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- 05 Mar 2020 23:46
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Did Safeway ever operate in Minnesota?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1204
Re: Did Safeway ever operate in Minnesota?
For over 90 years, Safeway has maintained a presence north of Minnesota through its Canadian division in Manitoba and northwest Ontario. Safeway also once operated due south of Minnesota, in Iowa. Yet, has Safeway ever operated a store in Minnesota? It seems odd that they haven't. This winter, I co...
- 03 Mar 2020 19:22
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Walrus article
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1051
Re: Walrus article
As much as I think "death of the grocery store" is a lot of hype and hot air, it's interesting to point out that they bring up the fact that the grocery store is a modern invention ("modern" being less than 150 years ago), the same people probably defend the idea of a traditional...
- 03 Mar 2020 12:19
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Des Moines, 1925-2020 (sort of)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1364
Re: NEW: Des Moines, 1925-2020 (sort of)
This Newspapers.com newspage mentions how the Food Saver stores were bought and remodeled by Super One (Miner Inc.) in 1995, and indicates that the stores were closed during the remodeling process. Interesting chain and an interesting acquisition for Albertsons. Linking back to your earlier thread ...
- 01 Mar 2020 21:46
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: NEW: Des Moines, 1925-2020 (sort of)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1364
Re: NEW: Des Moines, 1925-2020 (sort of)
This Newspapers.com newspage mentions how the Food Saver stores were bought and remodeled by Super One (Miner Inc.) in 1995, and indicates that the stores were closed during the remodeling process.
- 01 Mar 2020 19:59
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Max Foods
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5143
Re: Max Foods
From some extant records, at least one Max Foods existed in Fort Worth in the mid-1990s briefly, which became a Winn-Dixie around 1997 and even served as a Kroger for a few years after Winn-Dixie left. Grocery Warehouse existed since around 1979 when Albertsons introduced the banner by converting so...
- 26 Feb 2020 10:54
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Lafayette, LA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3329
Re: Lafayette, LA
Further work was done in 2016 to remove the liquor store and move a few more things around. From a 2017 Street View, it still looks from the outside just as it did in 2015, the liquor store (complete with "Liquor" signage and separate doors) is still there, with even the LLC-era "Alb...
- 23 Feb 2020 18:15
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Disappearing supermarket commercials from YouTube
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1334
Disappearing supermarket commercials from YouTube
I've noticed that as YouTube crack down on content, and some users end up having their entire library removed either deliberately or due to another offense on the user's part, a lot of commercials have disappeared. I've attempted to archive YouTube videos when I see them to get a hard copy, but a nu...
- 20 Feb 2020 17:07
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: American Stores-era ACME history
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1242
American Stores-era ACME history
Maybe I'm remembering this wrong, but as of about five years ago or so there used to a page that covered the early days of American Stores' ACME (American Stores as the original parent of Alpha Beta and ACME, not 1980s and 1990s-era ASC). The only thing I can find is this single page covering the fi...
- 20 Feb 2020 10:23
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: College Station-Bryan grocery stores since 1980
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1723
Re: College Station-Bryan grocery stores since 1980
Thanks! I was inspired by both wnetmacman's post and a much older list I had a different Internet forum, which I cleaned up and expanded. An edit I did this morning both added Food 4 Less and clarified the Wal-Mart expansion.
- 19 Feb 2020 11:24
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: College Station-Bryan grocery stores since 1980
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1723
College Station-Bryan grocery stores since 1980
Figured that I should do something like this since I have the resources (old phone books, etc.) and the local knowledge. Despite the area being dominated by H-E-B with a few Krogers to balance it out, the area has a history of other retailers including Albertsons, Safeway, and even Winn-Dixie. Like ...
- 16 Feb 2020 20:41
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Short-lived grocery stores
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2594
Re: Short-lived grocery stores
Hamady Complete Food Center, a 74,000 square feet store located in Flint, MI (in a former Kroger closed in 2014) managed to be in and out in three months back in 2018.
https://www.abc12.com/content/news/Hama ... 59842.html
https://www.abc12.com/content/news/Hama ... 59842.html
- 14 Feb 2020 11:37
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Lafayette, LA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3329
Re: Lafayette, LA
2863 Ambassador Caffery had to have been renovated before 2016...it had the "Albertsons Market" signage on the aisle markers when I visited in 2015, indicated it might have been renovated prior to the buyback of NAI. https://safewayalbertsonstexas.blogspot.com/2016/01/albertsons-2775-lafay...
- 13 Feb 2020 12:26
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Short-lived grocery stores
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2594
Re: Short-lived grocery stores
Here in SoCal the king of short-lived grocery stores would have to be Haggen, which lasted about 6 months from first store opening in March 0f 2015 until August 2015 when it started closing stores. IIRC all stores were closed by December. Haggen is cheating a little since they were previously groce...
- 12 Feb 2020 15:21
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Short-lived grocery stores
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2594
Short-lived grocery stores
With the recent demise of Lucky's Market, were there any stores in your area that didn't last very long at all? In my hometown, a Weingarten (owned by Grand Union at the time) only lasted for two months, and I know there were a small handful of Albertsons around 2001-2002 that lasted for 2 years or ...
- 01 Feb 2020 10:15
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7005
Re: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
I had been working on a similar list, but in Texas. I had been working on an updated version (a good part of it is out of date), but it hasn't been published yet. http://www.carbon-izer.com/retail/kmart/kmartlist.html I will tell you that according to the Houston Chronicle, 8315 Long Point Road, 121...