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- 27 Dec 2005 15:51
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Best Products
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32520
There is a Best store (closed, of course) in Northridge, CA...Wal-Mart wants to tear it down... I remeber seeing the Northridge store featured on a lot of the TV news reports after the earthquake. It had a good deal of damage. If Wal-Mart thinks enough of the location, it would be an anomaly as far...
- 27 Dec 2005 09:59
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Visiting Charleston and Savannah
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7332
There are some 1950s-60s vintage retail areas in North Charleston along US 52 you may find interesting. There's also some vintage retail along US 17 (Savannah Highway) across the Ashley River in St. Andrew's. Check out the colonial-style former Esso/Exxon station across East Bay Street and down from...
- 22 Dec 2005 23:09
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Colonel Sanders other chicken restaurant chain????
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7350
- 22 Dec 2005 14:50
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: "Don't Make A&P Mad"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4236
"Don't Make A&P Mad"
I was at the local library yesterday and found the above referenced book. Written aby J.E. Davis and self-published in 1990, it's a history of Winn-Dixie by one of the brothers who founded them. I haven't begun reading it yet. Frankly, it looks like it won't be all that interesting. Anyone heard of ...
- 17 Dec 2005 19:35
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants
- Replies: 72
- Views: 95406
This whole thread is getting me sort of nostalgic for a trip to a Kmart from, say, 1975, where we can all have cheeseburgers at the cafeteria, stick our hands through the plexiglass to look at 8-tracks, and then stand in line for half an hour while the cashiers tear off every price tag and put it i...
- 12 Dec 2005 18:55
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Grocers in "real" malls - not strip malls
- Replies: 79
- Views: 71579
- 12 Dec 2005 08:55
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Grocers in "real" malls - not strip malls
- Replies: 79
- Views: 71579
Richmond, VA
Technically, before they renovated it, Willow Lawn wasn't a mall, but a large shopping center in a strip configuration. Originally, Giant Food was an anchor at one end, with JC Penney at the other. There was also a Safeway added later in a strange location at the rear of the center. The Giant is now...
- 07 Dec 2005 15:40
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: JCPenney and Drugstores
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10095
Matt, per the JCPenney website, they got into the drugstore business in 1969 with Thrift Drug. They don't meantion Treasury Drug, just that The Treasury stores were discount stores they acquired in 1962 with the acquisition of General Merchandise Company (catchy name). They acquired Eckerd in 1996 a...
- 04 Dec 2005 20:48
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: The Very First 'Freezer Sections'??
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3992
- 01 Dec 2005 20:53
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Best Products
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32520
- 01 Dec 2005 14:28
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Best Products
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32520