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- 31 Jul 2020 13:21
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "Grandma" at 125
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5044
Re: "Grandma" at 125
It does seem that Superfresh came about in PA due to issues as described. However, looking at a map, Florence (NJ) is not far from Camden, which is right across the river from Philly, so it might have just been where a facility was already located (close to the city but far enough out to be cheaper/...
- 12 Jul 2020 11:37
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: UPC codes & grocery scanning
- Replies: 100
- Views: 113498
Re: UPC codes & grocery scanning
I remember those DTS registers at Price Chopper as well but I recall the digital readout being on the side of the machine facing the customer as you stood in the checkout lane. I believe the readout was in orange. Don't ever remember that pole set-up you're speaking of. Maybe it was just the config...
- 11 Jul 2020 11:50
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: UPC codes & grocery scanning
- Replies: 100
- Views: 113498
Re: UPC codes & grocery scanning
The older registers were marked "Data Terminal Systems" but the newer ones, or the ones with replacement parts around the display were marked "National Semiconductor Datachecker/DTS". In High School I worked at Mayfair Markets in San Diego and they had just converted to electron...
- 07 Jul 2020 23:16
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: UPC codes & grocery scanning
- Replies: 100
- Views: 113498
Re: UPC codes & grocery scanning
Aware/4680 (AW Computer Services like you mentioned) was also capable of running Datachecker terminals on IBM 4680 OS. Safeway did this for their Datachecker terminals from the early 1980s, and I'm pretty sure Price Chopper in New York State did the for their DTS 500 and DTS 2500 terminals. Aware/4...
- 07 Jun 2020 14:17
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Kmart checkouts over the years
- Replies: 26
- Views: 19233
Re: Kmart checkouts over the years
I always wondered if the odd variety of hardwares was due to the various businesses they had owned previously. I remember for instance Office Max used Fujistu, Borders used NCR, Waldenbooks used IBM. Probably just a coincidence. Actually, given the way they did(n't) update most of their own stores ...
- 05 Apr 2020 13:04
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Short-lived grocery stores
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5713
Re: Short-lived grocery stores
Thorofare came to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area in the early 80s. They lasted a year or so. Interesting side note: over a decade later, a bought a box of Thorofare tall kitchen trash bags at Big Lots in Cincinnati. I wonder how long they had been sitting in a warehouse before Big Lots got t...
- 13 Feb 2020 18:04
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Short-lived grocery stores
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5713
Re: Short-lived grocery stores
We had (in the Albany, NY area) the very last Grand Union opened and (as far as I know) the only one of it's type ever completed (there was at least one other near Marist College in the Poughkeepsie area that was being built but never opened). The one that did open had about 6 months from Grand Ope...
- 13 Feb 2020 12:51
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Short-lived grocery stores
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5713
Re: Short-lived grocery stores
What's more interesting is new-build grocery stores that were opened and then closed just as quickly, like the ACME in Freehold, NJ , then either seen sporadic use as a grocery store, if ever again. And the Top Tomato mentioned in that Acme Style post is apparently also gone after a not too long ti...
- 12 Feb 2020 17:59
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Short-lived grocery stores
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5713
Re: Short-lived grocery stores
We had (in the Albany, NY area) the very last Grand Union opened and (as far as I know) the only one of it's type ever completed (there was at least one other near Marist College in the Poughkeepsie area that was being built but never opened). The one that did open had about 6 months from Grand Open...
- 21 Nov 2019 20:46
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway Grand Opening-Photo-Unknown Date & Location
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8709
Re: Safeway Grand Opening-Photo-Unknown Date & Location
Nice find. I have to wonder though why so many furniture stores feel the need to remove so many fluorescent tubes. It's the little things like that which makes stores look more tired than they really are. Good question, although it didn't look that dark without them - maybe they just don't need as ...
- 21 Nov 2019 20:40
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Old-School Supermarket Meat Departments
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4411
Re: Old-School Supermarket Meat Departments
Another factor is that meat departments have to maintain a cooler temperature and have refrigeration equipment running constantly. There is probably some cost savings with a solid insulated wall versus windows which do not insulate as well. I am not sure if this is a significant difference. Visible...
- 20 Aug 2019 16:50
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Beckley, WV chain grocery/supermarket locations
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26652
Re: Beckley, WV chain grocery/supermarket locations
I imagine that this older Superstore at Raleigh Mall (that opened in July 1974, by the way) closed when the ex-Food 4 Less Kroger opened: After all, the two sites are less than a mile apart! Yet, both addresses are listed as Kroger in 2000...most likely a directory publisher's oversight. Might it n...
- 05 Aug 2019 20:40
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Mystery Store - 15031 Middlebelt Road, Romulus, MI
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3219
Re: Mystery Store - 15031 Middlebelt Road, Romulus, MI
Although it's always hard to rule out something unusual having happened in this particular area. The reasoning being due to a small town in this area, in which Grand Union built a new store in the 1990's (about 1994) that was under 25,000 Sq. Ft. in size (was even less in the original plan, then the...
- 08 Jul 2019 19:08
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: St. Thomas, ON chain grocery/supermarket history, 1925-2019
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8609
Re: St. Thomas, ON chain grocery/supermarket history, 1925-2019
Looks similar to A&P's Futurestore design. The Loblaws prototype has less glass and a much bigger footprint, but yeah, there are some similarities. I did notice that it didn't have the glass in the front (but wasn't certain if that was original or had been removed at some point). Didn't notice ...
- 08 Jul 2019 16:04
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: St. Thomas, ON chain grocery/supermarket history, 1925-2019
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8609
Re: St. Thomas, ON chain grocery/supermarket history, 1925-2019
Looks similar to A&P's Futurestore design.Andrew T. wrote: ↑07 Jul 2019 10:47 Like a store in London that dated to the same era, the 1980s Loblaws Superstore at 295 Wellington Street had a slanted front. The building has been reoccupied by Home Hardware/Home Furniture, but the unusual facade is still intact: