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I think that stores like KMart, even though they are a big box store, liked to think of themselves as shopping centers as they had most things that people needed daily. During the same era as the "KMart Plazas", Fred Meyer stores refered to themselves as "Fred Meyer Super Shopping Cen...

In 1973 Payless came into the area by acquiring both Gov Mart and House of Values at the same time. Payless was a division of K-Mart at the time. Bazzar Foods reamained until the late 1970s. The Gov Mart in Tacoma remained for a few more years until it was acquired by Fred Meyer. Then it became Cos...

. I wonder if the Fred Meyer on 72nd and Pacific was a White Front. It looks pretty similar to the other store they own. The Fred Meyer at 72nd and Pacific in Tacoma and the one at 19th and Stevens plus the one in Bellingham are all the same design. They were built around 1972-1974 and were origina...

In the section about old malls, there was a discussion about the above mentioned department stores. I just want to piece together some of the things I know about the above. As previously mentioned, Marshall Field, though it's Federick and Nelson Division, did buy Lipmans. That would be sometime in t...

Prairie Market was a Seattle based "warehouse" chain started in the 1960's by the now defunct Tradewell. They were pretty bare bones and had no service bakery or deli sections as most were built before that became the norm for supermarkets. Many of them were former Tradewells that were ref...

I do remember that in Yakima, WA was the Yakima Mall. While I am not from Yakima, I believe that the anchors were around before the creation of the mall. This mall had The Bon Marche, JCPenney, Mervyn's and Nordstrom as anchors. When I was there for a convention in the 1980's. it was a vibrant place...

Libby's once had a pudding like canned dessert which contained fruit pieces, similar to fruit and yogurt in consistency. [/quote] This prouct was called "Fruit Float". I really liked it as a child. I even remember the jingle. It went like this: "I'll bet you'll like Fruit Float! But I...

On the radio during this Christmas season I have been hearing Safeway's jingle that says "Are you having any fun?". First of all, who sings that? It sounds old like it could be Andy Williams. Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to see what some other Christmas jingles that various su...

I believe the separate ownership explains why it's not unusual to see very dated exteriors on anchor store buildings even when the rest of the mall has had a significant renovation. I'm sure that the mall developer would have those buildings updated if they could, but it's not under their sphere of ...

OT: Hey, since you're in the area, I have a question for you: Do you have any progress update on the Eastgate store, and any idea when the downtown Bellevue marina will be dismantled?[/quote] Unfortunately, I have not been in the Eastgate store in awhile. I actually live in Seattle but used to atten...

The Bellevue, WA Barnes and Noble is a former bowling alley. I live in the Seattle area and I am quite familiar with Bellevue. Also, in other threads, there has been mention of a operating marina Safeway in Bellevue. That is just a couple of blocks from the Barnes and Noble in the picture.

A&P in Washington State was pretty much located in Seattle, Tacoma and Bremerton (at least I think it was in Bremerton). Anyway, they were here until about 1974. Some if not all the Tacoma locations became Manlys supermarkets (if memory serves correctly, I was only 13 at the time). I don't know ...

I didn't see many Thrifty stores here in the Seattle area. But I am wondering if Giant T was actually a part of Thrifty throughout the life of that banner? But the Thrifty/Giant T stores that I saw in the Seattle/Tacoma area were in the following locations: Five Corners Shopping Center in Burien, WA...

The Safeway font at the Leavenworth, WA store is different for a reason. Back in the early 1960's, Leavenworth was a dying town. Then some businesses started to remodel with Bavarian architechture. Those businesses prospered. Eventually almost all the businesses in town did likewise. Now the town is...

Thanks for a blast from the past! I remember a similar map of Washington State with all the Safeways on it like you stated. I wish I still had this map. But this also showed locations in the parts of Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia that were visible on the map. But I thought that this map was dat...