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Groceteria wrote: ↑09 Dec 2022 21:38 A Food Fair grand opening ad for Steve Landry:


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Thank you David!!!

13,000 sq ft for BOTH stores??

Food Fair's stamps were called "Merchant's Green Stamps".

Connecticut has a number of distinct submarkets--Hartford and New Haven, for example, are very different places, but the state is relatively affluent and despite very little population growth different parts have attracted new chains over time: For example, Shop-Rite has returned to the Hartford ar...

I did not notice an entry for Payfair.

Please advise as I may be going blind.......................lol.

There is a scene in the early part of the movie "The Irishman" with Robert DeNiro that shows a Food Fair logo on a grocery delivery truck.

He apparently works for the Food Fair warehouse in Philadelphia as a delivery driver to the stores.

Very cool to see!

A Mayfair supermarket exterior in Malibu, Calif. (Heathercliff Rd.) appeared in the background of a shot in a season 3 episode of "CHiPs" titled "Valley Go Home!" It first aired in September of 1979. The shot can be seen in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSg2TVFI3Qw...

Since I'm a librarian who digitizes things for a living and a big supporter of the Internet Archive, I'm not sure how I missed this: https://archive.org/details/annual-reports-archive?tab=collection It's surprisingly complete through the 1980s, and on a quick glance I've found Safeway, A&P, Luc...

Even though they operated in Peoria for only an eyeblink of time, Eisner/Jewel left behind a sizable architectural legacy here. An ex-Jewel at 4103 SW Adams St survives ; though if it once had porcelain enamel cladding, it's now gone. A renovated Jewel at 4425 N Prospect Rd still sells groceries as...

Wow.....................it sure looks like a Safeway.

:-)

The second one is a Safeway for sure.

Wasn't that one of Ralphs banners way back then?

That first photo looks almost exactly like a Winn Dixie when they had "The Beef People" slogan on the front.

Three new lists for your holiday viewing pleasure, documenting the cradle of Weis Markets and Giant-PA: https://www.groceteria.com/place/pennsylvania/harrisburg-and-carlisle/ I'm off to the family gathering and then vacationing. Happy Boxing Day Eve! Thanks and Happy Holidays to you!! xoxoxoxo

Delray...........that's the one I was thinking about.

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