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by Groceteria
04 Feb 2024 13:15
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: NEW: Safeway in NYC
Replies: 13
Views: 633

NEW: Safeway in NYC

I'm pretty excited about this one. Safeway had a brief (twenty years, 1941-1961) run in New York, and I think this should pretty much capture every location, with only a few stragglers. I have also included the pre-acquision Daniel Reeves locations and post-acquisition First National stores. https:/...
by Groceteria
02 Feb 2024 10:38
Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
Topic: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
Replies: 12
Views: 1231

Re: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?

They went beyond established markets for them like Chicago and Cincinnati during the 40s and 50s and were in a variety of places they exited mostly during the 60s: Atlanta and other cities like Columbus in Georgia; Cleveland; and New York City. Ditto Greensboro NC. They took over an old Woolworth s...
by Groceteria
20 Jan 2024 00:16
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: New location list: Portland ME, 1925-1964
Replies: 2
Views: 7059

Re: New location list: Portland ME, 1925-1964

Another update, this one filling in the missing years from 1967 to 1990 as best I could with newspaper ads. This only really works well when the city is small and so is the timeframe, but this one looks pretty good. I'm sure there are a few omissions, though. https://www.groceteria.com/place/us-main...
by Groceteria
19 Jan 2024 19:02
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Acme locations in Upstate NY (1979-07-03)
Replies: 4
Views: 620

Re: Acme locations in Upstate NY (1979-07-03)

No geographic conspiracy involved. I just wasn't paying close enough attention. The Watertown post has been moved.
by Groceteria
18 Jan 2024 14:11
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Acme locations in Upstate NY (1979-07-03)
Replies: 4
Views: 620

Acme locations in Upstate NY (1979-07-03)

Pretty good list from a newspaper ad I found looking for something else.

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by Groceteria
15 Jan 2024 17:35
Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
Topic: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?
Replies: 12
Views: 1231

Re: What happened to drugstore lunch counters?

It's probably an oversimplification to blame fast food and suburbanization (and less time in general spent on big shopping trips), but that's probably most of it. In many cases, but not all, the counters were not really expected to be a major profit center but to drive traffic and--especially in dep...
by Groceteria
15 Jan 2024 15:14
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Council Bluffs, 1925-2020
Replies: 0
Views: 793

NEW: Council Bluffs, 1925-2020

This is it for Iowa, at least for now. This also enhances greater Omaha:

https://www.groceteria.com/place/us-iow ... il-bluffs/

There are surprisingly few older stores still standing and recognizable in Council Bluffs. Kind of disappointing.
by Groceteria
15 Jan 2024 11:03
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

Two additional Big Bear chains that are no more were NC/VA (rebranded as Food World and then merged into Harris Teeter in 1984) and Seattle. I know that a lot of the older and smaller Big Star locations in southern and eastern NC ended up as Piggly Wiggly (many of them still open) but I’m not really...
by Groceteria
14 Jan 2024 23:35
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Cedar Rapids 1925-2020
Replies: 0
Views: 638

NEW: Cedar Rapids 1925-2020

Not the most exciting one ever and it may need some tweaks. Anyway, here it is, just in time for the caucuses (which is a coincidence since I started this one a few weeks back and got sidetracked): https://www.groceteria.com/place/us-iowa/cedar-rapids/ I do very much love that Cedar Rapids had a lon...
by Groceteria
14 Jan 2024 22:20
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

You could also make a case for Kmart Food, which really wasn't a leased department but a chain of supermarkets operated by different licensees around the country (ACF/Wrigley, Colonial/Big Star, miscellaneous wholesalers, etc.). Aside from the name, they were, as I understand it, pretty much complet...
by Groceteria
14 Jan 2024 22:04
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

Loblaw--many of the stores went to a wholesaler they controlled, Peter Schmitt which ran them under the Bell's name for awhile. Schmitt was the second fiddle to Flickinger in western NY. Ultimately Loblaw sold them to management and Bell's disappeared. Exactly. This was the final disposition of the...
by Groceteria
14 Jan 2024 21:50
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

Loblaw US would be filed with National Tea, which they owned from the 1950s on. The whole chain disappeared region by region with New Orleans (Canal Villere/National/That Stanley/Superstore sold to Schwegmann's, which collapsed under the weight of these stores) and St Louis (mostly went to Schnucks ...
by Groceteria
12 Jan 2024 11:08
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Elkhart Martin's
Replies: 2
Views: 476

Re: Elkhart Martin's

I think I have a print copy of that book at home. I'll see what I can run down. I only got as far as South Bend and Mishawka when I was mapping the area.
by Groceteria
10 Jan 2024 09:15
Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
Topic: NEW: Tulsa OK, 1925-2021
Replies: 3
Views: 2395

Re: NEW: Tulsa OK, 1925-2021

The locations on Denver and 61st are both in the list. Broken Arrow is not because I didn’t dive into the suburbs with this pass. Maybe someday. I’ll have to see if I can dig up that diamond-shaped location. It sounds really interesting. 555 N. Denver was a marina that’s still standing and there’s a...