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Dave Trottier, who ran Smitty's of Missouri licensed the name from Arizona and copied the stores fully, down to the restaurant and all. Up until 1998, he owned and operated the chain, which was up to 10 stores. He sold them to Albertsons, who almost immediately rebranded them. Then in 2001, Albertso...

Per Mitch Glaser http://www.mitchglaser.com/journal/2005/07/remembering-smittys.html --- In remembering_retail@yahoogroups.com, "storewanderer" wrote: > Kroger has a lot of gems on their hands. It is just a question of > bringing them together to work well. Frys and Fred Meyer have worked ...

Here are some photos from 2 Phoenix locations circa 1957 (must have those cars!)

http://www.westwoodvillage-estates.com/phxapril1957

The Jewel banner went as far west as New Mexico at one time. Jewel-Osco was the new name for the Skaggs-Alpha Beta stores there when Jewel and American Stores merged (they are now Albertsons/SavOn) There was also a Aldi-style chain operated by Jewel in CA called "Jewel T" during the 80s......

I had an uncle who worked in PHX for Alfred M Lewis, the West Coast grocery wholesaler who sold under the "Orange Empire" banner. Has anybody ever seen a store using the Orange Empire name? I know A M Lewis was disbanded in the 80s-Lucky picked up their PHX warehouse then Fry's bought it w...

Wasn't Eagle a chain formerly owned by Lucky? Their ads looked similar to Lucky's.

It leads me to think that often "private labels" are packaged at one big factory and they just put different labels on things. I know WD made a lot of their own stuff (especially colas and dairy). Our big names were ASTOR, THRIFTY MAID, SUPERBRAND, CHEK and ARROW. You are correct...there a...

Now we know why A & P had so many financial problems...

Bashas' has been very successful by buying the remains of defunct Arizona chains....First A J Bayless, then Mega Foods,Southwest Supermarkets,and finally ABCO/Desert Markets

Sad, because I REALLY liked Roasters' chicken

So did Kramer in a Seinfeld episode..."Kennyyy!"

It looks like anymore the only dept. store choices at the malls will be Sears/JCPenney/Dillard's/Macy's-with an occasional Nordstrom or Saks. :(

We had a Rhodes operation in AZ that changed to Liberty House also (both were owned by the Amfac conglomerate-this was in their ads)....is the the same Rhodes that was in the NW? Liberty House in AZ sold out to Joske's of Texas, who was later sold to Dillards.

I know before the late 60s KFC buckets were white and brown. Until the 70s most of the KFC franchises had the owners name combined with Kentucky Fried Chicken. In PHX, KFC stores were called "Harman's Kentucky Fried Chicken"-Which was one of the first franchises approved by the Colonel his...

Yellow Front started as a handful of Army surplus stores in the PHX area in the 50s...all having a "yellow" front. In the 60s, they added hunting/fishing/camping supplies, outdoor/work clothing such as Levi's, auto parts, and closeout/discount items. By the 70s, they had stores in every sm...

The first McD's drive thrus were at McDs near military bases...it used to be that you could not be in uniform outside the base unless driving your car. Therefore with drive thru you could still get a bite outside the base without changing clothes. The red/white "golden arches" design was &...