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- 18 May 2024 22:11
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: NEW: Macon GA 1925-2020
- Replies: 2
- Views: 21
Re: NEW: Macon GA 1925-2020
Great to see this addition to the Groceteria roster. 1000 block of third street (1950's) Now plumbing supply store Which Kroger would this be? I don't see anything close enough on the map. One of the first Krogers in town was also addressed at 513 Forsyth St. I wonder if this translated into 1512 wi...
- 15 May 2024 15:56
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: NEW: Augusta GA 1925-2024
- Replies: 3
- Views: 77
Re: NEW: Augusta GA 1925-2024
My notes:
* Seems like 229 Furys Ferry Rd does not point to any Kroger site.
* 2525 Washington might actually be 3535 Washington?
* 314 E Martintown was most likely the first Kroger in South Carolina.
* Seems like 229 Furys Ferry Rd does not point to any Kroger site.
* 2525 Washington might actually be 3535 Washington?
* 314 E Martintown was most likely the first Kroger in South Carolina.
- 30 Mar 2024 17:03
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12835
Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
From what I could tell these were done in the early 2000s as a seasonal thing and not a year-round thing. I'm more interested in regional departments... So Macy's wasn't the first with Toys R Us... Montgomery Ward had a full sized Toys "R" Us in their Gaithersburg MD location https://www....
- 29 Mar 2024 14:22
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12835
Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
- 21 Mar 2024 22:16
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Kansas City MO, 1925-1992
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15071
Re: NEW: Kansas City MO, 1925-1992
8650 W 63rd St for Kroger is tricky. Google Maps points to Overland Park and does not show any supermarket-type building at that intersection. Historic Aerials points towards the intersection of 63rd and Antioch to the west.
- 01 Mar 2024 00:08
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Kroger Family Centers
- Replies: 126
- Views: 123667
Re: Kroger Family Centers
The Houston division seems to have been the largest pusher of Family Centers. They had stores in the Valley region, up the Gulf Coast almost to New Orleans, and several (that are all still open) in northeast Texas. Easily 70% were controlled out of Houston alone. Technically northeastern Texas belo...
- 23 Jan 2024 00:51
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9418
Re: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
Agreed. Do wish Groceteria had a "thanks" button much like Retail Watchers does.
- 22 Jan 2024 16:36
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: archives for "Giant" grocery store
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3495
Re: archives for "Giant" grocery store
None that I know of from the company, but you could try contacting them. There are still many third-party resources dedicated to the memory of Giant, such as Facebook groups and the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. I also have a spreadsheet ( https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K...
- 16 Jan 2024 00:45
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9418
Re: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
Interesting to see a counter stick around in a large drug store chain! Then again Rite Aid has also gone experimental at times with things such as the Thrifty ice cream stands. Still strange to see they stuck around with the initial suburban drugstore wave though.
- 15 Jan 2024 17:12
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9418
What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
Whatever happened to this once-ubiquitous facet of the drugstore industry? I have tried looking online for when they were phased out and why, but instead I largely see documentation of their heyday or historical significance. Does anyone also think these can make a comeback in the present age of sta...
- 12 Dec 2023 13:23
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Colorado Soupers and City Supers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7439
Re: Colorado Soupers and City Supers
Copy cat names were not uncommon: Numerous "Big Bears" used the name of a pioneering NJ store (Ohio, Michigan, California come to mind). The same names often competed near each other Food Fair had to call itself Foodlane in DC because there already was a local Food Fair chain. In NE Ohio,...
- 10 Dec 2023 22:56
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Colorado Soupers and City Supers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7439
Re: Colorado Soupers and City Supers
Yet another Colorado-based "Supers" chain discovered - Valley Soopers, with at least one location in Rocky Ford as of 1954.
- 04 Dec 2023 18:55
- Forum: History: Outside the USA and Canada
- Topic: Safeway UK Video on YouTube
- Replies: 7
- Views: 19372
Re: Safeway UK Video on YouTube
0:34 has nearly the same wordmark as current Safeway US
- 01 Dec 2023 01:09
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3893
Re: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA
Curiously if you'd look at my thread on RetailWatchers, I guess Ukrop's would be a good fit for Winchester now that Martin's is the only traditional grocer in the area. Ukrops in its heyday would have been a good upscale competitor for the Winchester area. They would offer something more than the c...
- 28 Nov 2023 19:01
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Evansville IN, 1925-2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3597
Re: NEW: Evansville IN, 1925-2020
Is there any evidence of Kroger having operated at 2100 Boonville Hwy, 1713 E Spring St, and 220 E Indiana St? I have apparently also found a source that mentioned Kroger as opening at 2101 W Franklin St in 1950 (former Nurrenbern Furniture shop). The addresses make it a little confusing.