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Answers to your questions: http://www.groceteria.com/alphabeta/index.html -- FAD was Alpha Beta's discount format. The name was used for a limited time. -- The Skaggs Alpha Beta brand was the result of the merger of American Stores with Skaggs Drugstores. -- Yucaipa, which already owned Food4Less in...

I've spilt the specific locations discussions into a new thread in the proper forum:

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1004

Please use that one for discussion of specific locations and this one for general history of the chain.

Thanks,
David

Of particular interest: -- Harris-Teeter in downtown Charleston SC, housed in an old railroad warehouse or freight depot. -- Harris-Teeter at Cameron Village in Raleigh, in an old Sears store. -- Cala on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in a former car dealership. -- A location on South Boulevard i...

I've split this thread to create a new one on specific Thriftimart locations. Please post location-specific info there now and reserve this one for general history on the chain:

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=991

Thanks,
David

I dunno but it looks to me like the "big ugly guy" is in a lot better shape than the Safeway... (and he has a cool geeky tshirt, which I've commented to him about before) My betrothed was taking pictures of me that day for a newspaper feature. I don't always wear that shirt :) More photos...

Photo of that store (with a big ugly guy in front of it) here:

http://www.groceteria.com/about/graphic ... wynn02.jpg

And how about Shoney's Big Boy? I guess there are "Big Boy" chains all around the country with varying "first" names? Wondering what's the connection and how many different "______" Big Boy chains are there? They were all franchises stemming from the original Bob's Big...

However, the fact that the vast majority of Gemco locations have been successful as Target stores points to the fact that Gemco picked excellent real estate to develop. The other thought that struck me was as I drove past the "other" Target on Balboa... the newly built Target stores are g...

Actually, the first McDonalds franchise (offered by the McDonald Bros) was built in Phoenix by a gas station owner with the last name of Fox. It was at Central Ave & Indian School Rd You're absolutely right. I may have been thinking that Sacramento was the first California franchise sold. Or I ...

TheStranger wrote: This is probably a subject to start a whole new thread about

You are correct. Consider it done...

(Sorry for going off topic for a minute there...) I don't think you were really particularly off topic; it's just that the question was only posed in the subject line so I couldn't quote it from the original message :) The Downey McDonald's is definitely worth a visit, particularly since it's origi...

Per the question posed in the subject, it's definitely not an original. McDonald's has a prototype that's reminiscent of the original locations but is also two to three times larger. I've seen them in several cities. BTW, Sacramento was the home of the first McDonald's franchise, I believe. This was...

Does anyone remember what made the Futuresotre so...I dunno...futuristic? What exactly was the purpose of the concept? It was a stark, black and white decor package, very "1980s high tech" and some argued very cold and uninviting. The concept was designed to give A&P a more upscale br...

Hi all. Interesting stuff, but if we could keep this topic focused on history, that would be great.

Thanks.

Hi all. Interesting stuff and all, but if we could keep this topic focused on history, that would be great.

Thanks.