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- 09 Oct 2006 12:13
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Goodbye, Tower Records
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14660
- 09 Oct 2006 12:12
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Vintage Kmarts 1962-90 in Northwest
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5666
- 04 Oct 2006 10:58
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: DC area Safeway and Giant?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7433
- 29 Sep 2006 10:45
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: DC area Safeway and Giant?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7433
I live a few blocks from these stores. I'll try to get a pic of the current view. The Giant began as a Grand Union and then was bought by Giant when Grand Union left the market. The pci dates from at least the 80s. It closed in '89 or '90 and the space was reconfigured into smaller shops. The parkin...
- 22 Sep 2006 11:11
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: The Great Midwestern Road Trip of 2006
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9793
- 14 Sep 2006 16:18
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Waldbaums (Safeway?)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 48847
What is your evidence that they were there in '64? Everything I've read suggests that First National bought the entire New York division and that they did it well before '64. Something like the Moody's industrial manual would have a listing. The division was a chronic money loser for Safeway and its...
- 14 Sep 2006 10:27
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Waldbaums (Safeway?)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 48847
Safeway was gone from NYC before the Marina was introduced. They sold their stores to First National--according to this iste, it was in '58;although I think it was more like '61. Either way, it's unlikely to have been a Safeway. Lots of other chains used barrel vault ceilings and you can find non-Sa...
- 12 Sep 2006 09:29
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: South Main Street, Danville VA
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19261
- 12 Sep 2006 09:21
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Albers in Richmond, VA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4129
There used to be a document online from a court case that laid out some history of super markets (including various early, unrelated Big Bears), but I couldn't find it today. I bring this up because it tells the story of how Michael Cullen took the idea of super marketing (although he wasn't the fir...
- 11 Sep 2006 09:11
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: South Main Street, Danville VA
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19261
- 07 Sep 2006 00:10
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Who remembers store brand beer?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19023
- 03 Sep 2006 16:25
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Ohrbach's Department Store
- Replies: 53
- Views: 67861
Ohrbach's sold cheap knock offs of trendy fashions. They must have used their product placement on tv shows (lots of sitcom moms had Ohrbach clothes) to cultivate an image for the tourist trade. The New York stores closed before the ones in LA and I think there may have been some differences in owne...
- 01 Aug 2006 13:40
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Cary Court Park & Shop, Richmond, VA - 1947
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5224
- 28 Jul 2006 00:13
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Charlotte History Section of Groceteria
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12854
Thanks for the update. One correction: Kroger was in Atlanta as early as the 1930s. The first store opened in 1932 in the Virginia Highland area. As in some other cities, they expanded by buying the local Piggly Wiggly operator. Given that Atlanta was down the Dixie Hwy from Cinti, it makes sense th...
- 23 Jul 2006 11:17
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Supermarket Delis
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9088