Jewel in SoCal?
Posted: 14 Mar 2024 17:18
I was reading an article from Los Angeles Business Journal about Smith's "re-entry" into the SoCal market in the early 1990s (they had previously had stores in the 1970s). The article implied that SoCal was a tough market (and for Smith's, it was, as you know, they pulled out in 1996) listing some of the chains that pulled out of SoCal.
Kroger we know of (they operated Market Basket and left in 1982), Fazio's and A&P we know of (they were eventually assumed into "Fazio's Shopping Bag" and purchased by Albertsons), and...Jewel? When did Jewel operate any SoCal stores? Sure they had stores to the west (Buttrey) and to the east (Star Market) that were sold off under American Stores and ultimately reunited with under Albertsons, but I don't remember Jewel having any SoCal stores...am I missing something here?Southern California has a history of out-of-state chains which have attempted to establish a beachhead in the market -- and failed. Out-of-state chains that have left the Southern California area include Jewel Food Stores of Melrose Park, Ill.; Fazio's of Cleveland, A&P of Monclair, N.J.; and The Kroger Co. of Cincinnati.