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There is Food Fair written all over this building inside and out. The merchandising is definitely not Food Fair. None of my ...

... a discount department store with a grocery department operated by Food Fair. This directory notes that there were two of them in 1969. From what I've read, the one ...

... a discount department store with a grocery department operated by Food Fair. This directory notes that there were two of them in 1969. From what I've read, the one ...

I thought this was interesting.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/business ... index.html

Side note:

Food Fair was using the PRE IBM barcode in the 1960s at their Fox Markets on the west coast even though they opposed the eventual IBM UPC.

rich wrote: ↑15 Dec 2021 14:30 Are you sure the 1958 Food Fair is the Philly chain rather than the DC-based on that Grand Union bought?

It was part of the Philly chain. From the 9/9/57 Hagerstown Morning Herald, in an article about Grand Union's purchase of the local HL Mills chain:

... unrelated discount store that had an agreement with them or something? Food Fair/Pantry Pride had J.M.Fields combo stores and Ideal Shoe Co. and Devon stores and Adams ...

EDIT - OK, if I actually read one of the sites... ;) https://shopjubileefoods.com/about/ (This is the MD one) - One of the current owners previously ... bankrupt just after Kmart went into bankruptcy, as they were owed a fair amount of money for supplying the Kmart locations (especially the Super ...

Groceteria wrote: ↑10 Dec 2022 21:40

Steve Landry wrote: ↑10 Dec 2022 11:26Thank you David!!!

It's a beauty! And a SUPER SPEED food department store!

Interesting adjectives for sure

Side note and unrealted: Food Fair was testing scanning registers in the West during the mid to late 1960's with their Fox Markets. I was surprised!

Groceteria wrote: ↑09 Dec 2022 21:38 A Food Fair grand opening ad for Steve Landry:


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Thank you David!!!

A Food Fair grand opening ad for Steve Landry:

... in the I-271 corridor. I stumbled onto something interesting about Foodtown in DC. It had many more stores in the days before Kroger bought ... rather than picking up an established plan like S&H (later Food Fair--the one Grand Union bought) or Top Value (Giant). Top Value began as ...

Food Fair's stamps were called "Merchant's Green Stamps".

... in the I-271 corridor. I stumbled onto something interesting about Foodtown in DC. It had many more stores in the days before Kroger bought ... rather than picking up an established plan like S&H (later Food Fair--the one Grand Union bought) or Top Value (Giant). Top Value began as ...

... for many years, which seemed puzzling: Acme in Pittsburgh, Acme and Food Fair in DC (and Acme had been there since the 20s but never at much scale), Loblaw/National ...

... for many years, which seemed puzzling: Acme in Pittsburgh, Acme and Food Fair in DC (and Acme had been there since the 20s but never at much scale), Loblaw/National ...