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- 10 May 2014 22:48
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Albertsons in Houston
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18133
Re: Albertsons in Houston
I'm not sure where the problems began as in 1991, the DFW division had reached College Station, but a few years later, Albertsons was in the Conroe area, and those were apparently part of the Houston area later because they were sold to Kroger in 2002. Albertsons entered in 1996 but pulled out in 20...
- 10 May 2014 22:40
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: "Albertsons Market"
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14983
"Albertsons Market"
Quick background: we should know that Albertsons Inc. broke into two companies in 2006, one "Albertsons LLC" (owned by Cerberus under "AB Acquisitions LLC" and "New Albertsons Inc." (owned by SuperValu, had what were considered to be the stronger divisions). At some poi...
- 07 May 2014 15:35
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Mini-Marina - Hearne, TX
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20879
Re: Mini-Marina - Hearne, TX
Wichita Falls sounds like it was Dallas division, which was broken up (which would probably be worth telling--I heard lot of its stores were too small and old, something that screwed over AppleTree from Day One, and that Minyards took some)--I never said that there were no Marina stores in Texas, so...
- 03 May 2014 19:20
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Mini-Marina - Hearne, TX
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20879
Re: Mini-Marina - Hearne, TX
Like I said, it would've mentioned in advertising between the 1950s and 1970s in the papers, and I had a friend who subscribes to Newspapers.com had searched. [Name], Newspapers.com has The Hearne Democrat from 1931 through 1977, mostly complete. I searched "Safeway" and "Safe-Way&quo...
- 03 May 2014 08:37
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Mini-Marina - Hearne, TX
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20879
Re: Mini-Marina - Hearne, TX
The Hearne Democrat is online in Newspapers.com, featuring newspapers there that go from the 1950s to the 1970s (roughly). Besides a mention of a Safeway opening in Bryan opening in the late 1950s (the first in the area, long before the Houston division), there's no mention of a Safeway in Hearne. T...
- 02 May 2014 11:49
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Florida Choice
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7865
Florida Choice
I know that Florida Choice was Kroger's run in Florida in the 1980s after they took over The Family Mart (A&P), but what was it really like? What did the logo look like, for instance? Did Kroger remodel or get any new stores so it resembled more of the typical Kroger at the time?
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- 02 May 2014 11:05
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Safeways of the 1980s and Early 1990s
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4683
Re: Safeways of the 1980s and Early 1990s
Well, here is a shot of "Kroger of the Villages", which was an early 1970s build renovated at the last minute of the Texas pullout in the late 1980s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KrogerattheVillages.jpg A few newly-built examples survive. Décor on the inside consisted of pictures of t...
- 10 Feb 2014 15:18
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Modern Kroger designs in Marietta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9363
Re: Modern Kroger designs in Marietta
Had to look up what a "wedge" Kroger was. As for the design, I can't recall seeing any wedge Krogers built in Texas (mostly greenhouses or whatever they picked up), but I could be wrong (Texas was a funny market--Kroger Family Centers still had a full selection of general merchandise into ...
- 19 Oct 2013 14:33
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: When/how did Kroger "conquer" the South?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15285
Re: When/how did Kroger "conquer" the South?
Even though Kroger is an Ohio company, was Texas ever their most profitable state/region? How did they manage to overtake Weingarten's, Safeway, and Randalls in Houston? And does anyone know the history of their store in Denison (home of Eisenhower)? This looks like an oldie that may have started a...
- 09 Oct 2013 21:26
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Did Ann & Hope have a supermarket?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4738
Did Ann & Hope have a supermarket?
Something I read in Labelscar says that did, though I can't find any information more (or contradicting that). Anyone have any confirmation/denial?
- 26 Dec 2012 18:45
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Phoenix - Remembering Smitty's
- Replies: 30
- Views: 51687
Re: Phoenix - Remembering Smitty's
Created a mirror for the content of the Mitch Glaser pages. Not perfect, but it will do.
- 26 Nov 2012 23:54
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Inside bigg's
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3495
Re: Inside bigg's
That would imply, then, that it was all store? I know that many of the hypermarkets padded their square footage with the "mini-mall", and that the actual space would be much less (comparable to modern supercenters).
- 25 Nov 2012 14:19
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Early H-E-B stores (before the 2000s)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8028
Early H-E-B stores (before the 2000s)
Does anyone have any information on older H-E-B stores? Given that I'm only familiar with the Houston area H-E-B stores, I need help. From that, they first opened H-E-B Pantry Foods stores (small grocery stores 30,000 square feet) in suburban areas (mid-sized areas that weren't small towns but not h...
- 25 Nov 2012 14:05
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Hinky Dinky and their leased grocery departments
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9050
Re: Hinky Dinky and their leased grocery departments
According to Wikipedia, "Supermarkets International" leased food departments in the Treasury discount stores (and even a few JCPenney stores). JCPenney bought them in '69 but shut it down a few years later.
- 18 Oct 2012 12:29
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Target '90s neon
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22039
Re: Target '90s neon
I imagine the first generation SuperTargets had neon and the like on them as well.
Interesting that it started in 1990: the 1989 Gold Circle/Richway conversions did NOT have neon.
Interesting that it started in 1990: the 1989 Gold Circle/Richway conversions did NOT have neon.