Safeway before Vons 1980's take over

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Hey all! Just wondering if anyone has any pictures or interresting info on the Safeway stores Before Vons took them over...? Some of these stores are still open as a Vons or Pavilions. Thanks!

[J-Man]

I've mentioned this before on these boards, but the only pre-Vons Safeway I'm familiar with was the one in the Huntington Oaks Shopping Center (with Mervyns, now-defunct movie theaters, and several other stores) in Monrovia. It lasted about a year as a Vons, then later became a Marshalls, and remains so today. There's now a Trader Joe's next door, and I'm willing to bet it does more volume than Safeway or Vons ever did.

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its funny because the only Vons ive been to have been former Safeways. Goes to show how many stores Safeway had here.