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W.W.Mac 5&10 cent stores were founded in October 1936 by William McLellan, who had originally founded the much larger and better known McLellan's chain. Having lost control of McLellans during the early years of the depression, McLellan went back into the business in 1936 on a much smaller scale...

I can confirm that there was a "built for that purpose" Kentucky Roast Beef restaurant in Hampton, Va. Located on W. Mercury Blvd, just west of the middle traffic circle known as Sinclair Circle, it was located about 200 yards from what had been the first KFC in the area, that sat directly...

Those Newberry conversions turned up in some unusual locations in the late 1990s, places where the Newberry name had never been strong. Former TG&Y Family Center stores in Burnsville, NC and Erwin, TN were partitioned and a part, perhaps as much as half of the original square footage, was reopen...

With the breakup of Standard Oil in 1911, each of the surviving companies that marketed petroleum products was assigned a territory in which they were allowed to use the Standard name and certain other trademarks associated with Standard from before the breakup, including Red Crown or Crown Gasoline...

Attached is an advertisement that Chevron put out several years ago about the remaining Standard/Chevron sites. This is done to protect the Standard name, probably the most fought over trademark in history. Hope this helps explain the situation. Wayne Henderson for gasoline marketing history, check ...

It's just a thought, but when you consider the site, the other structures and the surroundings, I can't help but think that those blue stripes to either side of the KROGER lettering are very similar to that used on Ford dealerships in the 1970s and 1980s. The dual blue stripes were broken in the mid...

The Safeway name is virtually unknown in southern North Carolina, so there really is no advantage in using it on a c-store. The Wilmington site is a former Seven Eleven that has been an independent c-store for many years. I lived in Wilmington for 8 years and have been in this store a couple of time...

The Be-Lo trademark was developed in the late 1950s as a common brand that could be used by retailers who bought primarily from Norfolk, VA based wholesaler Camelia Foods. While stores were marked "Be-Lo", print or radio often advertised "Bonnie Be-Lo Markets" and featured a Scot...

Looks like the South Carolina (and southern NC) small town version of the Dreyfus Colonial design. Take a look at the Colonial turned Piggly Wiggly in Hamlet, NC on the main site. Pay particular attention to the brick work. There are similar buildings converted in Wilmington and Bennettsville, as we...

I can confirm that 1415 Dunbar Avenue was a Kroger in 1970, but had changed to Fas-Chek #6 by the time the 1980 directories were published. Prior to this time, Fas Chek #6 was located at 1326 Ohio Ave in Dunbar. Working from copies of "Charleston Suburban" city directories of that year, 19...

In a batch of photos taken in Norristown, PA about 1933, I have just located several fantastic photos of a very early warehouse type supermarket that is labled "Eagle Giant Market, Inc Shopping Center" (not a typo, it does not say "Giant Eagle"). The building looks like a convert...

The following was written several years ago at the request of a research specialist that had been working on the history of early shopping centers. Having discovered this forum, it seems that this article would be of interest to readers here. I grew up in Hampton, VA during the postwar boom of the T...

Concerning Winn-Dixie's Virginia operations, their first expansion into Virginia came in late 1959 or early 1960 with the purchase of two Martinsville locations of George's Giant Super Markets. One location was downtown at 66 Fayette Street and there was parking lot signage left there just a few yea...

I am working on some research into the operations that came together to make up Greenville, SC based Dixie Home Stores, and was wondering if anyone can fill in any details. So far, I have uncovered the following: Working backwards from the point that is available in every Winn-Dixie corporate histor...

Hey Ingles fans. I passed through Statesville this morning and the Ingles (#78) at the US 64 West Statesville exit still has the red-orange-yellow fascia, with the wide white frame. This shopping center dates from the mid-1970s and originally was home to this Ingles and a Sky City discount store. Th...