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by Groceteria
23 Aug 2006 13:05
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: 1967 Cala Foods Photos
Replies: 2
Views: 3873

1967 Cala Foods Photos

For those of you who don't check the front page of the site regularly, I've added some 1967 photos of the very beautiful Cala Foods at California and Hyde in San Francisco. They were taken from the movie "Petulia", which was released on DVD a month or two back: http://www.groceteria.com/jo...
by Groceteria
21 Aug 2006 21:02
Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Payless Drug Commercial, 1996
Replies: 2
Views: 4704

Payless Drug Commercial, 1996

Found as I was digitizing old VHS tapes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGCb6lmQq_4

Wow! The phramacy's at the front!
by Groceteria
21 Aug 2006 20:45
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: Food Lion Rap Commercial from 1991
Replies: 0
Views: 4964

Food Lion Rap Commercial from 1991

The last of tonight's series of commercials discovered as I was digitizing my old VHS tapes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0jVrCTd_yc

This one's a classic. Really.
by Groceteria
21 Aug 2006 18:17
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Lucky/Albertsons "Marriage" Commercial from 1999.
Replies: 3
Views: 4889

Lucky/Albertsons "Marriage" Commercial from 1999.

Friom my ongoing "digitize the VHS" project, this one is from the "Marriage" series following the merger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtRoWlu2lYs
by Groceteria
21 Aug 2006 18:14
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Lucky Stores Commercials from 1997 and 1998
Replies: 5
Views: 5290

Lucky Stores Commercials from 1997 and 1998

From an ongoing project where I'm digitizing all my old VHS tapes:

A produce spot from 1997:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td6vEKdmBw0

And a holiday spot from 1998:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvDeUXG9Ga8
by Groceteria
21 Aug 2006 18:12
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: Winn-Dixie Commercial 1991
Replies: 2
Views: 3960

Winn-Dixie Commercial 1991

From an ongoing project where I'm digitizing all my old VHS tapes, this one features Jeff Smith, the "Frugal Gourmet":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ztkNreu5Ps
by Groceteria
15 Aug 2006 22:28
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Hollywood Ranch Market
Replies: 4
Views: 6333

Re: Hollywood Ranch Market

nortongulch wrote:I don't know the policies here, but here is a link to an old photo
The policy is that when you post a picture that's that good, you have to identify it as a "really cool picture".

OK, I'm kidding. Welcome aboard.
by Groceteria
09 Aug 2006 10:50
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Market basket Pics from the 50's Southern Ca
Replies: 18
Views: 17428

Dave wrote:"Mexi-catessen"? Was it near a "Hofbrau-cantina"?
Strangely enough, that seems to have been a fairly common term in California way back when. In fact, there's still a fairly well-known one in San Francisco.
by Groceteria
08 Aug 2006 18:22
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: New Uses for Grocery Stores
Replies: 90
Views: 94072

Edric Floyd wrote:In Macon Georgia, they actually tore down a former K-Mart building and built a Vocational-Technical High School in its space.
In Charlotte, there's a charter school using an old Kmart building.
by Groceteria
08 Aug 2006 13:05
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Williamson Road, Roanoke VA
Replies: 1
Views: 3555

Williamson Road, Roanoke VA

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Any thoughts on this one? Based on its size, it might very well have been a drug store rather than a supermarket, but I just thought I'd ask if anyone positively recognized the prototype.
by Groceteria
08 Aug 2006 12:58
Forum: History: USA Southeast
Topic: Pantry Pride
Replies: 21
Views: 23556

Re: Pantry Pride

Edric Floyd wrote:But Steve will have the best and most detailed information.
Yeah, Steve knows all on this subject, and this time around, I hope to actually use some of the info to finally update the Food Fair page on the site...
by Groceteria
03 Aug 2006 22:15
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: brendles department stores
Replies: 6
Views: 6800

All I know is Brendles was a catalog showroom that closed up in 1996 Yeah, that's pretty much it. They were based in Elkin NC, and had stores in the Triad area, and later Charlotte and Myrtle Beach. They may have been in other parts of the Carolinas and Virginia as well. Their merchandise lines wer...
by Groceteria
02 Aug 2006 11:08
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Safeway-San Jose
Replies: 8
Views: 7181

I've split the emerging store photos discussion into a separate topic here:

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=496
by Groceteria
28 Jul 2006 17:18
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: former safeways in the S.F. bay area that became drug stores
Replies: 2
Views: 4720

1300 Bush St, San Francisco >> Rite-Aid
1330 Castro St, San Francisco >> Walgreens
7100 Bancroft Av, Oakland >> Rite-Aid (this may have been a Super S)
3232 Foothill Blvd, Oakland >> Walgreens

I'll try to think of some others.
by Groceteria
27 Jul 2006 18:38
Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: Fred Meyer Stores with Neon Roadside Signs
Replies: 5
Views: 4814

Is this one still here? I can't remember the name of the street, but it was on one of the former US 99 routes leading south out of Portland.

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