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- 12 Oct 2006 11:19
- Forum: Announcements, FAQs, Etc.
- Topic: How to Post Images
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13153
A few clarifications and requests: 1. Please limit the number of photos that are actually DISPLAYED in your post. One or two per page is one thing, but when people start including 6 or 7 pictures per post, the number of photos on the page adds up fast. This presents a real problem for people who are...
- 10 Oct 2006 17:16
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Non-Safeway Marina-style stores
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24592
Re: Non-Safeway Marina-style stores
The glass-front, arched roof design is not really peculiar to Safeway. Any number of chains and independents around the country used some form of it; it was a construction-dictated design, as it allowed a large column-free sales floor. It's not really a stretch to go from the rounded-roof pylon stor...
- 09 Oct 2006 22:51
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: The Great Midwestern Road Trip of 2006
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9725
Thanks. Any others? I leave on Saturday. Are any other Dominick's stores old and worthy of a look? Any neighborhood commercial strips I shouldn't miss? And what parts of Chicago should I flat out avoid? I've spent some time there in the past, but it's been almost ten years and I'm not usre how much ...
- 09 Oct 2006 13:30
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: New Uses for Grocery Stores
- Replies: 90
- Views: 104017
- 09 Oct 2006 13:25
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Vintage Kmarts 1962-90 in Northwest
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5660
- 05 Oct 2006 23:25
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Miscellaneous LA Area Safeway Stores
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12139
- 04 Oct 2006 23:43
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Daly City/Northern San Mateo County
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16112
- 04 Oct 2006 23:39
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Pavilions/Santa Monica Boulevard
- Replies: 36
- Views: 20385
- 04 Oct 2006 11:12
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Safeway's "divested" markets from 1986
- Replies: 48
- Views: 279518
- 04 Oct 2006 01:20
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Connection Between National Tea and Big Bear/North Carolina?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4129
Connection Between National Tea and Big Bear/North Carolina?
Just wondering if any of you might have any knowlege if there was ever a connection between National Tea and the Big Bear stores of northern North Carolina. I keep finding snippets that refer to "National Food Stores" as the parent company of Big Bear/NC in the 1960s, but I know it was als...
- 03 Oct 2006 15:40
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: My new Peninsula Stores site is now up
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8713
Is the Purity structure still standing at Oakdale? I can't remember. I think it is, because I probably would've marked it demolished otherwise, but OI'm just not sure. I've put the SF addresses up in spreadsheet format, which might make it a little easier. This is how I'm doing most of the new city...
- 03 Oct 2006 15:20
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: My new Peninsula Stores site is now up
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8713
- 03 Oct 2006 11:12
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: My new Peninsula Stores site is now up
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8713
Better photo, from Live Local: http://groceteria.com/forboard/purity3rd.jpg It's at the corner of 3rd and Paul. I believe the church building (closest to the corner) was the original Siri's/Purity, but it's been about five years since I've been by there, so I don't really recall the specifics of the...
- 03 Oct 2006 10:46
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Food Giant, Ogletree's
- Replies: 18
- Views: 31077
Re: food giant
No. Entirely different. There have been numerous Food Giant and Giat Food Chains around the country. It's one of the most common names for regional chains.RandallFlagg wrote:Was this the same chain that operated Food Giant in California.
- 03 Oct 2006 00:27
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Grocery Experience
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4024
I've never worked in the industry, although I do have many years of other retail experience under my belt, first in fast food during high school, then with a catalog showroom in college, followed by a clothing retailer, and then nearly sixteen years with FedEx Kinko's. Currently, I design websites a...