Keene, NH chain history 1925-60 (+2018)
Posted: 04 Oct 2018 11:25
I expected Lansing, MI to be the last grocery table I posted for a while, but I ended up eating my words. I find this research oddly therapeutic:
Keene, NH chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1925-2018
Why Keene? I've never stepped foot there. But I did it for two reasons...
Does Piggly Wiggly have stores in Keene? Did Piggly Wiggly ever have stores in Keene, even in the olden days when they operated in places as far-flung as Canada and San Francisco?
No. Never.
Oh, the irony.
Other quick notes...
Keene, NH chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1925-2018
Why Keene? I've never stepped foot there. But I did it for two reasons...
- To plug a hole in Groceteria's state-by-state coverage.
- Piggly Wiggly is "based" in Keene.
Does Piggly Wiggly have stores in Keene? Did Piggly Wiggly ever have stores in Keene, even in the olden days when they operated in places as far-flung as Canada and San Francisco?
No. Never.
Oh, the irony.
Other quick notes...
- I took the liberty of adding a "2018" column culled from Google Maps to disguise the fact that the next-newest source of information is more than 50 years old.
- Yes, there's a "Marlboro Street" in Keene. No, I don't smoke.
- I'm not sure how closely the Fairbanks stores were connected, especially in later years.
- I'm also not sure why Kazanas Bros. reappeared in the 1955 directory after a 25-year hiatus.
- The first A&P supermarket at 37-39 Roxbury Street still stands: