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- 17 Jan 2024 10:58
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2139
Re: "End of the line" supermarkets
You're also missing Eisner Foods, who was at the time of their demise a division of Jewel; Skaggs Alpha Beta and Alpha Beta. S-A-B in Texas and Florida became Jewel for a time in the 90s before being sold off to Albertsons. Eisner converted to Jewel-Osco, Skaggs Alpha Beta/Alpha Beta were converted...
- 15 Jan 2024 20:19
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2139
Re: "End of the line" supermarkets
I created an updated list of stores. TEXAS (EXCEPT WEST TEXAS) / LOUISIANA / SOUTHEAST AppleTree Markets (last two stores went independent, closed) BI-LO (includes RedFood)* Big Star Markets* Bruno's (includes successor Belle Foods) Earth Fare (original run) Florida Choice* Gooding's Lewis & Cok...
- 15 Jan 2024 13:29
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2139
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 comple...
- 15 Jan 2024 01:13
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2139
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 comple...
- 14 Jan 2024 15:35
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2139
Re: "End of the line" supermarkets
I should also mention that to Southeast, Florida Choice (owned by Kroger and eventually dismantled), The Family Mart (owned by A&P and eventually dismantled), and Big Star Markets (owned by Grand Union and eventually dismantled) should be added. Earth Fare refers to the original chain that clos...
- 14 Jan 2024 14:41
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2139
Re: "End of the line" supermarkets
That's a wonderful list!!! Thanks 🤗 P.S. You forgot Hills Supermarkets and Fox Markets 😉 I should also mention that to Southeast, Florida Choice (owned by Kroger and eventually dismantled), The Family Mart (owned by A&P and eventually dismantled), and Big Star Markets (owned by Grand Union and ...
- 14 Jan 2024 02:57
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2139
"End of the line" supermarkets
There are a number of chains that have been bought up over the years and rebranded, but the list here reflects supermarket chains that ended up closing entirely without true replacements, no one continued on the legacy by rebranding them. Some of these were picked up by other stores after their demi...
- 13 Jan 2024 13:03
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Elkhart Martin's
- Replies: 2
- Views: 475
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. Sadly none of the stores had addresses, with only a few hints, and pretty much all of the stores shown have either remodeled years ago or closed ...
- 12 Jan 2024 02:51
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Elkhart Martin's
- Replies: 2
- Views: 475
Elkhart Martin's
I was reading "Supermarket & Hypermarket Design 2" (great book full of great photos, the first one in the series is "borrowable" from archive.org), and there's a then-new Martin's Supermarket (not the one from Ahold) in Elkhart built around 1990 (give or take a year), which w...
- 05 Jan 2024 01:39
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Laneco
- Replies: 1
- Views: 601
Laneco
Has anyone heard of this chain? It was a combination store (though not terribly large, 86k-100k square feet) with general merchandise (a surprisingly large amount dedicated to soft goods, like womens clothing) owned by Wetterau since the early 1980s before being shut down in 2001 under SuperValu. La...
- 20 Dec 2023 02:50
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2830
Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
I remember poking through the Ala Moana store in the early 2010s during a trip, and being impressed that they sold ukeleles (a rack or two of them--well past the time I'd have thought Chicago had any buyers dealing with stringed instruments). Wonder if the local instrument vendor was one of those c...
- 20 Dec 2023 02:44
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Fazio's Discount Drug
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1901
Re: Fazio's Discount Drug
I'm a bit late to this conversation but I have information to add. I was part of the managerial staff that opened the third Fazio's Discount Drug in Plano Texas. We were not as well received as we had been in Irving and Mesquite so the business did not last long there. We opened on the corner of Cu...
- 03 Aug 2023 16:14
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Kroger Family Centers
- Replies: 126
- Views: 87641
Re: Kroger Family Centers
Since you seem not to believe anything I show you, here's the indisputable evidence I gave you there too: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19791120&id=mplHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R38MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5642,5251829 It's an ad from The Victoria (Texas) Advocate. Look in column three, thi...
- 03 Aug 2023 09:09
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Kroger Family Centers
- Replies: 126
- Views: 87641
Re: Kroger Family Centers
The Kroger FC location in College Station opened with Family Center signage but only had the regular grocery / food and drug mix. (on my list I have it under "never opened" since it never actually opened as a family center despite its signage) I could be wrong but I think that location wa...
- 19 Mar 2023 01:29
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Real Superstore locations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10157
Re: Real Superstore locations
There was one that was missing. A 1996 article mentions a store in Lake Charles, the only Schwegmann operation that far west. I imagine that it was closed by year-end like the Lafayette store was, but I don't know where the Lake Charles operation might've been. If one ever opened in LC, I don't kno...