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- 26 Nov 2006 00:39
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Vons on Catalina Island: former Safeway?
- Replies: 12
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Re: Vons on Catalina Island: former Safeway?
Probably the tiniest store Vons runs today, it is the only supermarket in Catalina Island, and the architecture reminds me much more of 1940s Safeways than anything else. I remember this store well when it was a Safeway because of it's store number: Store #1 I'm sure it wasn't Safeway's first store...
- 20 Nov 2006 01:42
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Texas: Safeway locations in ex-Weingarten's stores?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16341
Re: Texas: Safeway locations in ex-Weingarten's stores?
Just saw this on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weingarten%27s To concentrate on real estate development for retail shopping centers, Weingarten Incorporated sold its stores, which had grown to a chain of 104 stores in five states, to Grand Union in 1980. Grand Union then resold most of th...
- 20 Nov 2006 01:33
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Pavilions history
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18880
- 20 Nov 2006 01:25
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Pavilions history
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18880
- 15 Nov 2006 15:32
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: A&P in the Los Angeles area, 1964 and 1969
- Replies: 3
- Views: 15120
- 13 Nov 2006 13:47
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Dale's Markets, San Fernando Valley, 1984
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22772
Most of these locations were viable as grocery stores and a few that are closed had even been remodeled by Lucky. It's amazing how Albertson's screwed up so badly in California. I also remember that store in Northridge. Very cool retro architecture and the store was a huge success for Dales and is l...
- 05 Nov 2006 15:20
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: 1974 Lucky prototype
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4303
Re: 1974 Lucky prototype
From the May 1974 edition of Chain Store Age (page 48) - anyone have any idea where this location is, or was? http://dtcwrt.earlracing.com/stores/csa/1974lucky2.jpg larger: http://dtcwrt.earlracing.com/stores/csa/1974lucky.jpg Many Lucky stores looked exactly like that in the day. Could be anyplace.
- 05 Nov 2006 15:18
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Piggly Wiggly Continental, Encino, CA
- Replies: 7
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- 01 Nov 2006 18:23
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Smith's Food King in Socal--with store locations
- Replies: 42
- Views: 43610
I remember the Hollywood store. It was actually about two blocks east of Western on Hollywood. It was a dump (dirty and old - not cool architecture, either). The Los Feliz store is one block south of Los Feliz Blvd. and about four north of Franklin on Hillhurst. Smiths had remodeled it just before s...
- 20 Oct 2006 19:55
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Market Basket locations in 1959 and 1963
- Replies: 19
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- 20 Oct 2006 19:51
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Vons locations in 1950
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6267
I'm sure the one in Santa Monica isn't original. Was there any outside LA, or all in LA? Grocery stores were already getting into the 20,000 sq ft. range in 1950. The Vons in Santa Monica is very old. I would have guessed late 50's or early 60's by looking at it so it's not totally out of the quest...
- 20 Oct 2006 19:46
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: FedMart Southern California?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 64666
Hmm, I wonder if the Target on Sports Arena is it. I dont remember but I think it was split into two stores. Yes it is. The FedMart was originally 225,000 square feet. Target took part of it and I forgot who took the rest. I know they built a Ralphs next door to keep a grocery store in the center (...
- 18 Oct 2006 12:22
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Former Alpha Beta locations
- Replies: 39
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- 18 Oct 2006 00:54
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Intriguing SoCal chain: Superior Super Warehouse
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20334
Re: Superior-Covina
Covina used to be a Smith's market, later Lucky's that closed when they were bought by Albertsons. Are you sure about that? The only Smith's I remember in Covina was the one on Azusa Ave. that became an Albertson's. I think the Superior store in Covina opened as one of those large Lucky/Sav-On comb...
- 18 Oct 2006 00:46
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Intriguing SoCal chain: Superior Super Warehouse
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20334
The North Hollywood store is a former Safeway, which I would think replaced the store on Victory that was mentioned on another thread. Later it was pretty much the only Vons in that part of the Valley. RE: The North Hollywood store... The Drug Emporium in that shopping center was a Safeway. There w...