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- 07 Feb 2007 15:22
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Former Big Star/Colonial Locations Still Selling Groceries
- Replies: 32
- Views: 43969
- 05 Feb 2007 12:10
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Paper or Plastic?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13852
Wal Mart here still has the paper ice cream bags..... On a side note, when I worked for Skaggs Albertsons in 1974 when they came to Oklahoma, we had big rolls of brown paper at each checkstand that we used to wrap fresh meat purchases in. Most people liked the idea, it kept the paper bags (which wer...
- 01 Feb 2007 13:04
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: 1960s Phillips 66 stations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7640
Yes, the Oklahoma Turnpike locations had this same design. There were several locations along the turnpikes......however, they are all long gone. There are many of these buildings still around in Oklahoma towns......Phillips was very big here in Oklahoma, their refinery and headquarters was (is) in ...
- 16 Jan 2007 19:32
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Safeway Store Brands
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29634
Actually, I think several of the brands we know as Safeway Brands were this way. I've seen advertisements in old magazines from the 40's and 50's that are like this. The main one that comes to mind is Edwards Coffee......and I had also seen the White Magic one. There are several more.....if I can co...
- 13 Jan 2007 20:11
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Food Depot
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9828
- 25 Dec 2006 03:43
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 105056
- 24 Dec 2006 02:22
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 105056
- 03 Dec 2006 03:14
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: older major non-grocery chain signage
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19939
- 16 Nov 2006 17:16
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Safeway in Missouri and Environs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6221
- 05 Nov 2006 00:31
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Walgreens/supermarket combos?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8405
- 03 Nov 2006 14:06
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Rockville Mall (MD) / Downtown Malls
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15688
Regency Mall in Augusta, Georgia seemed sort of doomed from the start also. It was built in 1976 or 1977--and was touted as the largest mall in Georgia. It had three anchor stores, Montgomery Ward, JB White, and Belk. Actually seemed to pretty well the first couple of years, until the Augusta Mall w...
- 28 Aug 2006 00:24
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Goodbye Eckerd (Rite Aid buys Eckerd and Brooks Drugs)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67106
Eckerd got their start in Oklahoma by purchasing Wards Cut Rate Drugs, which was a chain from Texas, I believe. Their stores were older and smaller for the first few years......but a lot of people shopped there. They got the prescription files from the Treasury Drug stores here in the OKC area (owne...
- 27 Aug 2006 23:56
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Department Store Gas Stations
- Replies: 38
- Views: 26122
Arlans Discount Department Stores around Oklahoma had gas stations in their parking lots in the late 1960's. When Target bought all of their Oklahoma locations in 1972 or so, there were operated as Target Gas for a while. On a side note, all the Arlans had Arlans Supermarket next to the department s...
- 31 May 2006 17:24
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P slogans from 1929
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8865
- 23 May 2006 17:12
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Trading Stamp Memories
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23981
One of my hobbies is collecting old trading stamps. I have probably got about 200 or so different books of them. Gold Bond's headquarters was in Minnesota, Minneapolis I believe, and they seem to have been pretty well known all the way east of there. We had them here in Oklahoma----and I remember Co...