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- 17 Mar 2023 10:39
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Real Superstore locations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10180
Re: Real Superstore locations
There was one that was missing. A 1996 article mentions a store in Lake Charles, the only Schwegmann operation that far west. I imagine that it was closed by year-end like the Lafayette store was, but I don't know where the Lake Charles operation might've been.
- 17 Feb 2023 00:30
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: If you could bring a defunct store back.....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 33519
Re: If you could bring a defunct store back.....
Having worked for one of K-Mart's better regional competition, I can tell you that you're missing something big: K-Mart's inexpensive, but often poor quality house brand merchandise, which was a long-term liability. It helped them live through the stagflation era of the 70s and 80s and it was margi...
- 05 Feb 2023 22:05
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Westside Pavilion basement
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2649
Westside Pavilion basement
Here's something I have become curious about--Westside Pavilion, the late California mall that was built in 1985, received an outdoor expansion in 1991 (later replaced with a large movie theater) and eventually closed in 2019 for Google offices. From what I can piece together, the basement of the ma...
- 17 Jan 2023 16:07
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: NEW: New Orleans, 1929-1956
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6542
Re: NEW: New Orleans, 1929-1956
New Orleans is now updated through 1975. More to follow; I'll actually be able to take this one all the way to the present. The page mentioned an Albertsons at 3400 Tulane, which was listed in the footnotes as a mistaken address in 2015. There was an Albertsons there and the only Albertsons in New ...
- 30 Dec 2022 19:33
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: If you could bring a defunct store back.....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 33519
Re: If you could bring a defunct store back.....
Just a little late-night musing... Alternate history: In 1986, Lucky Stores spun off it's GEMCO division. As a new company, GEMCO struggled to find its place in the late 80's discount arena. After closing all but their California stores in 1989, GEMCO went on a massive rebranding campaign, focusing...
- 06 Dec 2022 01:06
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Lee's Discount Department Stores?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1690
Re: Lee's Discount Department Stores?
Britt's opened a department store in Bryan, TX in the early 1970s though it heavily leaned fashion when most department stores were full-line. It was 60,000 square feet though and in the late 1970s was kicked out for a J.C. Penney (which lasted less than a decade in the spot before it moved to anoth...
- 01 Dec 2022 01:05
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2836
Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
There's an article in the New York Times that talks about the Kroger/Sears collaboration. I do know that for many years, Hillman's Pure Foods operated in some Chicagoland-area Sears. In 2017 I made a thread on it , but alas, no replies. One common thread between the garden center and the coffee sho...
- 29 Nov 2022 19:52
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2836
Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
There was the partnership Sears did with Kmart in 2018, and Kroger also had stores inside a number of Sears back in the 1930s. Well, those are on two sides of the spectrum! Post-Lampert Sears didn't do much in terms of localized shops. They had an Edwin Watts Golf Shops and of course that mini-Kmar...
- 28 Nov 2022 00:45
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1217
Re: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA
The Wikipedia page for Tanglewood Mall is a mess but it has this bit whether true or not: Kroger, an outparcel, finished renovating its interior and exterior; its new front was meant to "better highlight the company's selection of fresh foods."[15] The renovations were also in anticipation...
- 25 Nov 2022 01:13
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2836
Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
There was the partnership Sears did with Kmart in 2018, and Kroger also had stores inside a number of Sears back in the 1930s. Well, those are on two sides of the spectrum! Post-Lampert Sears didn't do much in terms of localized shops. They had an Edwin Watts Golf Shops and of course that mini-Kmar...
- 24 Nov 2022 02:40
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: The Kroger Co. Store List Project
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5010
Re: The Kroger Co. Store List Project
Didn't see the Baker, Louisiana Kroger on there. Of course, the Baton Rouge stores were on the "Numberless Stores" (I believe there was a total of six in the region before they pulled out). This particular store would be at or around 14500 Plank Rd, Baker, LA 70714 and was later Rainbow Sh...
- 23 Nov 2022 00:52
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2836
Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
One of the things that I found out in researching Sears Bakery Deli Cafe (page here ) is that they were operated mostly in Texas by a Houston-based company that ran restaurants. At least in their early days, they were operated by another Houston-based store that sold sandwiches and imported products...
- 16 Aug 2022 03:11
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P bakery only locations?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1556
Re: A&P bakery only locations?
They probably were the last major chain in include in-store bakeries, but before that they had a fairly extensive selection of house brand baked goods, more than most other chains. I dimly remember that those were among the things we went to A&P to buy. Many people fondly remember their Spanish...
- 22 Jul 2022 16:14
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P bakery only locations?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1556
Re: A&P bakery only locations?
I think its bakery production sites. A lot of supermarkets have bakeries, dairies, and other production plants. Safeway had them (pre-Albertsons), even into the late 1990s or early 2000s Safeway manufactured their own pet food, Kroger has them, H-E-B has them, Winn-Dixie used to have them.
- 24 Jun 2022 21:29
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Kids R Us
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15461
Re: Kids R Us
I made a list of Kids "R" Us store locations: https://retail247projecthub.blogspot.com/2022/06/list-of-kids-r-us-clothing-store.html I think you're missing a few...Kids 'R' Us was on 6135 Westheimer, not part of the Toys 'R' Us at 6145 Westheimer. Kids R Us was an OfficeMax and eventually...