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- 15 Sep 2006 00:25
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Waldbaums (Safeway?)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 48651
- 15 Sep 2006 00:23
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Billy Blake? Food Parade?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 34371
- 13 Sep 2006 23:39
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Who remembers store brand beer?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19018
- 13 Sep 2006 23:32
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Billy Blake? Food Parade?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 34371
Do you really care if they consider you a wacko? More to the point, if a newspaper owns it, they have undoubtedly dealt with a lot more genuine wackos. On the other hand, it's more likely that the local Buildings Department would have information in their files -- possibly documents showing previou...
- 29 Aug 2006 22:24
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Billy Blake? Food Parade?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 34371
- 29 Aug 2006 00:02
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Woolco
- Replies: 43
- Views: 47206
Re: Woolco
Anyone remember them? They were Woolworths' attempt to compete with Kmart. The only one I can remember was at Point West Shopping Center on Arden Way in Sacramento. I believe it was later a Weinstocks Furniture Gallery and/or Clearance Center. I'm not sure what's there now, although there's a Circu...
- 28 Aug 2006 23:57
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: King Kullen Grocery Company, Inc
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5752
King Kullen Grocery Company, Inc
Does anyone remember shopping at King Kullen in New York?
- 28 Aug 2006 23:53
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Would anybody like to discuss why old stores interest them?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14293
Nostalgia, pure and simple. The want of a better time. I used to stay home with mommy and go to the grocery store with her during the summer. Now I work, 9 hours a day, 5 days a week grumble grumble... Even today I simply love walking into supermarkets with a look as though I were searching for som...
- 28 Aug 2006 23:40
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Hill's? Hill's-Korvette?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 57286
Re: Hill's? Hill's-Korvette?
When we moved to Junction Blvd. in Queens in 1963, on the dividing line between Elmhurst, Corona and Rego Park, there was a Penn Fruit supermarket on the ground floor of the Lefrak City housing development. (The store must have been only a couple of years old, because I think that first section of ...
- 28 Aug 2006 23:29
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Grand Union
- Replies: 76
- Views: 92699
They were never national. They probably reached their maximum geographic coverage around the early 1960s, unless you count their forced merger with the the remnants of Colonial Stores in the 80s. Any details on this merger? What I've read is that it was first announced in 1978, immediately followin...
- 28 Aug 2006 23:26
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Anyone remember/know about Bells Supermarket or Super Duper?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 27890
- 28 Aug 2006 23:20
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Billy Blake? Food Parade?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 34371
Re: billy blakes
they are before my time, but i know of 2 that used to be on long island. 1 in middle island, which after it closed, it remained empty for years. in 1 section-anchor bank had a branch, and next to it the public library was located. the 2 stores took up maybe 20% of the whole place. the store was dem...