Food Fair in Southern California
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Food Fair in Southern California
Does anyone recall this chain? Think they became defunct around 1973. The signage in them was classic. I used to draw pictures of the store in San Gabriel on Las Tunas Drive. Some of the signage decor included: "You can't buy better, so why pay more?" "Only the price is lowered, never the quality." "Thank you for shopping FOOD FAIR, we hope you like the change." Super A Foods took over several of the locations, such as the San Gabriel, Downey, and El Monte stores.
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Re: Food Fair in Southern California
Yep!
Fox Markets was the chain that Food Fair purchased in the mid 60's?
They had stores in S. California and Nevada.
They became Fox's Food Fair, then Food Fair and then a few became Pantry Pride (I believe there was at least ONE J.M Fields department store).
Fox Markets was the chain that Food Fair purchased in the mid 60's?
They had stores in S. California and Nevada.
They became Fox's Food Fair, then Food Fair and then a few became Pantry Pride (I believe there was at least ONE J.M Fields department store).
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Re: Food Fair in Southern California
Here's the Wiki for the company. I don't know how accurate it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Fair
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Fair
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Re: Food Fair in Southern California
Great! Thank you for the information. Since the logo was so different, I thought the Wiki page was another store by the same name. Sounds like they became unmanageable and overly spread. Wish I had a picture of one which was in So. Calif.
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Re: Food Fair in Southern California
Yes, irresponsible expansion and nepotism, hubris, incompetence and financial corruption.somuchtoseeanddo wrote: ↑05 Jul 2020 15:14 Great! Thank you for the information. Since the logo was so different, I thought the Wiki page was another store by the same name. Sounds like they became unmanageable and overly spread. Wish I had a picture of one which was in So. Calif.
There was so much ill will created by this company that no one cared about saving save the corporate raider (Ron Perelman, Revlon) who devoured it for its many hidden treasures.
This was a company that the BIG 3 (A&P, Safeway, Kroger) feared for many years.
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