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What was the location of the original Opelousas store, and what was its history? The original Opelousas location was on US190 at the western edge of town where 190 splits into one way Vine and Landry streets. It shared parking with a Howard Brothers store which outlived it. I'm not sure if they hel...

Kroger sold both Lafayette stores, New Iberia and Morgan City to National at the same time, 1986. National opted not to run Arnould, as the Real Superstore was under construction just up Johnston, and it would have been a wasted effort. Willow closed within a year, and Morgan City was gone just aft...

Somewhat off-topic, but in Beckley I also noticed another store along Jones Ave that opened in the 1954-1955 range per Chain Store Age. Any info on that? Can you pin that down any or pass along the article? I can't find evidence of there being a Jones Avenue in Beckley now or then. Source from the ...

What a find: Many sources state Kroger first entered the state of West Virginia in 1926, locating in the Charleston market. However it looks like they first located in Hinton, 14-15 years earlier. The Hinton Daily News reported a Kroger opening in June 1912, and a year earlier from a possible franch...

Somewhat off-topic, but in Beckley I also noticed another store along Jones Ave that opened in the 1954-1955 range per Chain Store Age. Any info on that?

I think I might've just stumbled upon another former Family Center location (which was later converted into a Kroger supermarket) https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7184406,-92.3476348,3a,28.7y,12.98h,94.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx06y8E2Vjrva43t0RSjD3g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Is this another former Kroger FC...

I can't confirm this but were Smith's Food King (as of 1985) and Skaggs Alpha Beta ever in the city?

There's no need for proof. That is about 50-100 miles from Mattoon, another short term FC. It's definitely one, but badly remodeled. Looks like per the Galesburg Register-Mail on November 1, 1972, Kroger was indeed operating a Family Center in Macomb. As the FC rollout was taking place Kroger would...

I found this newspaper ad listed several locations of old retail stores (of where to buy trainsets, what the page was originally advertising) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382222633/ I looked at the (which according to this website) the former TG&Y store located at 1600 W Jackson St, Maco...

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The original Kroger on Central would have been the Colony store, which was replaced by the former Big Bear nearby at 3918 Monroe. Perhaps they took over the A&P to prevent competition or because they considered it as a location to replace the Big Bear and their Westgate store (this location was...

FYI, that particular store was built in the 1990s, not 2007, and the sign was a carryover from a 1973 predecessor store on the same site. It was actually brought up in this thread some 13(!) years ago. I assume the cube signs were last used in the early 1990s. I would say late 80s as the Greenhouse...

Update: Looks like U-$ave foods started as an independent who remodeled the location from a Bestway concept, per the local newspaper. The store was acquired by Kroger in 1995 who kept the U-$ave name. Therefore I am doubtful that it was expanded beyond Whitley City. I am also not able to confirm if ...

Don't know much either, but given the age of the building/sign I could reasonably say said concept stems from before the acquisition of JayC in 1999 (and founding of Ruler Foods a year prior by said company). Looks like the facade was remodeled before 2011 ( https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kroger-wh...

Lafayette was on a different contract even than Opelousas 18 miles north. The two Lafayette Kroger stores closed in 1988 along with New Iberia and Morgan City. All four were purchased by National/Canal Villere. Arnould Blvd. immediately ceased being a supermarket. Willow at Evangeline Thruway held ...