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.
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- 15 Jan 2024 15:14
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Council Bluffs, 1925-2020
- Replies: 0
- Views: 833
- 15 Jan 2024 11:03
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2801
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...
- 14 Jan 2024 23:35
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Cedar Rapids 1925-2020
- Replies: 0
- Views: 675
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...
- 14 Jan 2024 22:20
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2801
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...
- 14 Jan 2024 22:04
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2801
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...
- 14 Jan 2024 21:50
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2801
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 ...
- 12 Jan 2024 11:08
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Elkhart Martin's
- Replies: 2
- Views: 549
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.
- 10 Jan 2024 09:15
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: NEW: Tulsa OK, 1925-2021
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2609
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...
- 04 Jan 2024 13:05
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: South Florida Updates
- Replies: 2
- Views: 835
Re: South Florida Updates
Thanks! I will correct that spelling issue.
I think Carl's showed up in the Miami-Dade stuff as well, and I will be adding new data to that at some unspecified point in the future as well.
- 04 Jan 2024 13:02
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: New Orleans area updates
- Replies: 2
- Views: 677
Re: New Orleans area updates
Yeah, i will be adding footnotes and something of a timeline soon. Just haven't gotten it there yet,
- 04 Jan 2024 12:14
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Kroger Family Centers
- Replies: 126
- Views: 90825
Re: Kroger Family Centers
600 SE Greenville Blvdretail_person_247 wrote: ↑06 Oct 2023 21:29 However, I couldn't find the exact address of the building, just the fact that it was located somewhere on US-264 ALT
https://www.groceteria.com/place/north- ... reenville/
- 01 Jan 2024 18:15
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: NEW: Corpus Christi, 1929-2020
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1083
NEW: Corpus Christi, 1929-2020
One more Gulf Coast area before I move on to some other corner of the county.
https://www.groceteria.com/place/texas/corpus-christi/
https://www.groceteria.com/place/texas/corpus-christi/
- 01 Jan 2024 18:13
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: New Orleans area updates
- Replies: 2
- Views: 677
New Orleans area updates
New Orleans is now updated to include most of the Jefferson Parish suburbs (e.g. Metairie, Gretna, and Kenner, among others). I've also added listings from 1925.
https://www.groceteria.com/place/us-lou ... w-orleans/
https://www.groceteria.com/place/us-lou ... w-orleans/
- 01 Jan 2024 18:10
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: South Florida Updates
- Replies: 2
- Views: 835
South Florida Updates
Did these before the holidays but I haven't posted till now. I've added lists for a good chunk of the Greater Miami area, with more to come: Fort Lauderdale and Broward County: https://www.groceteria.com/place/florida/fort-lauderdale-and-broward-county/ Palm Beach County: https://www.groceteria.com/...
- 31 Dec 2023 18:06
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: A&P stores in Maine in 1990s
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8518
Re: A&P stores in Maine in 1990s
Thanks for the detailed information! Looks like that store and French Quarter LA were the two weird final locations (not in NYC) Just FYI, the 93-year-old Royal Street (French Quarter) store is sill plugging along as a Rouses. I was just there last week. It almost feels even smaller now than when i...