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There was a signup during the early 90s for a Pathmark "coming soon" in East Baltimore in the Highlandtown area on Eastern Avenue just before entering the Bayview area and the interstate. To my knowledge, it was never built. A store that now operates as the "Market at Highlandtown&quo...

Probably supplied by whomever was supplying the military PXes on Guam. That would have been the likeliest way to make it viable. There probably were more than enough Americans w/o PX privileges, such as people at the University or at Continental Airlines (which had a regional hub there ), to justify...

Connecticut has a number of distinct submarkets--Hartford and New Haven, for example, are very different places, but the state is relatively affluent and despite very little population growth different parts have attracted new chains over time: For example, Shop-Rite has returned to the Hartford ar...

Connecticut has a number of distinct submarkets--Hartford and New Haven, for example, are very different places, but the state is relatively affluent and despite very little population growth different parts have attracted new chains over time: For example, Shop-Rite has returned to the Hartford are...

Would you like additions. I can think of a few.

Former long running Pick-n-Pay at 14601 St Clair Ave in Cleveland is a funeral home.

Early (1957) Centennial A&P in Wickliffe, Ohio has been an electronics business for many years.

Just a postscript to an earlier post here---White Front was owned by Interstate Department Stores which also owned Topps which was in the Northeast and Midwest. Interstate also owned a large number of small town department stores which predated their owning these discount chains. Topps was more appa...

Park & Shop, Stop & Shop or both?

Interesting that Jitney Jungle was there for a very short time. They remained in the Mississippi Delta (places like Greenwood) that were not too far from Memphis until Winn-Dixie bought them in the 90s. National entered the market by buying Montesi's, which had 9 stores and a warehouse, in 1955. It ...

A great set of potential rabbit holes.

I found an old newspaper image from the 50s. The Hagerstown Food Fair was the Philly chain.

Now, for National. True to form, the chain emerged in Peoria fairly late and fairly scrappily, opening its first stores by 1960...and at least two of them were conversions from other grocers. 3127 N University St was originally a Piggly Wiggly, and the building still bears an interesting loop-shape...

Are you sure the 1958 Food Fair is the Philly chain rather than the DC-based on that Grand Union bought?

National had a division in Duluth with stores as far east as Marquette, MI, so there should be an old distribution center somewhere which probably stuck around until the late 60s/early 70s. Even after being consolidated with Minneapolis, it ranged as far as Iron Mountain. Minneapolis was one of thei...

I'm afraid you have Kroger and Safeway and the street names don't line up with the map.