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by BatteryMill
05 Dec 2022 17:49
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: Kroger in Lafayette LA
Replies: 22
Views: 17923

Re: Kroger in Lafayette LA

I collected these from an 1983 ad. It's possible one more was built before pull-out in I believe 1985 but it's unlikely. http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=20628#p20628 https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/11/22/An-Ohio-based-grocery-store-chain-closed-six-of-its/7446438325200/ Kroger lef...
by BatteryMill
05 Dec 2022 16:45
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Hamilton/Fairfield OH, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 3468

Re: NEW: Hamilton/Fairfield OH, 1925-2020

Not 100% sure I understand your question the way it’s phrased, but if you’re referring to the Toledo spreadsheet, there is an A&P listed at 2767 (1966-1975) and a Kroger listed at 2070 (1951-1965). Are you saying the Kroger occupied the A&P space at some point before or after? That location...
by BatteryMill
05 Dec 2022 01:06
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Hamilton/Fairfield OH, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 3468

Re: NEW: Hamilton/Fairfield OH, 1925-2020

A little more checking: the Front Street location was indeed a Kroger/SuperX combo that opened in 1971 and closed ca. 1974. It was repurposed into the current criminal justice building starting in 1975 (that opened in 1977). It's the rare store that opened and closed between two snapshots. Kroger d...
by BatteryMill
03 Dec 2022 13:51
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Hamilton/Fairfield OH, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 3468

Re: NEW: Hamilton/Fairfield OH, 1925-2020

No idea. There weren't listings for them in the years I surveyed. Do you have dates, maybe? https://www.comapps.ohio.gov/liqr/liqr_apps/PermitLookup/PermitHolder.aspx The listings (both store #337) have no date affixed to them, but for the most part said website has permits dating back to stores wh...
by BatteryMill
03 Dec 2022 01:35
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: NEW: Hamilton/Fairfield OH, 1925-2020
Replies: 12
Views: 3468

Re: NEW: Hamilton/Fairfield OH, 1925-2020

On the Ohio Liquor board website, I saw two Kroger sites that weren't listed here (331 S Front, 201 B St). What's the scoop on those?
by BatteryMill
01 Dec 2022 14:14
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 24
Views: 9538

Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

Unfortunately you need a subscription to the "Times Machine" ...but maybe someone was able to log on somehow and attach a copy of the article for fair use purposes. 2022-11-30 23_03_41-TimesMachine_ August 24, 1930 - NYTimes.com - Brave.png Thank you. I do wonder if the previous grocery d...
by BatteryMill
30 Nov 2022 23:16
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 24
Views: 9538

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...
by BatteryMill
29 Nov 2022 01:04
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 24
Views: 9538

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...
by BatteryMill
29 Nov 2022 00:34
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA
Replies: 10
Views: 3057

Re: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA

You are correct about Ukrops having to compete with Giant-MD and Safeway in Richmond and Giant-MD in Fredericksburg. My thinking was more along the lines of if Ukrops continued north of Fredericksburg they would be attempting to compete with Giant on its home turf. Giant had and still has a much la...
by BatteryMill
27 Nov 2022 19:06
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA
Replies: 10
Views: 3057

Re: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA

Interesting take, but I think that by the time H-T was in any position to enter either of these markets, the Harris and Teeter families had long since ceased to be part of the equation and may have been related to the company only through potential ownership of some Ruddick Corp. stock after 1969. ...
by BatteryMill
27 Nov 2022 16:14
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA
Replies: 10
Views: 3057

Re: Ukrops expansion to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA

I'm curious about Ukrops motives behind their expansions to Roanoke, VA and Fredericksburg, VA. I'm thinking that the expansion to Fredericksburg would have put them in reach of the Washington, DC area if they had stayed independent and wanted to continue north. That would have put Ukrops on a coll...
by BatteryMill
24 Nov 2022 23:48
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 24
Views: 9538

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.
by BatteryMill
24 Nov 2022 14:39
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: The Kroger Co. Store List Project
Replies: 12
Views: 7107

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 S...
by BatteryMill
23 Oct 2022 23:12
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Fred Meyer in Canada?
Replies: 2
Views: 2589

Re: Fred Meyer in Canada?

A quick scan of BC and Alberta newspapers from 1960-1975 does not turn up any evidence of articles or ads. I was pressed for time so I didn't go much later than that. Maybe later. Perhaps Fred Meyer was there under another name, as a catalog business, or other service (wholesale, supply) without an...
by BatteryMill
23 Oct 2022 17:29
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Fred Meyer in Canada?
Replies: 2
Views: 2589

Fred Meyer in Canada?

Browsing through issues of Super Market Merchandising, I found a page in 1966 that explains that Fred Meyer operated in Canada alongside the Pacific Northwest United States. I do know they were considering a location in Edmonton back in the 1990s, but I never knew of any tangible locations. Is this ...