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- 22 Feb 2006 15:22
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Supermarket "spokesmodels?"
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16118
In the old incarnation of this board, there was a discussion of the different spokespersons for supermarkets. Safeway did not have the same spokesperson for all its' regions. Here in the Seattle division of Safeway, we had Lucy Rush (I don't remember if I am spelling her name right). She was on comm...
- 16 Feb 2006 12:10
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Pay 'n Save
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11867
Malmo
I think that Malmo was started independently from Ernst. But in it's later years, it was part of Ernst. However at Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, there was a Malmo only store adjacent to the Pay 'n Save at that same mall.
- 15 Feb 2006 03:14
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Supervalu
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4680
Supervalu
With the talk about Supervalu acquiring Albertsons, I would like to know the HISTORY of this company. I looked on their website and can't see any mention about any supermarkets called, "Supervalu". I originally was under the impression that instead of owning a lot of their stores, that the...
- 15 Feb 2006 02:58
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Pay 'n Save
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11867
Pay 'n Save and Yard Birds
First of all, the Pay 'n Save stores I am talking about are no relation to the current non-drug store ones in Arizona. Yard Birds locations were in Centralia/Chealis, Shelton and Olympia, WA. The Centralia outlet was about the size of a Wal*Mart or Fred Meyer. In fact, before Pay 'n Save bought them...
- 12 Feb 2006 14:49
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Pay 'n Save
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11867
Pay 'n Save
In the old incarnation of the Groceteria Message Board, I had written something about Pay 'n Save. But I thought for those who had not seen that, it might be enjoyable to read some of its' history. I don't know exactly when Pay 'n Save Drugs was started. It was in the 1940's at some time. At first i...
- 11 Feb 2006 16:34
- Forum: History: Outside the USA and Canada
- Topic: Safeway Europe and Australia
- Replies: 10
- Views: 28188
Safeway Europe and Australia
Before Safeway North America divested itself of its' operations in Europe and Australia, did any of these divisions carry the same brands as Safeway US/Canada? For example, did they carry Lucerne dairy products, Mrs. Wrights baked goods, Coldbrook Margarine, etc? I don't believe that there is still ...
- 01 Feb 2006 10:27
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Canada Safeways
- Replies: 53
- Views: 70373
Canada Safeways
Although it has been a couple of months that I have looked at where Safeway was in Canada, it seems to be mostly Western Canada. But I do believe that they have some stores in Thunder Bay, Ontario. But I believe that is fairly close to the Manitoba border.
- 10 Jan 2006 22:55
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: JCPenney and Drugstores
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10268
Eckerd and PayLess Drug
It was mentioned that in the earlier incarnation of this board, there was mention of 3 different Eckerd chains. While I am not saying that this is not true, I remember that there were a few different incarnations of PayLess Drugs. There was PayLess Drug Tacoma, WA, PayLess Drug California, PayLess D...
- 21 Dec 2005 19:29
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears Candy Counters
- Replies: 19
- Views: 24391
Sears Candy Counters
As a kid and as a young adult, I remember the wonderful candy counters at Sears. I especially loved the hot roasted nut section, especially the hot roasted cashews. I know that for a few years, another company operated them. Are there any Sears that still do this? If not, when were they totally disc...
- 06 Dec 2005 19:09
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Hughes Market in Southern California
- Replies: 37
- Views: 43872
Hughes/QFC/Fred Meyer/Ralphs/Kroger
Technically, Hughes Family Markets wasn't bought out by Ralphs. Hughes ceased being independent when Seattle based QFC bought them as the first step to becoming a national retailer. Their strategy was to buy out or merge with similar upscale grocers across the country, but keep the grocer's original...
- 27 Nov 2005 02:26
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Does anybody remember Mayfair Mkts. Discount Grocery Store?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10857
Mayfair Markets in the Pacific Northwest
Mayfair was here in the greater Seattle area in the 60's and 70's. I am not sure when they first opened here. But in the mid 1970's Mayfair sold their Seattle area operations to Lucky Stores. I also know that there were some areas in Oregon that had Mayfair. I believe that they may have been in area...
- 11 Nov 2005 13:39
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Grand Central
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5154
Grand Central
Can anyone tell me about the history of Grand Central Stores? This general merchandise and apparel chain was how Fred Meyer made entry into Idaho and Utah. From this Fred Meyer eventually added food. The smaller of these former Grand Central Fred Meyer Utah stores eventually became Smith's Food and ...
- 07 Nov 2005 14:29
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: The Different Formats of Fred Meyer
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18328
The Different Formats of Fred Meyer
As most of you know, Fred Meyer is a supercenter with grocery store roots. Most of Freddy's stores contain at least a food and pharmacy section. Most are complete supercenters that include apparel. In the past, Freddy's experimented with other formats for it's stores. For example, when Freddy's expa...