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- 12 Jan 2007 21:28
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Grocery Stores that were formerly something unique
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15971
There was a long running Kroger on Buckeye Road in Cleveland that was in an ice house they converted in the 50s. Askating rink was turned into a strip mall anchored by an even longer running Pick-n-Pay supermarket in Cleveland, also in the 50s, near Cleveland Clinic on Euclid Ave. Despite riots and ...
- 10 Jan 2007 17:47
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
- Views: 51779
The service plaza HoJos in Eastern Ohio on the Turnpike weren't nearly as bad as the ones on the East Coast and they were a bit better than the plazas run by Gladieux (a Toledo-based catering) on the Western half of the Turnpike. One problem with HoJo is that they never really updated their menu. Th...
- 08 Jan 2007 21:45
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
- Views: 51779
Shoney's still has a very Big Boy-like menu, although they also have a terrible reputation that goes back to their Big Boy days. These days, it's catching up with them and they have closed quite a few locations. Other Midwestern Big Boys: Azars (in Indiana, gone by the mid-80s) and Manners in Clevel...
- 08 Jan 2007 00:42
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
- Views: 51779
Re: upthread. The US franchises in Asia usually started up in good years for these chains and managed to thrive under good local management. The Dunkin Donuts franchisee also has Swensen's and sometimes operates them under the same roof. Shakey's survived in Thailand until a few years ago. Kenny Rog...
- 05 Jan 2007 18:58
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
- Views: 51779
- 28 Dec 2006 11:22
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Safeway in NC
- Replies: 28
- Views: 30146
A lot of people from the DC area go to the Outer Banks. This may have been a attempt at capitalizing on this, as part of a long-term strategy of moving beyond Richmond. Chains often have gone into or stayed in resort areas that ordinarily wouldn't have made sense from a short-term business model--Gr...
- 23 Dec 2006 04:58
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 98563
- 22 Dec 2006 19:53
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 98563
- 15 Dec 2006 16:53
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Goodbye, Tower Records
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14612
It's interesting that they turned to franchises for the international operations. They made some significant mistakes, like having their two largest Bangkok stores a few blocks from each other and trying to operate very small stores in other locations. They somehow screwed up in Singapore where they...
- 25 Nov 2006 01:29
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Watts, CA: (former) Safeway
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8621
Safeway continued to operate a large number of inner city locations in DC after the riots--they still had dozens of stores in DC in the early 70s. You can see former marinas in a number of DC neighborhoods--one on Rhode Island Ave NW was operating until fairly recently (even though it was a mile awa...
- 22 Nov 2006 01:20
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Safeway International
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13124
- 21 Nov 2006 14:50
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Barker's Department Stores - NYC Metro
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3997
Barkers' parent Franklin Stores apparently acquired King's and used the King's name for all of the stores. According to another site, Barker's had stores in:New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Texas and New Orleans. Source: htt...
- 19 Nov 2006 11:16
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Pavilions history
- Replies: 36
- Views: 19450
Pavillions #2 was in Arcadia (and is still open, though it was remodeled a few years ago). It was a large exsiting Vons with a semi-upscale clientele (Arcadia has a mix of middle to uppermiddle income areas) and probably was seen as a good candidate for the original upscale meets warehouse-ish forma...
- 17 Nov 2006 01:30
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Chains Expanding Far From Their Home Turf
- Replies: 24
- Views: 18390
Other geographic oddities: Kroger in the Twin Cities (a very small, ground up operation that began in the early 60s and lasted until the early 80s; not sure of the supply base) and their shortlived and rather small DC operation (originally the Foodtown chain, plus stores they added). Loblaw (Buffalo...
- 17 Nov 2006 00:58
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Safeway in Missouri and Environs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6164
I used to track these things and I believe that Kroger did have some sort of hiatus in Memphis. It may be that they were supplied from elsewhere and one division gave up while another moved in later--in recent years, they had no stores in areas of Mississippi that you'd expect to be covered if they ...