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by pseudo3d
14 Mar 2024 20:50
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Jewel in SoCal?
Replies: 2
Views: 105

Re: Jewel in SoCal?

Jewel Tea (the actual tea shops and delivery business) had SoCal stores early on and delivery through at least the 1970s, per some LA Times references, but no locations of the supermarket chain AFAIK. And Sav-on Drugs was rebranded as Osco for a time. I wonder if either of those things might have c...
by pseudo3d
14 Mar 2024 19:09
Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
Topic: NEW: Austin TX, 1924-1986
Replies: 2
Views: 1039

Re: NEW: Austin TX, 1924-1986

There are a few things relating Tom Thumb, Randalls, and Albertsons that I missed. - I read about the "store under construction" but now I no longer believe that to be true based on information. (Either way it's an H-E-B now.) - There weren't Jewel-Osco stores in Austin. Albertsons bought ...
by pseudo3d
14 Mar 2024 17:18
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Jewel in SoCal?
Replies: 2
Views: 105

Jewel in SoCal?

I was reading an article from Los Angeles Business Journal about Smith's "re-entry" into the SoCal market in the early 1990s (they had previously had stores in the 1970s). The article implied that SoCal was a tough market (and for Smith's, it was, as you know, they pulled out in 1996) list...
by pseudo3d
12 Mar 2024 16:54
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 16
Views: 2688

Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

retail_person_247 wrote: 03 Dec 2022 23:00 K B Toys used to have stores inside of Sears
From what I could tell these were done in the early 2000s as a seasonal thing and not a year-round thing.

I'm more interested in regional departments...
by pseudo3d
12 Mar 2024 14:08
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: The Great Albertsons Re-Numbering Kerfuffle
Replies: 0
Views: 122

The Great Albertsons Re-Numbering Kerfuffle

The classical Albertsons numbering system (not so much now) used four-digit numbers in an XXYY format. The XX numbers represented the division number while the YY was a numbered sequence in how they opened. The Albertsons Florida Division was a good example of this. Store 4356 opened in 1983 after a...
by pseudo3d
08 Mar 2024 13:34
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Max Foods
Replies: 11
Views: 5075

Re: Max Foods

From what I can find Max Foods started in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the early 1990s when Jewel-Osco was purchased ( link ). Despite American Stores still owning Jewel-Osco, there was a brief period of time when Albertsons took them over. The conversion was quick, just a brief closure in the nigh...
by pseudo3d
04 Mar 2024 11:58
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Grand Union
Replies: 76
Views: 78662

Re: Grand Union

Was Bolton Landing always a Grand Union? The store received "Grand Union Family Markets" signage after GU's bankruptcy, but the signage is in an oval shape (which Tops retained) not unlike A&P. Did it acquire the store from A&P at some point?
by pseudo3d
10 Feb 2024 03:38
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: NEW: Safeway in NYC
Replies: 12
Views: 518

Re: NEW: Safeway in NYC

Was "Safeway-First National" actually used on stores, or was it used to advertise both store brands? I honestly cannot say. Newspaper ads and articles refer to them as "Safeway First National stores" (or sometimes "First National and Safeway First National stores") thr...
by pseudo3d
07 Feb 2024 15:07
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: NEW: Safeway in NYC
Replies: 12
Views: 518

Re: NEW: Safeway in NYC

I'm pretty excited about this one. Safeway had a brief (twenty years, 1941-1961) run in New York, and I think this should pretty much capture every location, with only a few stragglers. I have also included the pre-acquision Daniel Reeves locations and post-acquisition First National stores. https:...
by pseudo3d
22 Jan 2024 00:44
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 16
Views: 2688

Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

I don't know what the deal with this Sears having a " steak & seafood spectacular " thanks a group I'm in. I was intrigued and looked up to see if they had a leased meats department. No dice, but they did have a health food department run by Vitality Unlimited, with over 120 leased de...
by pseudo3d
20 Jan 2024 00:29
Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
Topic: NEW: Corpus Christi, 1929-2020
Replies: 1
Views: 1039

Re: NEW: Corpus Christi, 1929-2020

I've been informed that the Jitney Jungle stores were franchised and at some point sold out to HEB.
by pseudo3d
19 Jan 2024 12:24
Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
Topic: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
Replies: 12
Views: 1126

Re: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?

Whatever happened to this once-ubiquitous facet of the drugstore industry? I have tried looking online for when they were phased out and why, but instead I largely see documentation of their heyday or historical significance. As I understand it, some of these drugstores did not have actual pharmaci...
by pseudo3d
18 Jan 2024 20:41
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 16
Views: 2688

Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

I don't know what the deal with this Sears having a " steak & seafood spectacular " thanks a group I'm in. I was intrigued and looked up to see if they had a leased meats department. No dice, but they did have a health food department run by Vitality Unlimited, with over 120 leased dep...
by pseudo3d
18 Jan 2024 01:18
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2069

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

I created an updated list of stores (Version 3). TEXAS (EXCEPT WEST TEXAS) / LOUISIANA / SOUTHEAST AppleTree Markets (last two stores went independent, closed) BI-LO (includes RedFood)* Big Star Markets* Bruno's (includes successor Belle Foods) Earth Fare (original run) Florida Choice* Gooding's Lew...
by pseudo3d
17 Jan 2024 10:58
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2069

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

You're also missing Eisner Foods, who was at the time of their demise a division of Jewel; Skaggs Alpha Beta and Alpha Beta. S-A-B in Texas and Florida became Jewel for a time in the 90s before being sold off to Albertsons. Eisner converted to Jewel-Osco, Skaggs Alpha Beta/Alpha Beta were converted...