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by pseudo3d
17 Mar 2023 10:39
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: Real Superstore locations
Replies: 10
Views: 10166

Re: Real Superstore locations

There was one that was missing. A 1996 article mentions a store in Lake Charles, the only Schwegmann operation that far west. I imagine that it was closed by year-end like the Lafayette store was, but I don't know where the Lake Charles operation might've been.
by pseudo3d
17 Feb 2023 00:30
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: If you could bring a defunct store back.....
Replies: 44
Views: 33496

Re: If you could bring a defunct store back.....

Having worked for one of K-Mart's better regional competition, I can tell you that you're missing something big: K-Mart's inexpensive, but often poor quality house brand merchandise, which was a long-term liability. It helped them live through the stagflation era of the 70s and 80s and it was margi...
by pseudo3d
05 Feb 2023 22:05
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Westside Pavilion basement
Replies: 0
Views: 2635

Westside Pavilion basement

Here's something I have become curious about--Westside Pavilion, the late California mall that was built in 1985, received an outdoor expansion in 1991 (later replaced with a large movie theater) and eventually closed in 2019 for Google offices. From what I can piece together, the basement of the ma...
by pseudo3d
17 Jan 2023 16:07
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: NEW: New Orleans, 1929-1956
Replies: 4
Views: 6532

Re: NEW: New Orleans, 1929-1956

New Orleans is now updated through 1975. More to follow; I'll actually be able to take this one all the way to the present. The page mentioned an Albertsons at 3400 Tulane, which was listed in the footnotes as a mistaken address in 2015. There was an Albertsons there and the only Albertsons in New ...
by pseudo3d
30 Dec 2022 19:33
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: If you could bring a defunct store back.....
Replies: 44
Views: 33496

Re: If you could bring a defunct store back.....

Just a little late-night musing... Alternate history: In 1986, Lucky Stores spun off it's GEMCO division. As a new company, GEMCO struggled to find its place in the late 80's discount arena. After closing all but their California stores in 1989, GEMCO went on a massive rebranding campaign, focusing...
by pseudo3d
06 Dec 2022 01:06
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Lee's Discount Department Stores?
Replies: 6
Views: 1684

Re: Lee's Discount Department Stores?

Britt's opened a department store in Bryan, TX in the early 1970s though it heavily leaned fashion when most department stores were full-line. It was 60,000 square feet though and in the late 1970s was kicked out for a J.C. Penney (which lasted less than a decade in the spot before it moved to anoth...
by pseudo3d
01 Dec 2022 01:05
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 16
Views: 2831

Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

There's an article in the New York Times that talks about the Kroger/Sears collaboration. I do know that for many years, Hillman's Pure Foods operated in some Chicagoland-area Sears. In 2017 I made a thread on it , but alas, no replies. One common thread between the garden center and the coffee sho...
by pseudo3d
29 Nov 2022 19:52
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 16
Views: 2831

Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

There was the partnership Sears did with Kmart in 2018, and Kroger also had stores inside a number of Sears back in the 1930s. Well, those are on two sides of the spectrum! Post-Lampert Sears didn't do much in terms of localized shops. They had an Edwin Watts Golf Shops and of course that mini-Kmar...
by pseudo3d
28 Nov 2022 00:45
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA
Replies: 10
Views: 1217

Re: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA

The Wikipedia page for Tanglewood Mall is a mess but it has this bit whether true or not: Kroger, an outparcel, finished renovating its interior and exterior; its new front was meant to "better highlight the company's selection of fresh foods."[15] The renovations were also in anticipation...
by pseudo3d
25 Nov 2022 01:13
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 16
Views: 2831

Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

There was the partnership Sears did with Kmart in 2018, and Kroger also had stores inside a number of Sears back in the 1930s. Well, those are on two sides of the spectrum! Post-Lampert Sears didn't do much in terms of localized shops. They had an Edwin Watts Golf Shops and of course that mini-Kmar...
by pseudo3d
24 Nov 2022 02:40
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: The Kroger Co. Store List Project
Replies: 12
Views: 5006

Re: The Kroger Co. Store List Project

Didn't see the Baker, Louisiana Kroger on there. Of course, the Baton Rouge stores were on the "Numberless Stores" (I believe there was a total of six in the region before they pulled out). This particular store would be at or around 14500 Plank Rd, Baker, LA 70714 and was later Rainbow Sh...
by pseudo3d
23 Nov 2022 00:52
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 16
Views: 2831

Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

One of the things that I found out in researching Sears Bakery Deli Cafe (page here ) is that they were operated mostly in Texas by a Houston-based company that ran restaurants. At least in their early days, they were operated by another Houston-based store that sold sandwiches and imported products...
by pseudo3d
16 Aug 2022 03:11
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: A&P bakery only locations?
Replies: 6
Views: 1549

Re: A&P bakery only locations?

They probably were the last major chain in include in-store bakeries, but before that they had a fairly extensive selection of house brand baked goods, more than most other chains. I dimly remember that those were among the things we went to A&P to buy. Many people fondly remember their Spanish...
by pseudo3d
22 Jul 2022 16:14
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: A&P bakery only locations?
Replies: 6
Views: 1549

Re: A&P bakery only locations?

I think its bakery production sites. A lot of supermarkets have bakeries, dairies, and other production plants. Safeway had them (pre-Albertsons), even into the late 1990s or early 2000s Safeway manufactured their own pet food, Kroger has them, H-E-B has them, Winn-Dixie used to have them.
by pseudo3d
24 Jun 2022 21:29
Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Kids R Us
Replies: 14
Views: 15430

Re: Kids R Us

I made a list of Kids "R" Us store locations: https://retail247projecthub.blogspot.com/2022/06/list-of-kids-r-us-clothing-store.html I think you're missing a few...Kids 'R' Us was on 6135 Westheimer, not part of the Toys 'R' Us at 6145 Westheimer. Kids R Us was an OfficeMax and eventually...