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by pseudo3d
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...
by pseudo3d
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...
by pseudo3d
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 ...
by pseudo3d
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.
by pseudo3d
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...
by pseudo3d
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...
by pseudo3d
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...
by pseudo3d
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...
by pseudo3d
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

Groceteria wrote: 20 Feb 2020 00:04 This is pretty thoroughly excellent. Thank you!
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.
by pseudo3d
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 ...
by pseudo3d
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
by pseudo3d
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...
by pseudo3d
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...
by pseudo3d
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 ...
by pseudo3d
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...