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- 16 Feb 2006 04:07
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Organ player who played inside Alpha Beta Markets
- Replies: 0
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Organ player who played inside Alpha Beta Markets
Does anybody still remember the man who Alpha Beta Markets rotated for a week at a time to play the organ inside the Alpha Beta Stores. His name was Bob Ward and Alpha Beta billed him as Bob Ward at the organ. He was a nice man who played nice organ music for those of you who like organ music. I bel...
- 16 Feb 2006 03:49
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Supermarket "spokesmodels?"
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16080
alpha beta markets spokesman
Hi Jeff
If I remember correctly it was Alan Hamel (Suzanne Sommers husband) who was the Aplha Beta Markets spokesperson for a few years
If I remember correctly it was Alan Hamel (Suzanne Sommers husband) who was the Aplha Beta Markets spokesperson for a few years
- 09 Feb 2006 10:57
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: First supercenter
- Replies: 30
- Views: 24619
best yet brand sold in K-marts
the Best Yet brand of items sold in K-Marts was the old Best Yet name brand that was used by the old Scrivner Grocery Wholesaler which used to be headquartered in Oklahoma City until the Fleming Company bought it out several years ago and the Fleming Company kept the brand and sold products to retai...
- 09 Feb 2006 02:24
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Food Club Stores owned by Publix?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12844
There were also some Foodworld grocery stores located in the greater Oklahoma City area which were owned by the Scrivner Grocery Wholesaler which was later bought out by the Fleming Company. Their stores were probably just over 30,000 sq. ft. and when you entered the store you were supposed to only ...
- 02 Jan 2006 02:29
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: New Uses for Grocery Stores
- Replies: 90
- Views: 108163
Food Lion Store in Oklahoma
There is a grocery store in my town in Yukon, Oklahoma that used to be a Food Lion before the Food Lion Chain pulled out of Oklahoma. It.s now the town library and also there is an adult center that trains handicapped and other adults with disabilities so that they can be trained to work in certain ...
- 30 Dec 2005 22:26
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Jewel T in Southern California
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13485
Jewel T in Southern California
I guess that I just missed the Jewel T stores in Southern Calif. as I moved out of state in 1979. I grew up and lived in Orange, Calif for 34 years before moving but I do remember when Jewel Tea operated their Jewel T vans that you saw being driven throughout various areas and they reminded me of sm...
- 22 Dec 2005 20:27
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Colonel Sanders other chicken restaurant chain????
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8143
Colonel Sanders other chicken restaurant chain????
Does anyone remember the other Chicken Restaurant Chain that Colonel Sanders tried to start???? I don't know how many of them he had but here is what I remember once reading about them. I believe that it was when Colonel Sanders sold his KFC restaurants to the Heublein Company at that time and of co...
- 22 Dec 2005 20:10
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Kentucky Roast Beef?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19234
KFC roast beef restaurants????
Does anybody still remember when the Colonel along with his KFC chicken empire also tried opening Roast Beef Restaurants???? I lived in Orange, Calif. where we had one of the Colonel's Roast Beef Resturants. They had a very good barbeque sauce and their sandwiches were good too but alas the cost of ...
- 21 Dec 2005 21:06
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Does anybody remember Alpha Beta Markets Commissary Store?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4668
Does anybody remember Alpha Beta Markets Commissary Store?
Does anybody remember Alpha Beta Markets new store format that they experimented with called their COMMISSARY STORE???? This was an attempt at getting acceptance by customers of a limited assortment grocery store in one of Alpha Beta Markets that they had converted to this type format. It was a very...
- 21 Dec 2005 20:56
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Alpha Beta Markets named FAD grocery stores
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7076
Alpha Beta Markets named FAD grocery stores
Does anybody remember Alpha Beta Markets creating a discount format store called (FAD which stood for Food At Discount)? I remember them having one in Costa Mesa, Calif. and also Santa Barbara, Calif. I remember I was working at a low volume Alpha Beta Market and one time my store received the Santa...
- 21 Dec 2005 19:57
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Remember any Eisner Agency Grocery Stores in Illinois?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11696
Remember any Eisner Agency Grocery Stores in Illinois?
Does anybody remember any of the usually small size Eisner Agency Grocery Stores in Illinois. I once remember being in one of these small grocery stores in the small town of Gibson City, Illinois. I assumed at that time perhaps it was some sort of franchise operations of the old Jewel Tea Company (J...
- 21 Dec 2005 11:22
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Furr's & Bishop's Cafeterias
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8074
Furr's & Bishop's Cafeterias
if i'm not mistaken along with the cafeterias in the K-Mart stores didn't K-Mart also own the Furr's and Bishops Cafereria chain restaurants? I also remember when some of the old Kresge Stores also had a counter style eating area at the back of their stores which was just a long counter with lots of...
- 18 Dec 2005 22:51
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Alexanders Markets in Southern Calif.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4258
Alexanders Markets in Southern Calif.
Does anybody remember Alexanders Markets in Southern Calif.? I don't think that there were very many of them but when I was working for Market Basket Stores (Kroger Southern Calif. Division) I remember them buying 3 Alexanders Markets. One that I heard of had a lower level that was the grocery store...
- 15 Dec 2005 03:08
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Grocery Chain Management Psychological Evaluation Testing?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4161
Grocery Chain Management Psychological Evaluation Testing?
Does anyone remember the Psychological Testing of Grocery Store Chains Management Employees? I was a management trainee for Ralphs Grocery Company in the early 1970's and I was hired right off the street to enter this unoffical program. I started out being the 5th level of management at the store wh...
- 08 Dec 2005 15:51
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Market Basket still exists in Texas and Louisiana
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6816
market basket
you're right about the Market Basket signage being the same as the Marekt Basket (Kroger Southern Calif. Division) but I doubt if it was a franchise or anything like that. They may have been in Southern Calif. at some point in time and liked both the name Market Basket and the signage that went with...