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by rich
01 Jan 2021 11:53
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: New location list: Fairmont WV, 1927-2015
Replies: 8
Views: 9148

Re: New location list: Fairmont WV, 1927-2015

Food Fair most likely would have been in Martinsburg, which is in the eastern panhandle and had other chains that had DC-Baltimore operations. Further west gest into logistics issues because of crossing the Allegheny Front, which is still a formidable barrier in places. I was in Baltimore a few days...
by rich
20 Nov 2020 12:54
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Flint MI, 1925-1989
Replies: 1
Views: 840

Re: NEW: Flint MI, 1925-1989

National sold their Detroit division stores in 1966 and the stores in that Division seem to have been thinly distributed given the population and geography they covered. More interesting is that Food Fair/Farmer Jack never had stores in the Flint area. They had a store in Toledo (and several there u...
by rich
15 Nov 2020 09:10
Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Walgreen Agency?
Replies: 14
Views: 2956

Re: Walgreen Agency?

They weren't only in small towns. They also were in large markets where Walgreen's didn't have locations. There was one at Eastgate shopping center outside of Cleveland in what might have been originally a chain drug store and I've seen old ads for them in other sizable places. During the mid 20th c...
by rich
13 Nov 2020 18:29
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: NEW: Washington PA, 1926-2015
Replies: 1
Views: 8023

Re: NEW: Washington PA, 1926-2015

PH Butler was the ancestor of Streamline and ultimately Thorofare.
by rich
13 Nov 2020 13:37
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Racine WI, 1925-2020
Replies: 1
Views: 783

Re: NEW: Racine WI, 1925-2020

I'm surprised Red Owl wasn't here or in Kenosha. They were in Milwaukee and for a short time in Chicago.
by rich
04 Nov 2020 14:31
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: NEW: Bridgeport CT, 1925-1985
Replies: 4
Views: 1286

Re: NEW: Bridgeport CT, 1925-1985

Shop-Rite dates back to at least 1960 in Connecticut & Massachusetts, through Mott's which had the largest market share in Greater Hartford during the 60s and 70s.
by rich
30 Oct 2020 14:34
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Alexandria VA updated through 1979
Replies: 1
Views: 1188

Re: Alexandria VA updated through 1979

The thing to keep in mind for the DC area is that "Food Fair" pre-1959 was a local chain, subsequently bought by Grand Union. The Philly chain used the "Food Lane" in the DC area, but changed to Food Fair shortly after Grand Union bought the local chain. Food Town was bought by K...
by rich
27 Oct 2020 11:12
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Saginaw MI, 1925-2020
Replies: 2
Views: 731

Re: NEW: Saginaw MI, 1925-2020

Looks like this is Topeka, KS
by rich
08 Sep 2020 11:25
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: New location lists: Cleveland and Columbus
Replies: 5
Views: 5731

Re: New location lists: Cleveland and Columbus

For Cleveland: Farmview => Pick-n-Pay. Farmview were dairy stores that had a mostly Jewish clientele (they probably were Kosher). Foodtown began as a co-op but was an actual chain by the time ACF-Wrigley (later known as Allied Supermarkets) of Detroit bought them in the 50s. A few years later, the s...
by rich
04 Aug 2020 09:19
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: NEW: Springfield MA and vicinity, 1925-1989
Replies: 1
Views: 1073

Re: NEW: Springfield MA and vicinity, 1925-1989

"Waldbaum's" started out as Food Mart and wasbased in Springfield, then used "Waldbaum's Food Mart" after Waldbaum's (from LI, NY)bought them in the 70s, and was Food Mart again after A&P bought Walbaum's.

O'Keefe became part of First National.
by rich
03 Aug 2020 14:03
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "Grandma" at 125
Replies: 10
Views: 2216

Re: "Grandma" at 125

The suburbs thing has always been cited but is probably overblown. Virtually all of the chains that floundered in the 60s and 70s were said to have had too many inner city stores or not moved to the suburbs and, really, you just have to look at the spreadsheets here or drive through the suburbs and ...
by rich
01 Aug 2020 08:42
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "Grandma" at 125
Replies: 10
Views: 2216

Re: "Grandma" at 125

The upstate NY stores in the New England Division probably got combined with the Waldbaum/Food Mart stores they bought. Food Mart was based in Springfield and if they kept their facilities or the old A&P-Springfield operation, it would have been a logical place to source some upstate NY stores. ...
by rich
20 Mar 2020 09:33
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Shopping Bag Food Stores In Southern California
Replies: 60
Views: 51957

Re: Shopping Bag Food Stores In Southern California

The store on Baldwin in Arcadia was a long running Sav-On and now subdivided into CVS and Aldi. It was a large store as a Sav-On with a wall running almost front to back on one side---that demarcated the health & beauty/Rx side from the liquor and general merchandise side. My guess is that it wa...
by rich
19 Mar 2020 09:17
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
Replies: 26
Views: 7023

Re: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations

21000 Libby Road in Maple Heights, Ohio was a former full-line Sears

Broadview/Lindberg in Atlanta was a former GC Murphy---a relatively small store, probably 60K or less

Both were two-story locations
by rich
11 Mar 2020 11:07
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Short-lived grocery stores
Replies: 14
Views: 2604

Re: Short-lived grocery stores

Often they were stores that came at the end of a chain's life or the end of one of it's operating units. Kroger opened some greenhouse stores in NE Ohio (Madison was one) and in western PA shortly before they exited the Cleveland/Western PA market. Giant Eagle opened and closed one of its Toledo sto...