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- 31 Jan 2021 11:14
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Omaha, 1925-2021
- Replies: 2
- Views: 996
Re: NEW: Omaha, 1925-2021
"no frills" (no caps) was a Loblaw banner--the timing is right, but not the location unless they happened to own a wholesaler there. Their main US subsidiary, National Tea, had had stores in Nebraska, but not Omaha and had sold off their more Western operations by the mid 80s, anyway. The ...
- 09 Jan 2021 12:36
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Acme to IGA conversion, Keyser, WV
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3262
Re: Acme to IGA conversion, Keyser, WV
Safeway probably had stores in Martinsburg, Cumberland, Hagerstown and Winchester, so Keyser isn't outside the realm of possibility. Newspapers from larger towns might have mentioned locations or store openings---Cumberland being the most likely candidate.
- 06 Jan 2021 11:02
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: NEW: Bridgeport CT, 1925-1985
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1376
Re: NEW: Bridgeport CT, 1925-1985
It's difficult to get history on Mott's, but they date back to at least 1960 as a Shop-Rite chain. They dominated Hartford/Central Connecticut during the 70s and 80s which was a very competitive marketplace (Finast did well there and Food Mart was their closest competitor, plus there was Stop & ...
- 01 Jan 2021 11:53
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: New location list: Fairmont WV, 1927-2015
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9315
Re: New location list: Fairmont WV, 1927-2015
Food Fair most likely would have been in Martinsburg, which is in the eastern panhandle and had other chains that had DC-Baltimore operations. Further west gest into logistics issues because of crossing the Allegheny Front, which is still a formidable barrier in places. I was in Baltimore a few days...
- 20 Nov 2020 12:54
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Flint MI, 1925-1989
- Replies: 1
- Views: 954
Re: NEW: Flint MI, 1925-1989
National sold their Detroit division stores in 1966 and the stores in that Division seem to have been thinly distributed given the population and geography they covered. More interesting is that Food Fair/Farmer Jack never had stores in the Flint area. They had a store in Toledo (and several there u...
- 15 Nov 2020 09:10
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Walgreen Agency?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3219
Re: Walgreen Agency?
They weren't only in small towns. They also were in large markets where Walgreen's didn't have locations. There was one at Eastgate shopping center outside of Cleveland in what might have been originally a chain drug store and I've seen old ads for them in other sizable places. During the mid 20th c...
- 13 Nov 2020 18:29
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: NEW: Washington PA, 1926-2015
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8172
Re: NEW: Washington PA, 1926-2015
PH Butler was the ancestor of Streamline and ultimately Thorofare.
- 13 Nov 2020 13:37
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Racine WI, 1925-2020
- Replies: 1
- Views: 899
Re: NEW: Racine WI, 1925-2020
I'm surprised Red Owl wasn't here or in Kenosha. They were in Milwaukee and for a short time in Chicago.
- 04 Nov 2020 14:31
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: NEW: Bridgeport CT, 1925-1985
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1376
Re: NEW: Bridgeport CT, 1925-1985
Shop-Rite dates back to at least 1960 in Connecticut & Massachusetts, through Mott's which had the largest market share in Greater Hartford during the 60s and 70s.
- 30 Oct 2020 14:34
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Alexandria VA updated through 1979
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1296
Re: Alexandria VA updated through 1979
The thing to keep in mind for the DC area is that "Food Fair" pre-1959 was a local chain, subsequently bought by Grand Union. The Philly chain used the "Food Lane" in the DC area, but changed to Food Fair shortly after Grand Union bought the local chain. Food Town was bought by K...
- 27 Oct 2020 11:12
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Saginaw MI, 1925-2020
- Replies: 2
- Views: 835
Re: NEW: Saginaw MI, 1925-2020
Looks like this is Topeka, KS
- 08 Sep 2020 11:25
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: New location lists: Cleveland and Columbus
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5886
Re: New location lists: Cleveland and Columbus
For Cleveland: Farmview => Pick-n-Pay. Farmview were dairy stores that had a mostly Jewish clientele (they probably were Kosher). Foodtown began as a co-op but was an actual chain by the time ACF-Wrigley (later known as Allied Supermarkets) of Detroit bought them in the 50s. A few years later, the s...
- 04 Aug 2020 09:19
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: NEW: Springfield MA and vicinity, 1925-1989
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1181
Re: NEW: Springfield MA and vicinity, 1925-1989
"Waldbaum's" started out as Food Mart and wasbased in Springfield, then used "Waldbaum's Food Mart" after Waldbaum's (from LI, NY)bought them in the 70s, and was Food Mart again after A&P bought Walbaum's.
O'Keefe became part of First National.
O'Keefe became part of First National.
- 03 Aug 2020 14:03
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "Grandma" at 125
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2354
Re: "Grandma" at 125
The suburbs thing has always been cited but is probably overblown. Virtually all of the chains that floundered in the 60s and 70s were said to have had too many inner city stores or not moved to the suburbs and, really, you just have to look at the spreadsheets here or drive through the suburbs and ...
- 01 Aug 2020 08:42
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "Grandma" at 125
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2354
Re: "Grandma" at 125
The upstate NY stores in the New England Division probably got combined with the Waldbaum/Food Mart stores they bought. Food Mart was based in Springfield and if they kept their facilities or the old A&P-Springfield operation, it would have been a logical place to source some upstate NY stores. ...