NEW: MInneapolis, 1920-2020
Posted: 28 Jan 2020 20:22
MAJOR new addition courtesy of Andrew T:
https://www.groceteria.com/place/us-min ... nneapolis/
Thanks!
https://www.groceteria.com/place/us-min ... nneapolis/
Thanks!
History and Commercial Archaeology of Chain Supermarkets and Other Retailers
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Welcome to my world. This is a bigger issue in the northeast and midwest than elsewhere, and it makes the process much more labor-intensive, so thanks for tackling it!Andrew T. wrote: ↑29 Jan 2020 15:01Some suburban locations showed up in the "proper" Minneapolis directories (and thus, the spreadsheet) anyway; but there wasn't any real consistency about this. I also need to make sure that every suburban location is listed under the name of the town or city it actually geographically falls within, because I'm a stickler for such things.
Haha, I'd be totally out of my element trying to make sense of Food Fair! (Now if this were Food Fare, I'd be all in!)Steve Landry wrote: ↑29 Sep 2021 11:10 Wow Andrew!!!
Extraordinary "forensic" skills in grocery store research!
I should hire you to research the Food Fair Inc. "empire"!
Ahhhh yesssss..................the enigma of the Friedlands and their "friends" and relatives (from all along the east coast to Colorado, Nevada, California, the Caribbean and Israel).Andrew T. wrote: ↑29 Sep 2021 23:06 Oh, and there's more! The Minneapolis city directories of the 1930s had somewhat shoddy classified listings, with lots of omissions. But by doing a full text search, I was able to scrounge up 57 additional National, Piggly Wiggly, A&P, Red Owl, and C. Thomas chain grocery locations! All of these have been flown into the table, making the data better than ever. They also show the continuity between Piggly Wiggly and National, hinted to by the image upthread.
More analysis to follow...
Haha, I'd be totally out of my element trying to make sense of Food Fair! (Now if this were Food Fare, I'd be all in!)Steve Landry wrote: ↑29 Sep 2021 11:10 Wow Andrew!!!
Extraordinary "forensic" skills in grocery store research!
I should hire you to research the Food Fair Inc. "empire"!
Albertsons was very close to buying Rainbow Foods back in 2000. https://mtstandard.com/news/state-and-r ... 27297.htmlAndrew T. wrote: ↑30 Sep 2021 19:59 In October 1983 the company introduced a new retail brand called Rainbow Foods, eventually supplanting the Applebaums brand. The company also began to be passed around like a hot potato, being sold to Fleming in 1994 and Roundy's in 2003. Sid Applebaum remained president of the chain until 1996.
Wow, that's an interesting "what if!" The timing is intriguing: July 2000 was when Albertsons Inc. was still in expansion mode, fresh off its conquest (and partial rebranding) of American Stores...and before the other shoe dropped, leaving the company collapsing into insolvency in 2001 and 2002 from these ill-advised acquisitions.retailfanmitchell019 wrote: ↑30 Sep 2021 23:13 Albertsons was very close to buying Rainbow Foods back in 2000. https://mtstandard.com/news/state-and-r ... 27297.html
So the local lineage of National/Applebaums/Rainbow goes back even earlier than I expected! The 1919 Minneapolis city directory lists 14 H. P. McBride stores, while the 1915 directory lists two.Irish Standard, 27 Sept 1919 wrote: National Tea Company
Successors to
H. P. McBride Co.
Why pay more?
13 Stores
1100 E. Franklin Ave.
101 E. 26th St.
4348 Beard Ave.
801 E. Lake St.
301 W. Lake St.
3801 Grand Ave. S.
301 E. Lake St.
1623 E. Lake St.
4600 Bryant Ave. S.
2551 Lyndale Ave. S.
3046-48 Hennepin Ave.
2605-05½ Hennepin Ave.
3255 Bryant Ave. S.
United States Food Administration License No. 11464.