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Market Basket interiors...
There has been lots written about Market Basket stores that were here in Southern California, including lots of photos of the outside of the stores (especially the Spanish-themed prototype of the 70's and 80's and laticed-pylon of the 50's and 60's).

What I haven't seen much of is interior photos. I was looking at Pleasant Family Shopping the other day and a blog about a Kroger Superstore built in 1973 in Portage, Michigan. I couldn't beleive it... This store had the EXACT same interior as the pylon Market Basket at the corner of 3rd & La Brea in Los Angeles (now a Ross Dress for Less Store). Down to the yellow/gold plastic lighting fixtures above the checkstand. Obviously this must have been a Kroger prototype of the day but if there is anyone out there that wondered what a Market Basket looked like inside this is a dead ringer:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ei2Ik5quiI0/S ... 1973+e.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ei2Ik5quiI0/S ... 1973+f.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ei2Ik5quiI0/S ... e+mi+g.jpg

Even the floor tiling was the same.

The entire blog can be read here:
http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/
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Re: Market Basket interiors...
Thank you

The pics look very familiar but I'm 46 now and the last time I was in a market basket was 34 years ago

Gary
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