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- 03 Jun 2016 14:54
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P, 1999
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7615
Re: A&P, 1999
Those 'Fast Lane' signs were used in A&Ps Canadian stores in the same era, except they were red & white. My store had them. However, no Canadian stores ever looked like the photos above, but that was also shortly before the US side of the business started adopting more Canadian A&P pract...
- 17 Oct 2011 11:10
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Off to Canada
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6620
Re: Off to Canada
Hi Groceteria, not sure if you left yet on your trip. For Ottawa, 2 stores worth visiting are the Loblaws at Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre (St. Laurent Blvd.). This store is still in the early 90s Loblaws scheme - grey with yellow cash registers. It's also an old Steinberg's and still has a car orde...
- 17 Oct 2011 11:04
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28138
Re: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
I just drove up Yonge the other night. The store appears to have a conventional roofline now. :( This store also looks a lot like a Ralphs (I think on Ventura Blvd.) I've seen in a book on Googie architecture, probably written by Alan Hess. The Food Basics logo is slightly different now, too, but y...
- 17 Oct 2011 11:03
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28138
Re: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
Ugh....What they did to the old arched Metro (late 1950s Grand Union....which was a Miracle Mart by the 70s and 80s) is GOD AWFUL. See the Metro store at the link below. The beautiful arch has been smothered by postmodern guck. http://g.co/maps/pgygj It used to look like this Metro (ne Grand Union)...
- 20 Jul 2010 13:14
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Older McDonald's Locations
- Replies: 50
- Views: 44718
Re: Older McDonald's Locations
The La Habra CA McDonald's on Whittier Boulevard near Harbor Boulevard is an older site. Older in that it was built before drive-thrus were the norm. The drive-thru was added to the side of the building...yet it is far from the kitchen. I believe the restrooms are in between. So, to get the food to...
- 20 Jul 2010 13:03
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Those little roller-coaster things groceries traveled on
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19316
Re: Those little roller-coaster things groceries traveled on
Someone mentioned the Star Market at Porter Square in Cambridge, MA. That store WAS remodeled a couple of years ago but I don't know if they have a conveyor system. One store that may still have one is the Shaw's (now Star Market) on Commonwealth Ave in Allston, MA (Boston). Let me first say that t...
- 23 Jun 2009 10:50
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Miracle Mart in Toronto
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9425
Re: Miracle Mart in Toronto
That store is still there today at Yonge and Sheppard. It's now a Metro (ex-Dominion).
- 23 Jun 2009 10:49
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28138
Re: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
This store was opened as a Steinberg's. I've seen a photo of it on flickr.
- 29 Apr 2009 11:06
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Those little roller-coaster things groceries traveled on
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19316
Re: Those little roller-coaster things groceries traveled on
There's a small grocery chain in Ohio called Buehler's with about a dozen stores that offers 'Load and Go' parcel pickup service at every single one of its stores. http://buehlers.com/ - In the internet age, parcel pickup allows this company to create a simple system for online shopping (they have i...
- 30 Sep 2008 22:44
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Dominion Name Starts to Disappear in Ontario
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7410
Dominion Name Starts to Disappear in Ontario
This past weekend marked the conversion of the first 6 Dominion Stores to be converted to Metro. I can't believe Metro is getting rid of an iconic name. By the end of the year, the Dominion name will be gone in Ontario. By the end of 2009, the A&P, Loeb, The Barn and Ultra Food & Drug banner...
- 06 Jun 2008 12:15
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Number plates on shopping carts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7518
Re: Number plates on shopping carts
A lot of stores used the numbers as a part of their parcel pickup scheme. The cashier would write the cart number on the receipt and the customer would drive up and claim her groceries with it. And then (dramatic pause) they'd load the groceries into her car for her... It's been a long time since I...
- 06 Jun 2008 12:07
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Those little roller-coaster things groceries traveled on
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19316
Re: Those little roller-coaster things groceries traveled on
Nice photos. There were also versions with wheels similar (identical) to metal roller skates. There would be several in each row. Those things made a ringing noise like a choir of bells. A train wreck of a choir, but... Do you mean rollers like these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrismrichards/218...
- 08 Apr 2008 11:47
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Those little roller-coaster things groceries traveled on
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19316
Re: Those little roller-coaster things groceries traveled on
The parcel pickup (also known as car order or in Quebec 'Commande à l'auto'), only began to disappear in Ontario & Quebec en-masse in the mid-1990s. There are still a few old stores that have them. 1 Loblaws here in Ottawa still has parcel pickup and 1 other ex-Loblaws, shown in this pic: http:/...
- 17 Nov 2007 18:53
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Number plates on shopping carts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7518
- 01 May 2007 14:34
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: 2 Supermarkets In One Shopping Center
- Replies: 68
- Views: 105272