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Lucky bought the parent company of Yellow Front and Checker Auto in the 80s...then when Lucky went through its fiancial problems, Checker was sold off to become CSK and Yellow Front was liquidated.

Pay N' Save in Arizona is a concept discount store owned by Checker Auto(CSK)....they are super tool stores (like Harbor Freight) but also have pet supplies, sporting goods, and a lot of "closeout" items. They seem to be a reincarnation of the Yellow Front chain (the Pay N Save logo is yel...

I think that red pig on the PW sign is rather evil-looking! :shock:
(Porky's doppelganger?)

It seemed like Safeway was the "king" of private store brands - Cragmont, Par, White Magic, Scotch Buy, Mrs. Whites, Crown Colony, Lucerne, Busy Baker..etc

It may go back to when the big chains started as tea merchants - A&P, Kroger, Jewel. Their original business was selling their own teas and spices. On private brands, many of the store brands are made by the same companies that make the name brand products. Or by large mfg companies that special...

Grants was the first (around 1975) to go to "dime store heaven"..and Grant City was basically their last gasp to compete with KMart. Remember these long gone 5&10s? Rasco; Sprouse-Reitz; Cornet; Kress; McClellan's; T G & Y; McCrory's. One of the survivors is Duckwall-Alco, which is...

The Safeway/Phoenix Div. slogan in the 70s-"Go For It!"

I noticed a Stater Bros store in Buena Park. (in Orange County - which is a distance from Stater's base in the Inland Empire) It had the older style rectangular free-standing signage with the Art-Deco style Stater Bros lettering - so this store must have been there a long time. The question is - was...

That trailer predates the white over green ones

Here is an interesting look at the history of the grocery biz in Arizona (this dates from around 1999-2000...so there have been a number of changes) http://www.afmaaz.org/history/AFMA_Article.pdf The longest operating national retailer in AZ has been Safeway...who came here by buying the Pay N Takit...

Also their Belgian parent - Delhaize - sells in Europe under the name "Le Lion" Their logo is the Food Lion logo

It was a "Pay N' Takit" which was an Arizona chain that was bought by Safeway in the 1920s-30s...this was Safeway's entry into AZ. I imagine it closed down when Jerome lost most of its population when the mines closed (early 50s)-the closest Safeway now in down the hill in Cottonwood

The freestanding store concept must have economic considerations that I'm not fully conversant with. All I know is that if you own a piece of vacant commercial property, it's usually very good news to hear that one of the large pharmacy chains is interested in buying or leasing your property. I've s...

One of Walgreens fancier/bigger units is on the Strip in Las Vegas - Just north of the MGM Grand and next to M&Ms world...complete with Vegas-style neon signage!

Freestanding Osco's used to have a heck of a lot of food, altho I don't recall what they had for dairy.

In fact several freestanding Oscos in PHX call their food depts "Albertsons Mini Markets"!