That wasn't entirely uncommon among the early supermarkets on the East Coast. Often, the owners leased out non-food concession space as an extra source of income. The first Big Bear stores in New Jersey did this too; the first store was 50,000 square feet, but only 15,000 square feet were given over to food, which was till a pretty huge area by the standards of the day.BillyGr wrote:This is from the Price Chopper website - if you check the paragraph with the >>>> it sounds like an early Super Center (and more like the antique shop) - It appears to have been only in that one store, as far as I can see from the site and it doesn't say how long it existed.
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