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- 22 Apr 2009 10:14
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Ralphs/Loray Market/Northern California in the 1970s
- Replies: 4
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Ralphs/Loray Market/Northern California in the 1970s
Over on Flickr, Charles posted some pictures of a former Loray Market, a chain which was purchased by Ralphs in 1973 as their first attempt to enter the Norcal market. Does anyone have more information about Loray and Ralphs in Norcal? (I don't mean their second foray in the 1990s.) I found this sma...
- 12 Apr 2009 09:00
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: La Mirada Market Basket location questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9398
Re: La Mirada Market Basket location questions
That's the same image I was looking at and I believe you are correct.GaryED44 wrote:So in this aerial image from 1972
The Market Basket would be the building in the middle?
- 06 Apr 2009 16:35
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: La Mirada Market Basket location questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9398
Re: La Mirada Market Basket location questions
Based on the information I've found, I believe the post office has always been a post office, while the Market Basket was demolished and replaced by homes. According to this list of Market Basket locations http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=698&p=4230 there was a Market Bas...
- 01 Apr 2009 17:57
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: History of: Kmart, City of Industry CA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8085
Re: History of: Kmart, City of Industry CA
Actually, the first prototype Kmart was in a former Kresge at the corner of Laurel Canyon and Rinaldi in San Fernando, CA. It's now a Didi's Discounts.TenPoundHammer wrote:Wow. Their first year in business and they'd already made it out to California?
- 18 Mar 2009 21:36
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Highland Park Marina Safeway/Big Lots closing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8171
Re: Highland Park Marina Safeway/Big Lots closing
A group is trying to get this store designated as a historical cultural landmark. El Super wants to either rebuild or heavily remodel the store. There is some community opposition to this (how much there really is I can't tell) so they are seeking this protection. Here are some posts from the York B...
- 08 Mar 2009 20:19
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Goodbye Virgin Megastores
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13521
Re: Goodbye Virgin Megastores
Speaking of the history, the first store was the one at Sunset and Crescent Heights, which opened in late 1992. The Burbank store at the Media Center Mall closed when the roof collapsed during a rain storm and it never reopened. It was about the time the Hollywood store was about to so they transfer...
- 02 Mar 2009 12:59
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: the BROADWAY
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12990
Re: the BROADWAY
Northridge - Trader Joes, Health Club and Borders (subdivided all 4 levels) Do you mean the store at the north end of the Northridge Fashion Plaza? It was partially dismantled to create an open-air plaza with a Harry & David, Sharper Image, and other smaller stores while the northern half of th...
- 24 Feb 2009 10:50
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: old store brands
- Replies: 33
- Views: 41240
Re: old store brands
I saw 1-liter bottles of Cragmont ginger ale and tonic water at the 99 Cent Only Store over the weekend. Of course the label said it was from Lucerne Foods.Dean wrote:Noticed that the 99 Cent Only Store is carrying LUCERNE FOODS' Busy Baker bread items.
- 20 Feb 2009 12:43
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Does anybody remember Mayfair Mkts. Discount Grocery Store?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10799
Re: Does anybody remember Mayfair Mkts. Discount Grocery Store?
Adding on to this long-dormant thread, here's a picture of the West Hollywood store at Santa Monica and Sweetzer from 1960. This store has been completely remodeled inside and out (not necessarily for the better) and is now a Gelson's. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics51/00075431.jpg This was a Mayfair loca...
- 17 Feb 2009 12:38
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Britt's Department Store
- Replies: 18
- Views: 30848
Re: Britt's Department Store
Unless Zody's lopped off a floor, which I doubt, the Alhambra store was one level.Jeff wrote:Were both Britts stores 2 levels? It seems like the one on 3rd and Fairfax was.?
- 16 Feb 2009 23:51
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Britt's Department Store
- Replies: 18
- Views: 30848
Re: Britt's Department Store
That store is now the Kmart on the south side of 3rd Street just east of Fairfax. Britt's was a unit of Newberry's. The only other store I know of was on the corner of Valley and Almansor in Alhambra, which became a Zody's but I remember seeing the Britt's labelscar as a kid. After Zody's closed it ...
- 16 Feb 2009 23:42
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Chveron Stations Operating as Standard Oil
- Replies: 27
- Views: 38827
Re: Chveron Stations Operating as Standard Oil
As Albertsons learned the hard way over the Lucky name...Groceteria wrote:Unused, undefended trademarks revert to the public domain after some passage of time.
- 10 Feb 2009 12:26
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: 7-11
- Replies: 36
- Views: 25625
Re: 7-11
Southland Corporation bought Citgo from Occidental Petroleum in 1983. In 1986 they sold a 50% interest to Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela, which then bought the rest of the company in 1989. In 1976 Southland bought 183 West Coast gas stations from Tosco who, in turn, boug...
- 09 Feb 2009 11:23
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4430
Re: Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
Originally it was an independent pharmacy called Jundt's. It was Jundt's until at least 1992. Thrifty got a liquor license at that address in 1997.luckysaver wrote:The small Rite Aid next door to Vons on the left - was that a Thrifty or Savon?
- 08 Feb 2009 11:32
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4430
Re: Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
- Vons #143 on Foothill Blvd in LCF between the Glendale Freeway (State Route 2) and the Foothill Freeway (I-210). Is this the store at 635 W Foothill Blvd? If so, it's a former Alexander's Market, I believe the last Alexander's in the chain and Vons took it over in 1977. It was built between 1967 ...