Seattle Area Fred Meyer Stores
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 08:38
I used to work for Fred Meyer at the old White Center store that was formerly a Marketime Drug. I have been told conflicting things about Fred Meyer's grocery operations in Seattle. I had been told a few years ago on this site that Market Basket didn't exist in Seattle. But when I worked for Fred Meyer, I had met someone who had told me that Market Basket was one of the operations that Lucky acquired to get into the Seattle area. The White Center Fred Meyer had a Lucky grocery next to it for years. That later became a Thriftway then a Larry's Market until the complex was torn down for a discount version of Larry's then a Fred Meyer Marketplace (now Safeway).
I do not know if Seattle Market Baskets were related to the others or not. But here is a link to Fred Meyer's history: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company- ... story.html
To answer your questions about the location of Fred Meyer at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, it was at the OLD Bartell's location inside the current mall. I don't know if Marketime and Market Basket were related. But I do remember being in the Crossroads Fred Meyer in the last few years of its' life. In the later years of this location, there was NOT a apparel department. Since the Overlake location was fairly close, the apparel dept was removed and a Music Market store was added. Music Market at that time was a free standing record store that Fred Meyer developed across the street from the Aurora store. It was in a old Fred Meyer-Marketime Catalog Showroom. I believe that Crossroads was the first Fred Meyer to have a Music Market inside the store. I think Burien might have been the third. Getting back to Crossroads. Fred Meyer also added a Fred Meyer Jewelers outlet at the entrance to the interior of the mall. There was also a nutrition center. All these departments were in the location where the apparel department had been. Another weird thing about this location is that after Crossroads became enclosed, they had never let Fred Meyer put it's sign on the inside of the mall. There was just a blank wall with the doors into the store and just the signage on the doors.
I do not know if Seattle Market Baskets were related to the others or not. But here is a link to Fred Meyer's history: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company- ... story.html
To answer your questions about the location of Fred Meyer at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, it was at the OLD Bartell's location inside the current mall. I don't know if Marketime and Market Basket were related. But I do remember being in the Crossroads Fred Meyer in the last few years of its' life. In the later years of this location, there was NOT a apparel department. Since the Overlake location was fairly close, the apparel dept was removed and a Music Market store was added. Music Market at that time was a free standing record store that Fred Meyer developed across the street from the Aurora store. It was in a old Fred Meyer-Marketime Catalog Showroom. I believe that Crossroads was the first Fred Meyer to have a Music Market inside the store. I think Burien might have been the third. Getting back to Crossroads. Fred Meyer also added a Fred Meyer Jewelers outlet at the entrance to the interior of the mall. There was also a nutrition center. All these departments were in the location where the apparel department had been. Another weird thing about this location is that after Crossroads became enclosed, they had never let Fred Meyer put it's sign on the inside of the mall. There was just a blank wall with the doors into the store and just the signage on the doors.