Groceteria.com

The REAL first supermarket chain in Florida 1939

1. 4275 W. Flagler St. Miami
2. 469 Normandy Miami Beach
3. 3100 Ponce De Leon Coral Gables
4. 8515 Biscayne Bl. Miami
5. 700 W. 41 St. (Arthur Godfrey Rd.) Miami Beach
6. 1701 Alton Rd. Miami Beach
7. 950 S.E. 12 St. Miami
8. 1505 S.W. 3 Av. Miami
9. 1895 S.W. 8 St. Miami
10. 2155 S.W. 22 St. Miami
11. N.W. 62 St. Miami

Double the number of stores, I cannot find.

A few more from my lists:

465 Hialeah Dr, Hialeah
5758 SW 40th St, South Miami
1830 E Sunrise Blvd: Fort Lauderdale
1510 S Federal Hwy, Hollywood

And as far as I can tell this was the first one.

Location list from 1953:


And a Food Fair list from two years later:


OK, jumping out of this rabbit hole now...

Wow, thank you David for expanding the Carl's locations and shedding some light on the Food Fair list.

Your investigative skills are amazing as usual.

A Newspapers.com subscription comes in handy.

Groceteria wrote: ↑23 Jun 2026 20:15 And as far as I can tell this was the first one.


The_Miami_News_1938_12_16_6.jpg

Wonder how many customers glanced quickly and went rapidly in to get a 5 cent beverage (since the word rubbing is quite small compared to the alcohol part) ;)