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I don't know what that location previously was. When I visited Vacaville in January 2005, I recall seeing an independent grocer in a 1960s style building further north on Alamo near Monte Vista. I wonder if that location was once a chain. In downtown Vacaville I believe that there is a former Safewa...

In 1982, "Reese's Pieces" became a popular candy, largely because of their placement in the movie "E.T." In the early '80s, a cracker was sold called "Nachos." This product was heavily promoted in T.V. advertising wherein supermarket patrons sang a corny jingle, "T...

I believe that the distribution center for Lucky Stores in southern California was located in Buena Park (Orange County). Is that distribution center still in operation? The counterpart Lucky distribution center in northern California was located on the westerly side of the Nimitz Freeway in San Lea...

Pak 'n Save operated a store in Dublin, Calif. from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. It was located in a former K-Mart in a shopping center at the northwest corner of Dublin Boulevard and Dougherty Road. In the late 1980s, the Dublin Pak 'n Save was a "discount warehouse" type of operatio...

I believe that the main highway between Oakland and Stockton (then U.S. 50) ran along El Dorado Street and Charter Way before I-5 was constructed through the area in the late 1960s. I wonder if heavy inter-regional traffic in the 1950s and '60s discouraged supermarket construction on those major art...

Does anybody know of any "extinct" or "threatened" items which were found on most supermarket shelves 20, 30, or 40 years ago but now have disappeared or are difficult to find? In the early 1980s (an era of "stagflation"), many supermarket chains had aisles dedicated to...

There was an IGA store in the 1983 ABC-TV movie, "The Day After." As I recall, it ironically was having a "grand opening." Presumably the store was in Lawrence, Kansas or somewhere else in the Kansas City metro area. There was an exterior shot and some scenes inside the store as ...

The "Contra Costa Sun" of 11/17/06 reports that the Safeway in Walnut Creek, Calif. at 1938 Tice Valley Boulevard will be renovated sometime in 2007. The article says that the Safeway will be upgraded with brick and stone on the outside and that there are plans to renovate the interior. Th...

As discussed in previous replies, there was a Albertson's/Pay Less Drug combination at Stanley Blvd./Murietta Blvd. in Livermore, Calif. from the early 1980s to late 1990s. Until the late 1970s, the Holdener Drive-In Dairy was located at the site of the shopping center. I believe that the Albertson'...

[I posted the following on the Groceteria message board in 2002 - re: history of Alpha Beta, especially in Anaheim.] I have just found an Alpha Beta advertisement in the 'Anaheim Gazette' edition of October 26, 1939 that discusses the history of the company. In 1939, the ad claimed, there were 28 st...

Star Super Market in Mendota, California (western Fresno County) appears to have intact interior decor from the 1960s or '70s. Address may be 580 Derrick Avenue (State Route 33). It is on the westerly side of State Route 33. The store seems to be a former chain location. It is set back far from the ...