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- 01 Nov 2006 14:29
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: How Much "P" was a part of A&P
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5898
- 30 Oct 2006 20:56
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: NorCal Albertsons/PayLess combos
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15871
Fremont ABS/Payless
Two questions: Was the Payless drug chain that teamed up with Albertsons the California chain or the Pacific Northwest chain? I know there were two Payless chains that eventually merged before being absorbed by Rite-Aid. The State St. ABS store building in Fremont has been gone for at least five yea...
- 11 Oct 2006 20:11
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Daly City/Northern San Mateo County
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16526
- 11 Oct 2006 20:04
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Hill's? Hill's-Korvette?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 57714
Re: Hill's? Hill's-Korvette?
I also remember Hills Supermarkets as Riverhead also contained one in its shopping center (now KING KULLEN). I believe that both Korvetts, which I also remember, and Hills were New York stores only. I remember Hills' logo being orange in color as a lower case "h" circled the name. Boy, I ...
- 29 Sep 2006 13:38
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: FedMart Southern California?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 75560
- 21 Sep 2006 16:00
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: A&P/Plus! Warehouse stores
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7466
God, Plus! Talk about atrophied memories. This store is something I wouldn't have remembered on my own for a million years, but now that someone mentioned it, I can see the logo in my head. (No sign of it on the web, though.) As I recall, it was a blocky, san-serif wide font, with the P larger than ...
- 12 Sep 2006 14:40
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Who remembers store brand beer?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19029
Growing up, I never saw Generic Beer or house brand beer, or any other alcohol, for that matter, in supermarkets. The DC suburbs in Maryland have some rather harsh and unusual restrictions on alcohol sales. I believe Montgomery County limits chain stores to ONE liquor license, so there would often b...
- 12 Sep 2006 14:07
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: FedMart Southern California?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 75560
Three-sided Signs
The comment about FedMarts having a tall three-sided sign caught my attention because the Target in San Leandro/San Lorenzo CA has a sign like this. I have read on this board and others that this location was a Gemco, at least at the point when Gemco went out of business. I always assumed it opened ...
- 30 Aug 2006 17:22
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: LA Safeways That Became Vons
- Replies: 41
- Views: 33993
- 25 Aug 2006 17:31
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: SavMax Foods
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3453
SavMax Foods
Can anyone tell me about SavMax Foods? I had never heard of them before today, apparently they are/were a Sacramento-based chain of "warehouse" supermarket, similar to FoodMax and Food4Less. I have traveled around No. Cal. and am of course a regular reader of this and other retail history ...
- 17 Aug 2006 18:01
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Bag N' Box - Wash. DC Area
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5086
Bag N' Box - Wash. DC Area
I have wondered about this store for a long time, perhaps someone out there recalls this. In the very early 1980's, there was a store in Takoma Park/Silver Spring MD called Bag N' Box (perhaps Bag & Box, not sure of exact spelling of the "and") This store was very low-frills, and the g...
- 31 Jul 2006 15:38
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Treasury Department Stores
- Replies: 34
- Views: 51319
Where in San Leandro was the Treasury store? It wouldn't surprise me if it's still in use for retail. There are a lot of stores around there that were once other chains. The Target by the San Leandro/San Lorenzo border was once Genco from what I understand, and the Levitz Furniture whose big sign is...
- 31 Jul 2006 15:28
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway-San Jose
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7210
Pictures
I took a few pictures of this location a couple of weeks ago. I plan to post them once I get the rest of the store. When I went I was being as careful as possible, since I know some retail stores have a bug up their butt about photography, especially interiors. Sure enough, after getting 6 or 7 shot...
- 12 Jul 2006 14:36
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Bazar
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13511
Baza'r
It's amazing how many chains there once were in any given segment. So many gas stations, supermarkets, retail stores, and even auto companies, faded into the mists of history. In all my years visiting this site and other popular "Retail history" sites online, I'd never seen any mention of ...
- 07 Jul 2006 16:02
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Woolco
- Replies: 43
- Views: 47507