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- 13 Feb 2007 00:50
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Atlanta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6667
- 12 Feb 2007 21:57
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 98556
President's Choice is used by quite a few regional chains. Harris-Teeter used it when they were in Atlanta. Loblaw is part of the George Weston Foods empire (a large multi-national food processor based in Canada) which makes a lot of this stuff. Weston had made products for National Tea when they ow...
- 12 Feb 2007 21:54
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Trading Stamp Memories
- Replies: 21
- Views: 22486
- 11 Feb 2007 14:21
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Blue Jay Markets
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11961
- 10 Feb 2007 01:13
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Supermarket "spokesmodels?"
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15983
Giant of Landover had Esther Peterson for awhile. She was their consumer rep and had been a special assistant for consumer affairs in the Carter administration. Before that she'd been Assistant Labor Secretary under Truman and had had various labor and state department positions related to employmen...
- 10 Feb 2007 01:07
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: 5814 North Milwaukee, Chicago
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8162
- 09 Feb 2007 12:25
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Looking for Floor Plans
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5110
- 09 Feb 2007 00:10
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Paper or Plastic?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13730
- 08 Feb 2007 18:56
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Grocers in "real" malls - not strip malls
- Replies: 79
- Views: 74192
- 08 Feb 2007 09:54
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Former A & P in my area
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6415
The exterior with the mansard roof could have been just about any chain from the late 60s through the 70s. National, Jewel, Acme, and many others used this, so it would have been a common design. One of the first to use something like this was the Fazio's chain in Cleveland, which used a shingled ma...
- 08 Feb 2007 02:25
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Kmart Plaza Shopping Centers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 25264
- 08 Feb 2007 02:19
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P "Centennial" Stores Still Housing Supermar
- Replies: 48
- Views: 58709
- 08 Feb 2007 02:17
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Former Big Star/Colonial Locations Still Selling Groceries
- Replies: 32
- Views: 42913
- 08 Feb 2007 02:11
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Super Kroger restaurants?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4441
- 07 Feb 2007 01:33
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Former Big Star/Colonial Locations Still Selling Groceries
- Replies: 32
- Views: 42913