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- 05 Dec 2008 03:38
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Pantry Pride
- Replies: 21
- Views: 28522
Re: Pantry Pride
Some of the old Pantry Prides in Florida became either "Hyde Park Foods" or "Wooleys" and both were short lived. my first supermarket job was in the wooley's in marathon, fl in the summer of 1994. it became a hyde park right before i left at the end of the summer. i wonder what'...
- 27 Oct 2008 18:56
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Farmer Jack: The Aftermath
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7792
Re: Farmer Jack: The Aftermath
when i started working for an a&p chain in 2005 they sent my first two checks to a farmer jack. when they cleaned out the stores someone finally found them at the bottom of a safe. i think they finally got them to me in november of 07.
- 04 Sep 2008 17:16
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 106796
Re: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
Don't forget that Super Fresh is an A&P relative which still exists in the Philly area (for now), so they might have had the Ann Page label after 1982. it would be hard for me to forget that superfresh still exists for the time being, because i work at one. :) i guarantee you though, that the t...
- 24 Jul 2008 11:09
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: IGA "O&O's" in Philadelphia (post Penn Fruit)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7814
Re: IGA "O&O's" in Philadelphia (post Penn Fruit)
as far as i remember, they are only keeping 4 stores as superfresh.
- 29 Jun 2008 06:55
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: IGA "O&O's" in Philadelphia (post Penn Fruit)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7814
Re: IGA "O&O's" in Philadelphia (post Penn Fruit)
and i would say it's not too long off that we'll see the end of the superfresh banner as well, because most of them are going to become pathmarks in the near future.
- 23 Jun 2008 12:49
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Gino's/Roy Rogers Restaurants in LA?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19142
Re: Gino's/Roy Rogers Restaurants in LA?
yes, gino's was in NJ. the last one i remember seeing open was on the boardwalk in ocean city.
- 17 Jun 2008 04:09
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 106796
Re: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
i just found an ann page brand tin of ground nutmeg in one of my cupboards. there hasn't been an a&p here (philadelphia) since 1982.
wonder when it was purchased, ha.
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wonder when it was purchased, ha.
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- 17 Jun 2008 03:54
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Best Products
- Replies: 42
- Views: 33952
Re: Best Products
WThis particular Best location originally opened as Basco. This Best had the final "BEST" logo right on the 40 foot tall "O" of "BASCO". The Langhorne Best has since been demolished, and replaced with a medical facility, and the Philadelphia Basco/Best is now a Self St...