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Question for our Pavillions expert :) I have been recently informed that Pavillions was borne of an earlier chain called Pantry Supermarkets? (or Pantry ...... something). This would be pre-Vons purchase. Timeline..... late 1960's or early 1970's? If so, interesting, because the number of stores inv...

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very interesting..............it's like the "wings" style of the Alexander (Krisel) homes of Palm Springs.

Hey guys, in your expert wanderings and research, have you stumbled across anything that would suggest the existence of a grocery store chain in Los Angeles called Fox Markets? They had 50 stores in Los Angeles and 25 stores in Las Vegas. Their headquarters were in the N.E or S.E. area of downtown L...

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Side note: Food Fair used a decorative marble on their stores for years (usually a glossy rose colored marble).

I doubt it was a Food Fair, mainly because they were not building or buying stores of that size in the late 50's. Food Fairs in that era were mostly above 25,000 sq ft.

Of all the major chains of that time, Food Fair had the highest average square footage and the highest sales per square foot.

Yes, Edric............I remember those locations. Post Food Fair and Publix agreements............Eckerds never seem to master the ability to scout for excellent locations for their stores. In fact one of the major negatives mentioned by retail business experts were the drug chain's poor locations i...

Shell City stores (Florida)

Fredrick's Supermarkets (Florida)

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Also Treasury department stores (Florida)

Found this tooling around Time Magazine archives: "Posted Monday, Aug. 31, 1959 SUPERMARKET GAS stations will be constructed by Food Fair chain (sixth biggest in U.S.) on parking lots of its 400 stores. Plan calls for 24 stations within a year, others later. " 1959 folks...............amaz...

".........had an agreement to build next to Publix stores from the 1950's into the 1970's." And, did you know that Food Fair was the FIRST supermarket company to have "that" agreement with Eckerd's BEFORE Publix? Food Fair was a master at real estate and shopping center developem...

Sorry, I am out of town on business. But, I will briefly say that Hills was purchased by Food Fair in the Mid 70's (will confirm date when I get back). It was a financially troubled chain (may have been so because of labor disputes or price wars) when Food Fair purchased it. I do not think I have mu...

Hey Turbo...............welcome :)

I will fill you into after work today on Food Fair, Hills, Pantry Pride, Revlon and MORE.

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J-Man, There were Food Fairs mostly concentrated on the east coast. But there were pockets of Food Fairs all around the country. Food Fair had stores in Las Vegas and later bought (1965) the Fox Markets chain which had 50 stores in Los Angeles and 25 stores in Las Vegas. I don't have a clue about th...

The Deli/Seafood departments of Food Fair in Florida were modeled after successful counterparts in the northeast. At the age of 15 (1968) I started working as a bagger at a 25,000 sqft store that had a deli/seafood service counter. That store was almost 20 years old and had not been remodeled. The &...

Food Fair had established Delis in the N.E. AND the S.E. as early as the 1940's. In Florida, Fredrick's had Delis even before Food Fair. Publix followed Food Fair's lead, then Winn Dixie.

BTW, same goes with Service Seafood.