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i heard that there were some Safeways in the U.K....can anyone shed some light on this...?? like when they pulled out, etc thanks!

the pak n' save chain was owned by the Vons Companies till Safeway bought them out. And what came with the buy out was the Vons stores, Pavilions stores, and Pak N Save stores. Vons "invented" the chain to compete in the "low end" market ( e.g. food 4 less). it was a spin off fro...

theres an albertsons in burbank that is relaly nice,....it has tvs in the produce section that gives u cooking ideas and everything....!! service deli and bakery are great...fresh and free samples! lol.....its a great store

ive seen 3 Albertsons that were former lucky stores and they still have the lucy interiors and same shelves.....they jus put the albertsons sign over all the luckys signs in the store....i think they remodeled one lucky store but I'm not for sure...the one on crenshaw and mlk blvd i think was remode...

very interresting!! theres a vons in redondo beach that has a dry cleaners and a smothie bar....i think the smoothie bar is independent tho....(didn't know safeway allowed that!) i beleive the store was built in 1997....its a big store....i wonder if they did a super pavilions....lol

well i found my answer!! lol Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27 -- Sometimes a successful retail concept can't be exported, even a few miles away. After two tries two decades apart, that's the conclusion Tom Thumb has made about its Simon David specialty supermarket. On Wednesday, the Simon...

ah that's great!! i was watching the golden girls earlier..(lol) and they said something about an A&P and i was jus wondering if there were any in flordia....

so that was a vons super combo store that u are talking about...?? wa sthe signage different...?? are any of these stores still around...??

are there any a&p stores in flordia...?

wow thanks for the article!! very good to know!

and yes there still is a VONS on manchester...if it wa s a former super combo store, that would explain why its so abnormally huge!

so what happened to this concept...?? I'm assuming they were putting more money in then they were getting out...

the pavilions on santa monica and robertson used to be called a pavilions place and that store is pretty big....the one in torrance also is called pavilions place and its a decent size with a bakery and service deli....maybe the name "pavilions place" was only for certain areas...like uppe...

i was reading an article online and they were talking about a "Vons Super Combo" store in simi valley...the artcle was talkin about how they were going to open up a "prototype" store in inglewood, ca and a couple of other cities...I'm sure these stores failed....but any info on t...

where was a williams bros. store located...? what type of store was it...?? upscale,middle class,etc....ive never heard of this chain buty i was reading a company profile and Vons and it mentioned they owned these williams bros. stores!! anyone have any info on this...???



thanks!!!

the reason why Vons choose to name certain Pavilions stores "Pavilions Place" is because the pavilions place name was used for pavilions stores that where in a "mall center" with a lot of little stores surrounding it....sorta like a strip mall but bigger....

lol...i knew i was spelling it wrong! i remember the vons ads with him but not the tiangus....does your pavilions value plus card look the same as they do now...?? do u know what happened to the chain...?? did it not do as good as they thought it would...?