McDaniel's Markets in Socal
Posted: 22 Feb 2007 14:08
In looking into the history of Valley Plaza for this thread I discovered the existence of a chain called McDaniel's Markets. Their mascot was a sterotypical Scot with a kilt and tam (think Groundskeeper Willy). The chain was founded by Dan W. McDaniel who committed suicide at age 32 in 1936. In 1957 they bought Walker's Supermarkets which had stores in Upland, Fontana, Inglewood, and Temple City and two in West Covina. At their peak they had 24 stores. In April 1961 9 stores were sold to Food Giant however it appears that they didn't sell all of their stores to Food Giant (or Hughes; see below), though I found some of the other locations in auction ads so they must have liquidated them. For several months Food Giant ran ads with both names.
Sometime between 1961 and 1964 Hughes acquired the 3 stores listed below which are still operating today as Ralphs stores. They are similar prototypes with parking in front and back of the store, something we talked about in this thread
1100 San Fernando Rd, Burbank
10400 N Sepulveda, Dennis Park, now known as Mission Hills
6657 N Laurel Canyon, North Hollywood
In addition to the three above, the following stores were operating as of October 1960. As far as I could tell none of them are currently operating as modern supermarkets except the Oxnard and Baldwin Park stores. Many have been torn down. The stores marked with * became Food Giants.
*5119 East Pomona, East Los Angeles
126 S Glendora Blvd, West Covina
1825 W Badillo, West Covina
*6135 Atlantic Blvd, Maywood
*325 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills
2800 Saviers Rd, Oxnard (now Valu Plus Food Warehouse)
*14103 W Ramona Blvd, Baldwin Park (now Valu Plus Food Warehouse)
*2235 E Garvey Blvd, West Covina
*13942 E Imperial Hwy, La Mirada (now Big Lots)
440 W Arrow Hwy, West Covina
243 E 1st St, Rialto
2190 N Garey Ave, Pomona
*700 Lower Azusa Rd, El Monte
*1383 Foothill Blvd, Upland (closed by Food Giant within a few months)
*17375 Foothill Blvd, Fontana
50 Ashwood, Ventura
1117 W Manchester, Inglewood
415 W Huntington Dr, Monrovia
2337 Sierra Way, San Bernardino
Highland and Sterling, San Bernardino
These stores closed between April and October 1960:
4700 Los Coyotes Diagonal, Long Beach
2208 W Century Blvd, Inglewood (replaced by store on Manchester)
These are former locations (all former Walker's) that also closed at some point before 1960:
Chaffey & Grove, Upland
8443 Nuevo, Fontana
4819 Temple City Blvd, Temple City
(Edit: corrected current status of Oxnard and Baldwin Park stores.)
Sometime between 1961 and 1964 Hughes acquired the 3 stores listed below which are still operating today as Ralphs stores. They are similar prototypes with parking in front and back of the store, something we talked about in this thread
1100 San Fernando Rd, Burbank
10400 N Sepulveda, Dennis Park, now known as Mission Hills
6657 N Laurel Canyon, North Hollywood
In addition to the three above, the following stores were operating as of October 1960. As far as I could tell none of them are currently operating as modern supermarkets except the Oxnard and Baldwin Park stores. Many have been torn down. The stores marked with * became Food Giants.
*5119 East Pomona, East Los Angeles
126 S Glendora Blvd, West Covina
1825 W Badillo, West Covina
*6135 Atlantic Blvd, Maywood
*325 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills
2800 Saviers Rd, Oxnard (now Valu Plus Food Warehouse)
*14103 W Ramona Blvd, Baldwin Park (now Valu Plus Food Warehouse)
*2235 E Garvey Blvd, West Covina
*13942 E Imperial Hwy, La Mirada (now Big Lots)
440 W Arrow Hwy, West Covina
243 E 1st St, Rialto
2190 N Garey Ave, Pomona
*700 Lower Azusa Rd, El Monte
*1383 Foothill Blvd, Upland (closed by Food Giant within a few months)
*17375 Foothill Blvd, Fontana
50 Ashwood, Ventura
1117 W Manchester, Inglewood
415 W Huntington Dr, Monrovia
2337 Sierra Way, San Bernardino
Highland and Sterling, San Bernardino
These stores closed between April and October 1960:
4700 Los Coyotes Diagonal, Long Beach
2208 W Century Blvd, Inglewood (replaced by store on Manchester)
These are former locations (all former Walker's) that also closed at some point before 1960:
Chaffey & Grove, Upland
8443 Nuevo, Fontana
4819 Temple City Blvd, Temple City
(Edit: corrected current status of Oxnard and Baldwin Park stores.)