Marina Safeway in Montana - anyone know which town?
Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:24
History and Commercial Archaeology of Chain Supermarkets and Other Retailers
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My mistake - I meant a Safeway in Butte with 1960s lettering on it, that marina:kr.abs.swy wrote:I'm almost positive that is the store in Hamilton, which is south of Missoula. The only Montana Safeways I haven't been in are one of the Missoula stores and the one in Anaconda.
It's definitely not the store in Helena, which has received a really nice Lifestyle remodel. It still has the old-style signage on the outside but is a full Lifestyle store inside. If I had to guess I'd say the Helena store is 10 years old. It definitely wasn't a remodeled marina.
- Jim
Looks like their (I'd say) 70's style (with the large red K and smaller blue-green mart). Many stores had a similar setup on their roadside signs (which, from this view, it seems this store doesn't HAVE a roadside sign?).NoVa Grocery Buff wrote: ↑15 Aug 2018 09:24 Non-grocery: But the K-Mart in Hamilton (still open) also has old looking signage on it, nothing I've ever seen on the East Coast. https://goo.gl/maps/eqZi2b7kaom
This was the Kmart logo from their debut in the 1960s until the early 1990s. I think there may still be a few other stores that still have it. One in Sacramento was still sporting it until about ten years ago. It's actually the logo I most associate with the chain (and oddly enough it still appears on a lot of the going out of business signage). The only slight difference in this store is that the "mart" seems a little smaller than usual in relation to the "K".
Within the past week, I read somewhere that Kmart was down to two stores remaining with the first, original logo, and one of those two stores, somewhere in the eastern U.S., recently updated to new signage (despite Kmart looking like it might not be around much longer) If this is correct, Hamilton may be the last one left with the old logo in use.Groceteria wrote: ↑15 Aug 2018 19:58This was the Kmart logo from their debut in the 1960s until the early 1990s. I think there may still be a few other stores that still have it. One in Sacramento was still sporting it until about ten years ago. It's actually the logo I most associate with the chain (and oddly enough it still appears on a lot of the going out of business signage). The only slight difference in this store is that the "mart" seems a little smaller than usual in relation to the "K".
Actually, I saw on Facebook where Watertown's sign was finally updated.NoVa Grocery Buff wrote: ↑19 Aug 2018 19:16 Thanks for the info!
Had some time today and found a second store with the same signage on it in Watertown, CT:
https://goo.gl/maps/saij4XN3umQ2
I looked to find an accurate existing thread to switch the conversation over to but the closest one was a thread talking about interior Kmart signs.
I knew that was too easy, thanks!wnetmacman wrote: ↑19 Aug 2018 21:27Actually, I saw on Facebook where Watertown's sign was finally updated.NoVa Grocery Buff wrote: ↑19 Aug 2018 19:16 Thanks for the info!
Had some time today and found a second store with the same signage on it in Watertown, CT:
https://goo.gl/maps/saij4XN3umQ2
I looked to find an accurate existing thread to switch the conversation over to but the closest one was a thread talking about interior Kmart signs.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... kw&theater