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- 12 Jul 2010 10:58
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Two old Foodlands in the Pittsburgh area close
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2352
Re: Two old Foodlands in the Pittsburgh area close
Looks like the store at 5821 Library Road, Bethel Park, not too far from Castle Shannon, is still open. (Not quite as visible via Street View as the closed two, since it doesn't face the street.)
- 12 Apr 2010 11:24
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Unimart in Los Angeles?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13828
Re: Unimart in Los Angeles?
Folks: A little to add about Unimart ... There was a location in North Hollywood at the NW corner of Victory & Vineland. Seems odd, because that's only a couple miles from the Hollywood Way and Vanowen location (the current Fry's). ( Second photo, showing the building .) In this comment page , ...
- 22 Mar 2010 10:39
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: A big discovery: 1976 Safeway California map!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 66035
Re: A big discovery: 1976 Safeway California map!
Bumping this thread because of an article about parking meters that ran in the L.A. Times on Sunday -- with accompanying photo showing a Safeway on Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood in 1949.
- 25 Jan 2010 13:09
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Tampa Bay Area Photos
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11231
Re: Tampa Bay Area Photos
I've posted a Tampa Bay area history timeline for your amusement: http://www.groceteria.com/place/southeast/tampa-bay-area/tampa-bay-area-history-timeline/ It can obviously be improved (and will). It's currently a little Pinellas County-centric, because I had the St. Pete newspaper archives as a ma...
- 19 Jan 2010 12:51
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Glen Bell, Founder of Taco Bell, Dies
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2812
Re: Glen Bell, Founder of Taco Bell, Dies
Obituary from the L.A. Times. I'd love to see the late-'60s ads referred to: "defining and picturing the menu items, listing ingredients and explaining how to pronounce them."
- 19 Jan 2010 12:43
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Tampa Bay Area Photos
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11231
Re: Tampa Bay Area Photos
This: http://www.groceteria.com/photos2/album/72157623175263414/photo/4259719165/tampa-bay-area-100_1101.html I Google mapped it. Judging by the stacked sign out front, I'm thinking this could have been a Wal-Mart at one time. I'm not 100% confident about that. Not a Wal-Mart -- they weren't in Tam...
- 04 Jan 2010 13:12
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Goodbye Eckerd (Rite Aid buys Eckerd and Brooks Drugs)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 60079
Re: Goodbye Eckerd (Rite Aid buys Eckerd and Brooks Drugs)
Was in my hometown of Tampa over the holidays, and I can tell you that many people there definitely remember, and miss, Eckerd.Ephrata1966 wrote:What is really sad is that outside the retail world, lots of people seem to have forgotten Eckerd.
- 19 Oct 2009 10:52
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Former IHOP locations
- Replies: 33
- Views: 31426
Re: Former IHOP locations
On the '67 list, both Burbank, CA and Tampa, FL (S. Dale Mabry) are still IHOPs. Burbank has a renovated interior -- including, sadly, a drop ceiling. Not sure of the interior status of that Tampa location.
- 15 Sep 2009 10:47
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: MONTGOMERY WARDS STILL ALIVE
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3751
Re: MONTGOMERY WARDS STILL ALIVE
Well...the Montgomery Ward name is alive and well. The current wards.com operation has no relation to Montgomery Ward & Co.Washingtoniana wrote:To my surprise,.... I discovered Montgomery Ward & Co is alive and well with an Internet based operation.
- 28 Aug 2009 16:16
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Ralphs and A&P in Westwood, CA--1932 & 1940
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6894
Re: Ralphs and A&P in Westwood, CA--1932 & 1940
Supermarket empire has local roots http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_13196859?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com Seems a little odd that the crucial second-to-last paragraph doesn't begin with something like "After suffering a serious arm injury..." to explain why a champion bricklayer...
- 25 Aug 2009 17:15
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Gold Triangle (Florida)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4345
Re: Gold Triangle (Florida)
Ah, thanks -- I probably should have figured out the Gold Circle/Gold Triangle connection on my own.
Seems like they could have kept expanding the concept: Gold Square, Gold Pentagon, Gold Hexagon...
Seems like they could have kept expanding the concept: Gold Square, Gold Pentagon, Gold Hexagon...
- 20 Aug 2009 16:46
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Food Fair and "Supermarket Sweep"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7068
Re: Food Fair and "Supermarket Sweep"
Bumping up this old thread to provide more information. I've seen a couple of episodes of the original 1960s "Supermarket Sweep" at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, which has several of them in its collection. One is even available for online viewing , although their onli...
- 18 Aug 2009 12:57
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Oldest Operating A&P
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16860
Re: Oldest Operating A&P
The A&P in New Providence, NJ has been expanded considerably since it was a Centennial. In fact, the only way one can even tell that it was ever a Centennial would be to look at an aerial view of the store and see the "original" section of the building (along with the expansion). My g...
- 14 Aug 2009 23:46
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Gold Triangle (Florida)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4345
Gold Triangle (Florida)
Does anyone have any details about Gold Triangle stores in Florida? I only vaguely remember their existence. The location I'm familiar with was in Tampa, on Dale Mabry Highway just south of Columbus Drive; there was a traffic light at its entrance, and a city-installed "Gold Triangle" stre...