Just opened a memorabilia store for the old Maryland 48-store Food-A-Rama supermarket chain that was sold in 1985.
Company was the second largest grocery chain in Baltimore behind Giant Food.
http://www.cafepress.com/fdrama
Jeremy
http://www.fdrama.com
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- 06 Nov 2007 00:09
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Old Maryland supermarket chain memorabilia
- Replies: 0
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- 08 Jun 2006 09:33
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Baltimore, MD
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- 16 Apr 2006 23:07
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Grand Union
- Replies: 76
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Grand Union in DC
FYI, Grand Union opened 10 Basics Food Warehouse stores in DC in the early 1980's and sold most of them to the Food-A-Rama chain (Baltimore, MD) in 1984. This was GU's first attempt at a high-volume warehouse market. http://www.fdrama.com When GU went bankrupt years ago, C&S Wholesalers bought t...
- 09 Mar 2006 00:32
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Giant Food selling off old trailers, vehicles, etc.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4479
Giant Food selling off old trailers, vehicles, etc.
Check out this website.
Nice pics of old Giant Food trailers and vehicles.
http://crgauction.com/auctions/giant_foods/details.php[/url]
Nice pics of old Giant Food trailers and vehicles.
http://crgauction.com/auctions/giant_foods/details.php[/url]
- 20 Feb 2006 10:05
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Rite Aid, Walgreens and Longs
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27798
Rite Aid side note
In 1983, Rite Aid spun off a grocery wholesaler they called Super Rite Foods located in Harrisburg, PA. It was spun off from Louis Lehrman and Sons food wholesaler of which Alex Grass' (Rite Aid founder) in-laws were partners in. Grass took Super Rite public in 1984, made a bundle of money on that I...