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- 11 Dec 2022 22:12
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: NEW: Altoona, 1925-2020
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4982
Re: Jubilee Foods Re: NEW: Altoona, 1925-2020
EDIT - OK, if I actually read one of the sites... ;) https://shopjubileefoods.com/about/ (This is the MD one) - One of the current owners previously worked for Fleming companies (that's the Kmart wholesaler) that also owned Jubilee. So, what I was trying to remember above is actually what it was! I...
- 11 Dec 2022 12:58
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: NEW: Altoona, 1925-2020
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4982
Re: Jubilee Foods Re: NEW: Altoona, 1925-2020
Does anyone have any background on Jubilee Foods? It was a small chain that I ran across traveling through Altoona over the years. At some point they sold out to Ahold who is using the Martins name in Altoona due to Giant Eagle also being there. The only one of the still operating Martins stores th...
- 28 Oct 2022 11:51
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: NEW: Syracuse, 1925-2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4124
Re: NEW: Syracuse, 1925-2020
No chain seems really dominant over much of the history. A&P seems to have had an unusually small footprint compared with other markets, such as Buffalo. Up until the 70s when chains began to systematically exit markets where they were small players, it was not unusual to see chains keep a rela...
- 04 Oct 2022 15:52
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Kroger in Washington DC
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14376
Re: Kroger in Washington DC
As part of my Kroger project I've done more digging and discovered the roots of this division stem from the acquisition of Food Town (not related to Lion) in 1960 followed by a rebranding in 1961. I don't know much about this Food Town but I do know they opened some stores in Washington proper, Ale...
- 23 Jul 2022 11:46
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P bakery only locations?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4431
Re: A&P bakery only locations?
Definitely a production facility. A&P and other chains had them in numerous cities, as pseudo3d notes. The one in Baltimore was part of their office/warehouse compound, some or all of which still stands . In fact, there seems to still be a bakery facility there, for the Crispy Bagel Co. And pro...
- 05 Jul 2022 14:32
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Does anybody know where these Waldbaum's location were?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4773
Re: Does anybody know where these Waldbaum's location were?
Given that the site says all the photos were from April of 2012, that limits the Waldbaum's to somewhere on Long Island (since they had stopped using that name elsewhere, save one odd CT store for a time - that may have closed before then as well). Would also (possibly) place them reasonably close t...
- 05 Jul 2022 14:27
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Mystery stores in Terre Haute, IN
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5376
Re: Mystery stores in Terre Haute, IN
Per newspapers: 333 S 3rd: Montgomery Ward 600 S. 3rd: McMillan's Sporting Goods (late 1960s/early 1970s, no listing in the 1960 city directory, which is the latest one I can access right now). Thanks for the detective work, guys!! 115 Walnut did seem the most "supermarkety" building of t...
- 27 Jun 2022 15:58
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: I made a list of A&P locations... And I need your help with it
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4506
Re: I made a list of A&P locations... And I need your help with it
Added a few to that other tab (after re-reading the directions and copying them there ;) Also spotted this link on here with complete listings from 2001 and 2008 that might be of help https://www.groceteria.com/store/national-chains/ap/ap-store-location-lists/ Just quick glancing I see a couple list...
- 25 Jun 2022 11:40
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Kids R Us
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19838
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 Not sure exactly when, but the closing date for the Albany location (former Northway Mall) is earlier than the other listed location, as they basically move...
- 23 Jun 2022 11:28
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: list of ShopRite stores that became Pathmark in 1969
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4395
Re: list of ShopRite stores that became Pathmark in 1969
More like Big V was going through a variety of options due to their own financial issues. They were looking at just pulling out of ShopRite and being solo (probably supplied by one of the other wholesale suppliers), closing stores and going to Pathmark was an option as well. Eventually, Shoprite, in...
- 15 Jun 2022 20:32
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Why was A&P so committed to being in Connecticut?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10047
Re: Why was A&P so committed to being in Connecticut?
Anyone else notice how A&P somehow seemed committed to being in Connecticut? The left the New England market in the mid to late 90's (where many of there stores were few and far between anyway), except for Connecticut. A&P had stores in the state up until they went out of business as a whol...
- 11 Jun 2022 15:15
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: When did A&P leave Rhode Island?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5591
Re: When did A&P leave Rhode Island?
I found this union (?) pamphlet from 1988 and on page 7 it lists A&P as having 2 locations in RI with those being Newport and Richmond https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/foodjustice/31_May88_001.pdf I always thought that A&P left Rhode Island sometime in the 70s at th...
- 29 May 2022 15:41
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: NEW: Chattanooga, 1920-2022
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4778
Re: NEW: Chattanooga, 1920-2022
Of course, the question is - did any of those stores run a model train like some supermarkets have and do? Just seems they should have, for some reason... ;)
- 23 May 2022 16:27
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Former A&P in Plymouth, MA?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4333
Re: Former A&P in Plymouth, MA?
There is what looks like a (fairly) new Market Basket basically next door (with a Marshalls) - so perhaps that was their older store at one point?
- 01 May 2022 13:03
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Walgreen Agency?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6778
Re: Walgreen Agency?
Reno had a Walgreens down town in the 60's. Supposedly was there until the 80's. Then returned in the 00's. They seemed to do that in a bunch of places. I know Albany (NY) had one in downtown at one time that had closed probably even earlier than that, and they weren't in the area again until they ...