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Don't know if Food Fair was in New Britain, but they had a few stores in southern Vermont and New Hampshire.

Grand Way (GrandWay, Grandway) was a division of Grand Union (Supermarkets). You might find more info under Grand Union (not the family markets company, which is a buyout decendant of the original Grand Union of 1879? I might be off on that start date but it was one of the oldest supermarket compani...

"Again with the Fox Markets! :-) "

Ooops...........sorry Chad........I know most are not interested.

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Hey Chad.............appreciate your research skills. Wish I could hire you to discover more Food Fair / Fox Markets history in California and Nevada, hee hee! Did the two stores really start as "new" builds for Food Fair or were they Fox Markets first? I know there is so much more about F...

In Palm Springs there is a Vons on Tahquitz Canyon Bl. that was originally a bowling alley.

It will close in about a year when the store is relocated to nearby Sunrise Way (Palm Springs).

Fun information :)

And...........what of Merchants Green Stamps via Food Fair/Pantry Pride?

Very interesting site, mentioned above...............but lots of errors (at least from my point of reference and knowledge).

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BTW..............Food Fair/Pantry Pride was FIRST in Florida (and possibly in the N.E.) with scanners.......not Publix. Publix was indeed the first chain to be FULLY converted to scanners in Florida. Goes along with the claim that Publix was the first supermarket chain in Florida. Carl's Market was ...

Excellent move!!! Publix did this in Miami at a store I worked at. Very effective and NO loss of business. Those shopping carts are very expensive (minimum price I have seen is $150.00 each). Most municipalities have laws that make it illegal to remove carts from retailer's property (though rarely e...

Catastrophic corruption, nepotism, accounting methods, etc. The GIANT company that was diversified more than anyone knew (in and out of the industry) was headed for a meltdown. The grocery store part of the company was the only division feeding profits to corporate. For years and years their innovat...

I know they were in Los Angeles, Denver and..................?

Distinctive high arched roof and sideboxed attached dining area....

BTW..........I may be mistaken but, I seem to remember that Azar's Big Boy was in Denver also?

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?

I know of no connection between Landucci and the Friedland family (which owned Food Fair Inc.) But the time line is very interesting, in that the Friedland family was very protective of the moniker and has many court cases recorded regarding this. Bruno's Food Fair was actually (don't know for how l...

Question for our Pavillions expert :) I have been recently informed that Pavillions was borne of an earlier chain called Pantry Supermarkets? (or Pantry ...... something). This would be pre-Vons purchase. Timeline..... late 1960's or early 1970's? If so, interesting, because the number of stores inv...