44
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Bradlee's/Caldor
- Replies: 16
- Views: 22613
I do..it wasnt too long ago when they were still around. Caldor closed up around 1999---around the spring time if I remember correctly Bradlees was able to hang on a little longer until the first few months in 2001 (I believe they announced their closure the day after christmas in 2000). Out of the ...
- 25 Jan 2007 11:19
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Shopping carts
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5079
- 11 Jan 2007 22:40
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 94249
- 02 Jan 2007 18:58
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Clemens Family Markets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4815
Well Safeway didn't gain anything really from this deal. Their Genuardi's stores will continue to sink as Giant, SuperFresh, and the newest threat, Wegmans (probably one of the reasons Clemens decided to sell in the first place according to some inside people i've talked to--same with a Pathmark sto...
- 25 Dec 2006 12:38
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 94249
- 23 Dec 2006 20:02
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: PAK'N SAVE FOODS
- Replies: 37
- Views: 34246