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- 08 Jan 2019 13:39
- Forum: Announcements, FAQs, Etc.
- Topic: Thoughts for the new year
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8120
Re: Thoughts for the new year
DO NOT even consider shutting down the board! The way I see it, is that the site (and by extension the board) is basically a bunch of people talking about grocers past. You CANNOT find anything like it anywhere else; this is truly unique. On some levels, this site and the board is sort of a "th...
- 10 Dec 2018 13:44
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Kmart checkouts over the years
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12838
Re: Kmart checkouts over the years
My first experience with K-Mart was in late 1973 when the Dickson City, Pa. store opened and they had the electronic (digital) registers from the get-go throughout the store and at the front end as well. As I recall, they were rather large and kind of square(ish) or boxy. The readout was kind of a b...
- 29 Nov 2018 13:36
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Items you bought at defunct supermarket chains that you still possess
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4981
Re: Items you bought at defunct supermarket chains that you still possess
I didn't buy this but here's a promotional item I got at A+P in the 1970's: WEO Coin Bank
- 29 Nov 2018 12:54
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Items you bought at defunct supermarket chains that you still possess
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4981
Re: Items you bought at defunct supermarket chains that you still possess
One that comes to mind is a plaid vinyl picnic cooler bag which my Mother bought at P+C Foods (Penn Traffic Co.) which I still have-still usable and not even a crack in the plastic that I can see. Probably dates from sometime in the 70's. And even though they're not defunct (at least in Canada), I a...
- 26 Aug 2018 10:18
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Mystery store: 154 Talbot St W, Aylmer, ON
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6880
Re: Mystery store: 154 Talbot St W, Aylmer, ON
Did Safeway ever build marinas in Canada? Looks like it could possibly be one.
- 19 May 2018 11:25
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Loblaws' bewildering branding history
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11169
Re: Loblaws' bewildering branding history
Perhaps at another Loblaw banner they may have been available but never saw them in another chain and/or independent market. And when they left here in the mid-70's, so did the brand. Also checked out some old ads and the Loblaws brand was indeed available along with Orchard Park.
- 16 May 2018 20:05
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Loblaws' bewildering branding history
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11169
Re: Loblaws' bewildering branding history
As far as a store brand, (at least in the US), I seem to remember Orchard Park which I believe was named for a suburb of Buffalo, NY where they were headquartered in the US. That brand would date from at least the 60's but can't recall if it was still in use when they left in the mid 70's because th...
- 28 Aug 2017 21:12
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Rotating Kmart road signs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8290
Re: Rotating Kmart road signs
The recently closed Dickson City, Pa. store had a rotating "K" sign just like the one pictured. It opened in November 1973 (I was there opening day BTW) and left the area in mid-1980 and it was still rotating at that point. And now that Billy Gr mentions it and I give it some thought, neve...
- 19 Jul 2017 23:35
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Kmart 2000 closures
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24293
Re: Kmart 2000 closures
If memory serves, that Saratoga location was actually a replacement store for one located in a shopping plaza on the other end of the city.
- 01 Jun 2017 11:43
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: 10748 Buckley Hall Rd, Mathews, VA
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9845
Re: 10748 Buckley Hall Rd, Mathews, VA
I would've said GU as well but could it have been an Acme in an earlier life? The reason I even think this is that second floor office mentioned. I've seen that feature in one of their stores in the Philadelphia area.
- 23 Apr 2017 09:51
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Nichols Discount City
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18315
Re: Nichols Discount City
Shop 'N Save was a Hannaford banner and all that happened was they eventually rebranded the store as they did all of them.
- 18 Apr 2017 19:21
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Nichols Discount City
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18315
Re: Nichols Discount City
To repeat, there was one (and only one) Nichols location ever in Gloversville. It opened in 1972 and closed probably late '80's or very early '90's or so. It wasn't long after that Wal-Mart demolished it and built their first store in the area which was open by the summer of '92. As far as grocers a...
- 17 Apr 2017 18:57
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New location list: Albany through 1960
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10557
Re: New location list: Albany through 1960
You just named the three locations right there. The one occupied by Frontier downtown was the replacement store for the E. Fulton St. store which is where the new Stewart's was built. The downtown store opened in early 1975 and Loblaws sold it to Chicago Markets out of Utica and they operated there ...
- 17 Apr 2017 18:45
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Acme in New York
- Replies: 32
- Views: 34872
- 17 Apr 2017 18:40
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Acme in New York
- Replies: 32
- Views: 34872
Re: Acme in New York
Yes, Loblaws opened in the mall out on the arterial (NYS Rte 30-A) in the fall of 1972. It was closed by the summer of 1976 and Price Chopper moved in that fall and remains there to this day and have expanded the store at least twice in the interim and now even have a drive thru pharmacy sort of on ...