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I have posted ten photographs to Flickr of the "former Rockridge Payless in Oakland." See: https://www.flickr.com/photos/50610655@N02/52106232293/ I took these photos on August 23, 2013.

I believe that the Jones Act, in effect from the 1920s to present, applies to ocean shipping between any port in the United States (the 50 states) and Guam. So some U.S.-flagged ocean liner likely supplies Guam from Hawai'i or the mainland U.S. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, Matson, APL (America...

How extensive was Lucky's territory in California's Central Valley? Did Lucky exit the Central Valley market before its 1999 "merger" with Albertson's? If the Central Valley "Lucky" stored were re-branded "Albertson's" in 1999 and, if so, if any of those store locations...

A Mayfair supermarket exterior in Malibu, Calif. (Heathercliff Rd.) appeared in the background of a shot in a season 3 episode of "CHiPs" titled "Valley Go Home!" It first aired in September of 1979. The shot can be seen in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSg2TVFI3Qw ...

The SMU Jones film collection at Southern Methodist University has posted black and white, silent moving pictures of a Safeway store from circa 1962, probably in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OltO_ezwHdI The film lasts 47 seconds. It begins with an exterior shot of ...

The "Shelby Report of the West" April 2022 edition contains a lengthy commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Fred Meyer chain. Bob Reeves conducted interviews; Kevin Atwill compiled them. The article says that in 2022, there are 132 Fred Meyer stores in four states: 11 locations in ...

The "Shelby Report of the West" April 2022 edition contains a lengthy commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Fred Meyer chain. It states on its first page, "His was one of the first stores in the country to open with so many categories under one roof - truly one-stop shopping. ...

The Jones Film Collection at Southern Methodist University (SMU) apparently includes news film from WFAA-TV (channel 8/Dallas). A December 1976 WFAA-TV news story about commercial signage includes images of the exterior of a Safeway store. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO3jqMKfJFI Go to 1:11 ...

The Ralphs supermarket building at Wilshire Blvd. and Hauser Blvd. is one of the grandest grocery buildings that I've ever seen in a photograph. That store building apparently was erected in the 1920s. See: https://martinturnbull.com/2018/07/10/ralphs-supermarket-on-wilshire-blvd-at-hauser-blvd-with...

The analog clock photo reminds me the downtown Livermore, Calif. Safeway had a similar clock in the late 1980s. As I recall, it was above the main exit door of the store. Next to the clock was a long rectangular advertising space. (Actually the clock and the advertising space were one long panel, if...

Does anyone know about the history of the "Foodland" chain in the Fresno area? I am curious if it was connected with other "Foodland" stores elsewhere in the U.S.A. (such as in Hawai'i). I stopped at one in the Fresno area in June of 1981. It was somewhere in the State Route 180 ...

After re-listening to the dialogue, I've determined that the movie character (Mr. Joyboy) refers to "the Food Giant supermarket, the one on La Brea Street." Presumably that was a real supermarket in the Los Angeles area in the early 1960s.

There have been at least three Safeway store locations in Pleasanton, Calif. (which eventually became the city where the Safeway headquarters were located): (1) 749 Main Street (source: "Oakland Tribune" advertisement, January 1963) (2) Santa Rita Road/Valley Avenue - opened mid-1960s, clo...

In the 1965 picture "The Loved One," the character Mr. Joyboy refers to "the giant supermarket, the one on La Brea Street." See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOMm86R_67w Does anyone know if that was a reference to a real supermarket? I assume that he meant La Brea Avenue in Lo...

The British Columbia Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has digitized (digitised, eh?) some of its "photolog" series of photos of its highway system from circa 1966. One photo appears to depict a Safeway store pylon sign along Route 1 at Kingsway and Knight Street in Vancouver. See: ...