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Does anyone know about the history of the "Foodland" chain in the Fresno area? I am curious if it was connected with other "Foodland" stores elsewhere in the U.S.A. (such as in Hawai'i). I stopped at one in the Fresno area in June of 1981. It was somewhere in the State Route 180 ...

After re-listening to the dialogue, I've determined that the movie character (Mr. Joyboy) refers to "the Food Giant supermarket, the one on La Brea Street." Presumably that was a real supermarket in the Los Angeles area in the early 1960s.

There have been at least three Safeway store locations in Pleasanton, Calif. (which eventually became the city where the Safeway headquarters were located): (1) 749 Main Street (source: "Oakland Tribune" advertisement, January 1963) (2) Santa Rita Road/Valley Avenue - opened mid-1960s, clo...

In the 1965 picture "The Loved One," the character Mr. Joyboy refers to "the giant supermarket, the one on La Brea Street." See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOMm86R_67w Does anyone know if that was a reference to a real supermarket? I assume that he meant La Brea Avenue in Lo...

The British Columbia Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has digitized (digitised, eh?) some of its "photolog" series of photos of its highway system from circa 1966. One photo appears to depict a Safeway store pylon sign along Route 1 at Kingsway and Knight Street in Vancouver. See: ...

"Pon Honor Nickel Splitters" apparently was an Oakland, California area grocery store chain in the late 1920s. See: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158501532320488&set=gm.4157752317663659 Here is a location map in the Oakland/Berkeley/Richmond area circa 1926: https://www.facebo...

That's a great idea, to study high school yearbooks/annuals for the business advertisements (esp. ones with photos of the business). I rescued a 1941 Irvine, Kentucky high school yearbook/annual from a recycling bin in California in 2021, contacted the current historical society covering Irvine, Ken...

Santa Cruz Public Library has digitized a "Santa Cruz Sentinel" photo from 1959 of a Lucky supermarket marquee. See: https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/76005#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0 The photo caption says that the new Lucky supermarket would open on January 6, 1960. It ...

A 1957 photo of the Safeway building at 915 Broadway in Sacramento is in Calisphere: https://sacramento.pastperfectonline.com/photo/66E9CABF-6FA7-4513-8252-481557325609 The store opened on or about November 5, 1957, according to the photo caption. The 1957 Safeway building still stands today, althou...

The "Oakland Tribune" of September 16, 1964 has an article about the opening of a new Safeway store building at 6310 College Avenue in Oakland (intersection of College Ave. and Claremont Ave.). That building was used for the next 49 years. It was demolished in 2013. A new Safeway store bui...

Sidney, Montana is a town on the Yellowstone River near the North Dakota border. Apparently that region is known as "Mon-Dak" due to its proximity to the Montana-North Dakota state line. A Marina-style Safeway store opened in Sidney on October 14, 1963. It was located at 2nd Avenue and 2nd...

I just discovered a humorous commentary of the evolution of U.S. supermarkets from 1955 to 1981 by none other than CBS television's "Captain Kangaroo." See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HqNMRJ1Qqw Watch from 7:18 to 12:50. This was a skit that was part of a 25th anniversary primetime t...

The Safeway store at 555 Miller Avenue in Mill Valley, Marin County, California, apparently opened in September of 1975. See "Santa Cruz Sentinel," September 14, 1975, p. 38 (Safeway ad). https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19750914.1.38 The same month (maybe even the same day), a new Safew...

Here is an interior shot of the Safeway store in Oakland's Montclair district circa 1961: https://oakland.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_d432497e-fd82-44b8-841d-878e98e4967a/ It is from the Oakland Public Library collection. It depicts the interior of the front of the store, with the "e...

Oakland Public Library has digitized a 1952 photograph of the Safeway store in Oakland, Calif. at Fruitvale Avenue & Lynde Street. See: https://oakland.access.preservica.com/file/sdb:digitalFile%7C09badc54-b0b9-4927-a36e-66d794bbc2a2/ What is this architectural style? It has a cupola with a weat...