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by pseudo3d
17 Jan 2024 10:58
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

You're also missing Eisner Foods, who was at the time of their demise a division of Jewel; Skaggs Alpha Beta and Alpha Beta. S-A-B in Texas and Florida became Jewel for a time in the 90s before being sold off to Albertsons. Eisner converted to Jewel-Osco, Skaggs Alpha Beta/Alpha Beta were converted...
by pseudo3d
15 Jan 2024 20:19
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

I created an updated list of stores. TEXAS (EXCEPT WEST TEXAS) / LOUISIANA / SOUTHEAST AppleTree Markets (last two stores went independent, closed) BI-LO (includes RedFood)* Big Star Markets* Bruno's (includes successor Belle Foods) Earth Fare (original run) Florida Choice* Gooding's Lewis & Cok...
by pseudo3d
15 Jan 2024 13:29
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

You could also make a case for Kmart Food, which really wasn't a leased department but a chain of supermarkets operated by different licensees around the country (ACF/Wrigley, Colonial/Big Star, miscellaneous wholesalers, etc.). Aside from the name, they were, as I understand it, pretty much comple...
by pseudo3d
15 Jan 2024 01:13
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

You could also make a case for Kmart Food, which really wasn't a leased department but a chain of supermarkets operated by different licensees around the country (ACF/Wrigley, Colonial/Big Star, miscellaneous wholesalers, etc.). Aside from the name, they were, as I understand it, pretty much comple...
by pseudo3d
14 Jan 2024 15:35
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

I should also mention that to Southeast, Florida Choice (owned by Kroger and eventually dismantled), The Family Mart (owned by A&P and eventually dismantled), and Big Star Markets (owned by Grand Union and eventually dismantled) should be added. Earth Fare refers to the original chain that clos...
by pseudo3d
14 Jan 2024 14:41
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

That's a wonderful list!!! Thanks 🤗 P.S. You forgot Hills Supermarkets and Fox Markets 😉 I should also mention that to Southeast, Florida Choice (owned by Kroger and eventually dismantled), The Family Mart (owned by A&P and eventually dismantled), and Big Star Markets (owned by Grand Union and ...
by pseudo3d
14 Jan 2024 02:57
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

"End of the line" supermarkets

There are a number of chains that have been bought up over the years and rebranded, but the list here reflects supermarket chains that ended up closing entirely without true replacements, no one continued on the legacy by rebranding them. Some of these were picked up by other stores after their demi...
by pseudo3d
13 Jan 2024 13:03
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Elkhart Martin's
Replies: 2
Views: 476

Re: Elkhart Martin's

I think I have a print copy of that book at home. I'll see what I can run down. I only got as far as South Bend and Mishawka when I was mapping the area. Sadly none of the stores had addresses, with only a few hints, and pretty much all of the stores shown have either remodeled years ago or closed ...
by pseudo3d
12 Jan 2024 02:51
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Elkhart Martin's
Replies: 2
Views: 476

Elkhart Martin's

I was reading "Supermarket & Hypermarket Design 2" (great book full of great photos, the first one in the series is "borrowable" from archive.org), and there's a then-new Martin's Supermarket (not the one from Ahold) in Elkhart built around 1990 (give or take a year), which w...
by pseudo3d
05 Jan 2024 01:39
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Laneco
Replies: 1
Views: 602

Laneco

Has anyone heard of this chain? It was a combination store (though not terribly large, 86k-100k square feet) with general merchandise (a surprisingly large amount dedicated to soft goods, like womens clothing) owned by Wetterau since the early 1980s before being shut down in 2001 under SuperValu. La...
by pseudo3d
20 Dec 2023 02:50
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

I remember poking through the Ala Moana store in the early 2010s during a trip, and being impressed that they sold ukeleles (a rack or two of them--well past the time I'd have thought Chicago had any buyers dealing with stringed instruments). Wonder if the local instrument vendor was one of those c...
by pseudo3d
20 Dec 2023 02:44
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Fazio's Discount Drug
Replies: 3
Views: 1913

Re: Fazio's Discount Drug

I'm a bit late to this conversation but I have information to add. I was part of the managerial staff that opened the third Fazio's Discount Drug in Plano Texas. We were not as well received as we had been in Irving and Mesquite so the business did not last long there. We opened on the corner of Cu...
by pseudo3d
03 Aug 2023 16:14
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Kroger Family Centers
Replies: 126
Views: 87821

Re: Kroger Family Centers

Since you seem not to believe anything I show you, here's the indisputable evidence I gave you there too: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19791120&id=mplHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R38MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5642,5251829 It's an ad from The Victoria (Texas) Advocate. Look in column three, thi...
by pseudo3d
03 Aug 2023 09:09
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Kroger Family Centers
Replies: 126
Views: 87821

Re: Kroger Family Centers

The Kroger FC location in College Station opened with Family Center signage but only had the regular grocery / food and drug mix. (on my list I have it under "never opened" since it never actually opened as a family center despite its signage) I could be wrong but I think that location wa...
by pseudo3d
19 Mar 2023 01:29
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: Real Superstore locations
Replies: 10
Views: 10170

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. If one ever opened in LC, I don't kno...