Established in 1999, Groceteria.com is a site about the history of American and Canadian urban chain grocers from the 1920s through the present, with an emphasis on buildings and locations. It’s not a blog and it’s also not about current supermarket operations. There are hundreds of pages of content. Please look around!
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Site news and updates
The message board (yet again)
Update (10 November 2026): More news on the message board soon!
So…
I have disabled the message board. Officially, this is temporary. The board has been responsible for most of the problems with the rest of the site, including an outage last night of three to four hours that affected every site I manage on this account. It’s not 100% about malicious bots, but most of it is related to fallout and adjustments related to the bots over the past six or seven years, but with much more frequency in recent months. So right now, I’m testing. If disabling the board eliminates the other issues, I’ll look at options ranging from Cloudflare to a permanent shutdown of that part of the site. Considering the small number of active users, I just can’t justify the time and stress anymore, especially if it’s taking everything else down with it.
This will not be an easy decision.
More later.
August-September Updates
I always say that when I’m stressed, I get really productive. This past month is definitely proof of that.
New on the site since mid-August:
- Pomona CA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1926-1960
- Riverside CA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-1960
- San Bernardino County CA
- Coeur d’Alene IA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1927-2025
- Idaho Falls IA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1923-2025
- Gardner MA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1926-1965
- Gloucester MA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1926-1993
- Baltimore MD Suburban Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1953-1964
- Joplin MO Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-2025
- Bozeman MT Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-2025
- Portsmouth OH Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-2025
- Anderson SC Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-2025
Also, the site has been migrated to a new host and there have been a few tweaks you may not even notice as part of that process. I also unfortunately lost about 10 recent comments in the migration. If yours was one of them, I’m sorry. It was nothing personal.
Remember, you can see updates as they happen (and other stuff) on Bluesky.
Another reminder, you can always see what I do for a living here.
Success!
If you are seeing this post, Groceteria has successfully relocated in its new home!
More new stuff
The message board is currently offline again. I have a support ticket in place but I’m 90% certain this is another instance of bot traffic,… The message board seems to be down off and on this morning. I’m not sure what the issue is but I don’t really have time… Newly added: Coeur d’Alene Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1927-2025 Idaho Falls Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1923-2025 North Platte Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-2026 Poughkeepsie Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations 1925-1988…
All updates…