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- 17 May 2024 05:27
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Ontario Grocery Stores Closed on Sundays - 1986 Television News Report
- Replies: 0
- Views: 44
Ontario Grocery Stores Closed on Sundays - 1986 Television News Report
There is a television news report from 1986 posted to YouTube about a Sunday store closing law in the province of Ontario, Canada that many chain grocers were defying. Timothy May reported from Ottawa. A manager of Dominion Stores (Rheal St. Pierre) is interviewed. Sue Lebrun of People Against Sunda...
- 04 Jan 2024 21:05
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway, 1335 Webster, San Francisco
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7168
Re: Safeway, 1335 Webster, San Francisco
SFGate.com reported on January 4, 2024 that the 1335 Webster Street Safeway store in San Francisco will close in March 2024. See: https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/fillmore-safeway-closing-sf-18590145.php The headline reads, "Controversial San Francisco Fillmore Safeway plans to close after 4...
- 28 Oct 2023 06:26
- Forum: History: Outside the USA and Canada
- Topic: Safeway UK Video on YouTube
- Replies: 7
- Views: 19553
1980s Safeway Television Advertisements - United Kingdom
A collection of 1980s Safeway television advertisements from the United Kingdom has been posted to YouTube. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDHHfQiIAz8 They are from the "Safeway ... everything you want from a store and a little bit more" advertising campaign, which also was used in t...
- 12 Oct 2023 21:00
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Howard Johnsons Locations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9373
Re: Howard Johnsons Locations
There is a recording of a Howard Johnson's restaurant advertisement from the early 1970s that can be heard in an MP3 file posted by a former employee of ABC Radio named Ted David. Visit http://teddavid.org/ABCAnncrsDemo.mp3 Start listening at 25:58. The ad refers to the "orange roofs." It ...
- 04 Oct 2023 01:35
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway-Santa Clara-3071 Stevens Creek Blvd. (Valley Fair)-Store Is Closing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7040
Safeway-Santa Clara-3071 Stevens Creek Blvd. (Valley Fair)-Store Is Closing
SFGate.com reports that the Safeway store at 3071 Stevens Creek Blvd., Valley Fair Shopping Center, is closing. See: https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/bay-area-safeway-store-closure-18401939.php The article states that store has been open for 67 years, which would place the opening date circa 1956...
- 10 Sep 2023 01:06
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Purity Store-Hayward, Calif.-Main and C streets (SE corner)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4405
Purity Store-Hayward, Calif.-Main and C streets (SE corner)
A Purity grocery store with a distinctive Quonset hut-style roof operated in Hayward, California (Alameda County) from the late 1940s through circa 1961, according to an article by the Hayward Area Historical Society. See: https://www.haywardareahistory.org/one-corner That article includes a photo o...
- 12 Aug 2023 22:20
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Safeways in Hawaii
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11140
Re: Safeways in Hawaii: Lahaina (Maui)
In late 2018, the Lahaina (Maui), Hawai'i Safeway store was expanded. See: https://mauinow.com/2018/11/07/grand-re-opening-of-expanded-lahaina-safeway-marks-mall-milestone/ The shopping center is called "Lahaina Cannery Mall." According to that article, the size of the store expanded from ...
- 29 May 2023 02:45
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Mayfair Markets - Geography and History
- Replies: 23
- Views: 39311
Re: Mayfair Markets - Geography and History
I've passed that location at 5730 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland for nearly 35 years and never knew that it was a former supermarket building, let alone a supermarket at one time. The building, which still stands today, faces 58th Street, not Telegraph Avenue, so it's somewhat easy to overlook on Teleg...
- 29 May 2023 02:38
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: MB Center Broadway and West MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, CA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25562
Re: MB Center Broadway and West MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, CA
The Oakland History Room at the main Oakland Public Library has a display case right now with photographs of the MacArthur/Broadway Center from circa September 1965 when it opened. The display case says that the series of photos recently was donated to the library. The display case includes a late 1...
- 14 May 2023 23:07
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Mayfair Markets - Geography and History
- Replies: 23
- Views: 39311
Re: Mayfair Markets - Geography and History
Can anyone identify the Mayfair Market location that is in the background of this circa 1971 photo presumably in Oakland, California? https://www.artsy.net/artwork/stephen-shames-black-panther-gloria-abernethy-selling-papers-at-the-mayfair-supermarket-boycott-tamara-lacey-is-in-the-background-holdin...
- 11 May 2023 15:15
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Super King Markets (southern California)-30th Anniversary-1993-2023
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11010
Super King Markets (southern California)-30th Anniversary-1993-2023
The "Shelby Report of the West" issue for April 2023 has extensive material about the Super King Markets chain in southern California. See: https://www.theshelbyreport.com/2023/04/28/super-king-markets-celebrates-30th-anniversary/ See also: https://www.theshelbyreport.com/2023/05/05/ferman...
- 22 Apr 2023 16:46
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway-San Jose, Calif. (downtown)-South Second St. & East San Fernando St.-2009-2019
- Replies: 0
- Views: 10787
Safeway-San Jose, Calif. (downtown)-South Second St. & East San Fernando St.-2009-2019
The short-lived downtown Safeway store (2009-2019) at S. Second Street and E. San Fernando Street in San Jose, Calif. is in the news: https://sanjosespotlight.com/when-will-downtown-san-jose-get-another-grocery-store-market-safeway/ See Google Street View in 2019: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.334...
- 22 Apr 2023 00:32
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Possible former Albertsons
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25544
Pak n' Save
There is a Pak n' Save commercial from circa 1987 for the San Francisco Bay Area on YouTube. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPgRnWXGPbA The locations then were San Leandro, S. San Jose, E. San Jose, Dublin and Sunnyvale. I shopped at the Dublin store. It was in a former K-mart. I remember in t...
- 05 Mar 2023 02:28
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Washington, D.C.-Georgetown-Video from 1980
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3920
Washington, D.C.-Georgetown-Video from 1980
There is a twelve minute-long video on YouTube of a Safeway store from 1980. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuNOjE5GyVg I have deduced that the location is the Safeway store in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., sometimes known as the "social Safeway." I reached this conclusion by studyin...
- 18 Feb 2023 06:05
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway's original SoCal division
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16378
Re: Safeway's original SoCal division
On February 22, 1987, KABC-TV in Los Angeles reported on the impending sell-off of 24 Safeway stores. See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayVRZnM6cuE Start watching at 13:09 The report includes images of the exterior and interior of at least one Safeway store.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayVRZnM6cuE Start watching at 13:09 The report includes images of the exterior and interior of at least one Safeway store.