Favorite old grocery commercials
Posted: 16 Dec 2016 16:41
I've always liked old supermarket commercials, which prominently featured the store and its prices. For some reason, modern commercials don't show the interiors of stores anymore.
Here are my top five (in no particular order)
1988 - Great Scott!
This Detroit supermarket chain's commercial is surprisingly upbeat. Great Scott! would disappear within a few years when the parent company Meadowdale Foods (spun off from Vons, yes, Vons) sold its stores to Kroger.
1993 - Schwegmann
One of the few grocery stores that went out of business totally, Schwegmann had massive 100k square feet stores years before everyone else did, with the stores disappearing in 1999 stemming from an ill-advised buyout of National's New Orleans division.
1999 - A&P
This 1999 A&P commercial is from better days when A&P appeared to be on the upswing with new stores.
1973 - Dominick's
Destroyed under Safeway's control (closing 2013), I love this commercial for its old interiors and that crazy Chicago accent, like DAW-minick's.
1985 - Albertsons
Albertsons' Dallas debut brings lower prices than everybody else! If only they still did today. This is the only extant name in my list...
Here are my top five (in no particular order)
1988 - Great Scott!
This Detroit supermarket chain's commercial is surprisingly upbeat. Great Scott! would disappear within a few years when the parent company Meadowdale Foods (spun off from Vons, yes, Vons) sold its stores to Kroger.
1993 - Schwegmann
One of the few grocery stores that went out of business totally, Schwegmann had massive 100k square feet stores years before everyone else did, with the stores disappearing in 1999 stemming from an ill-advised buyout of National's New Orleans division.
1999 - A&P
This 1999 A&P commercial is from better days when A&P appeared to be on the upswing with new stores.
1973 - Dominick's
Destroyed under Safeway's control (closing 2013), I love this commercial for its old interiors and that crazy Chicago accent, like DAW-minick's.
1985 - Albertsons
Albertsons' Dallas debut brings lower prices than everybody else! If only they still did today. This is the only extant name in my list...