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by Groceteria
18 Jan 2007 16:41
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Rockville Mall (MD) / Downtown Malls
Replies: 17
Views: 15567

I would like to know more about the downtown malls in Rock Hill and Painesville. When did they open? Did they have anchor stores? Are they still standing? Heck, what were the malls' NAMES? As I said about five posts up, Rock Hill was torn down several years ago. Again, it was not so a much a mall b...
by Groceteria
16 Jan 2007 21:43
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Safeway Store Brands
Replies: 37
Views: 27641

terryinokc wrote:Don't know if Safeway bought the companies/manufacturers, or if they were somehow related to Safeway all along.
Could be that Safeway was also acting as supplier to other chains. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that A&P did some of that with its house brands on a limited basis.
by Groceteria
16 Jan 2007 01:07
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Spencer's in Morro Bay, California--CORONET?
Replies: 9
Views: 5654

surfingdude wrote:Spencer's Morro Bay was a Young's Giant Foods originally.
Thanks. Would that be the same Young's that operated in Bakersfield?
by Groceteria
15 Jan 2007 23:14
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Food Basket Locations
Replies: 13
Views: 7426

I have moved these posts and started a new thread since the developing discussion was (a) not about the New York Food Basket chain, which was the original topic, and (b) was starting to be about specific locations rather than general information on the chain. I promise to be everyone's best friend i...
by Groceteria
15 Jan 2007 23:04
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Spencer's in Morro Bay, California--CORONET?
Replies: 9
Views: 5654

Re: Spencer's in Morro Bay, California--CORONET?

Dean wrote: From the pix that was posted today on the main page...POSSIBLY a CORONET dime store
Maybe, but it seems a good bit bigger than the average Coronet store.
by Groceteria
15 Jan 2007 11:09
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Alpha Beta spin-offs
Replies: 8
Views: 5375

Any pictures of the "FAD" store? Was it a full service store or was it limited? I can't find that photo online anymore. Did you click on the photo slideshow on the page listed above? There is a picture of a FAD store. I have no idea if it's the one you saw before, but it's the only one th...
by Groceteria
15 Jan 2007 00:32
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Alpha Beta spin-offs
Replies: 8
Views: 5375

Answers to your questions: http://www.groceteria.com/alphabeta/index.html -- FAD was Alpha Beta's discount format. The name was used for a limited time. -- The Skaggs Alpha Beta brand was the result of the merger of American Stores with Skaggs Drugstores. -- Yucaipa, which already owned Food4Less in...
by Groceteria
13 Jan 2007 22:12
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Does anyone remember Market Basket Stores in Southern Calif?
Replies: 15
Views: 22215

I've spilt the specific locations discussions into a new thread in the proper forum:

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1004

Please use that one for discussion of specific locations and this one for general history of the chain.

Thanks,
David
by Groceteria
12 Jan 2007 11:00
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Grocery Stores that were formerly something unique
Replies: 16
Views: 15888

Of particular interest: -- Harris-Teeter in downtown Charleston SC, housed in an old railroad warehouse or freight depot. -- Harris-Teeter at Cameron Village in Raleigh, in an old Sears store. -- Cala on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in a former car dealership. -- A location on South Boulevard i...
by Groceteria
12 Jan 2007 10:39
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Thriftimart in So Cal
Replies: 11
Views: 10368

I've split this thread to create a new one on specific Thriftimart locations. Please post location-specific info there now and reserve this one for general history on the chain:

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=991

Thanks,
David
by Groceteria
08 Jan 2007 20:28
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: San Francisco: 7th Ave marina Safeway closes
Replies: 5
Views: 4323

I dunno but it looks to me like the "big ugly guy" is in a lot better shape than the Safeway... (and he has a cool geeky tshirt, which I've commented to him about before) My betrothed was taking pictures of me that day for a newspaper feature. I don't always wear that shirt :) More photos...
by Groceteria
08 Jan 2007 20:00
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: San Francisco: 7th Ave marina Safeway closes
Replies: 5
Views: 4323

Photo of that store (with a big ugly guy in front of it) here:

http://www.groceteria.com/about/graphic ... wynn02.jpg
by Groceteria
08 Jan 2007 11:17
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
Replies: 47
Views: 50154

And how about Shoney's Big Boy? I guess there are "Big Boy" chains all around the country with varying "first" names? Wondering what's the connection and how many different "______" Big Boy chains are there? They were all franchises stemming from the original Bob's Big...
by Groceteria
05 Jan 2007 10:52
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: 1967 vintage Gemco (now Target) to close Jan 6
Replies: 31
Views: 24760

However, the fact that the vast majority of Gemco locations have been successful as Target stores points to the fact that Gemco picked excellent real estate to develop. The other thought that struck me was as I drove past the "other" Target on Balboa... the newly built Target stores are g...
by Groceteria
04 Jan 2007 21:39
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Sacramento: Retro McDonalds - original or newer?
Replies: 15
Views: 18984

Actually, the first McDonalds franchise (offered by the McDonald Bros) was built in Phoenix by a gas station owner with the last name of Fox. It was at Central Ave & Indian School Rd You're absolutely right. I may have been thinking that Sacramento was the first California franchise sold. Or I ...