Seattle Market Area Profile, 1969

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Seattle Market Area Profile, 1969

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From the 1969 Progressive Grocer's Marketing Guidebook... it's a good snapshot of what the supermarket landscape was like in Western Washington at that time.

Supermarket Count, Five Largest Counties
King County (Seattle, Bellevue): 249
Pierce County (Tacoma, Puyallup): 67
Snohomish County (Everett): 34
Kitsap County (Bremerton): 21
Whatcom County (Bellingham): 12

Major Food Distribution Centers
American Wholesale Grocery Co., Bellevue
-served 115 supermarkets (primarily IGA)
Associated Grocers, Inc., Seattle
-served 146 supermarkets (Thriftway, Serve-U, Art's, TB&M, Thrifty, Fuller's Market Basket, 7-Eleven, Foodland, Food Giant, QFC)
The Commission Co., Inc., Seattle
-served 103 supermarkets (Tomboy, West Dependable, Foodland)
Safeway Stores, Inc., Bellevue
-served 112 Safeway stores
Tradewell Stores, Inc., Kent
-served 58 supermarkets (Tradewell, Prairie Market, Economy Food Mart, White Front, Mor-4-Less)
typical store: Tradewell No. 57, S.E. 56th & 119th, Bellevue
West Coast Grocery Co., Tacoma
-served 530 food stores [does not give number of supermarkets] (Shop-Rite, IGA, Star Valu, Lucky, Mayfair, QFC, Allied Discount Foods, Piggly Wiggly, Food King, Manley's, Stewarts, Albertson's, Swanson Foods, SIF)
typical store: Mayfair Market, 4315 Sixth Ave., Tacoma

Retailers with Buying Offices Only
-Albertson's, Inc., Seattle: 34 stores
-Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Seattle: 21 stores
-Lucky Stores, Inc., Seattle: 18 stores
-Market Basket Stores (subsidiary of Fred Meyer), Seattle: 5 stores
-Mayfair Markets, Bellevue: 26 stores
-Piggly Wiggly Puget Sound Co., Inc., Puyallup: 10 stores
-Quality Food Centers, Inc., Seattle: 8 stores
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