Fresno Chain Grocery Locations, 1925-1999 : Groceteria.com

Fresno Chain Grocery Locations, 1925-1999

This spreadsheet covers the Fresno city limits only. Although some suburban locations may be included, it is not meant to cover all suburban stores in the area.
The spreadsheet is only designed for accuracy through 1999. Stores open after this date may not be included.
Listings are compiled from Fresno city directories, with various newspaper articles, property records, and personal knowledge as auxiliary sources.

Address	1925	1931	1935	1940	1944	1951	1955	1961	1965	1970	1975	1981	1985	1990	1995	1999	Notes
136 N 1st		Safeway	Safeway
154 N 1st		MacMarr
1221 N 1st						Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
1540 N 1st													Alpha-Beta	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
4172 N 1st								Food Bank	Food Bank	Food Bank	Foodland	Foodland	Foodland			Walgreen’s
4590 N 1st																Food 4 Less
5750 N 1st															Albertson’s	Albertson’s
6036 N 1st												Alpha-Beta
6735 N 1st													Foodland	Foodland
7733 N 1st													Vons	Vons	Vons	Vons
80XX N 1st															Save-Mart	Save-Mart	1st and Nees
327 N 5th		Safeway
3065 E Ashlan								C&C	Giant Food King				Canned Foods	Canned Foods	Grocery Outlet	Grocery Outlet
4041 E Ashlan									McMillan’s	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
1660 B							Farmer Boy	Big Boy	Big Boy
741 E Barstow											Foodland	Foodland	Foodland	Foodland	Foodland	Foodland
335 E Belmont	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr	Safeway														335: Economic, 337: MacMarr, Safeway
900 E Belmont		Booras & Pappas
2131 E Belmont				King’s
2429 E Belmont	Economic Food Co.
3099 E Belmont	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr	Safeway
4121 E Belmont								C&C
4784 E Belmont								Food Bank	Food Bank	Food Bank	Foodland	Village Foodland	Village Foodland	Belmont Foodland
4814 E Belmont								Purity
5175 E Belmont												Alpha-Beta	Alpha-Beta	Foodland	Foodland	Foodland
310 N Blackstone					Justesen’s
493 N Blackstone			Black’s	Black’s	Black’s
502 N Blackstone	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr	Safeway
520 N Blackstone				Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
530 N Blackstone	Martha Washington	Safeway
542 N Blackstone		Booras & Pappas
1221 N Blackstone	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr	Safeway
1241 N Blackstone				Safeway
2425 N Blackstone															Albertson’s	Albertson’s
2440 N Blackstone						Food Bank	Food Bank
2612 N Blackstone						Black’s	Black’s	Food Bank
3502 N Blackstone							Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair
3730 N Blackstone										Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
4150 N Blackstone										White Front	Foodland
4343 N Blackstone																Vons
4935 N Blackstone								McMillan’s	McMillan’s
5150 N Blackstone										Albertson’s
5345 N Blackstone										Safeway	Safeway	Pic-n-Save				MacFrugal’s
5380 N Blackstone								Giant	Giant Food King	Country Boy	Country Boy					Trader Joe’s or Wherehouse?	Trader Joe’s is 5376. Wherehouse is 5384.
5422 N Blackstone														Pak-n-Save	Pak-n-Save
5422 N Blackstone																Food Maxx
5700 N Blackstone											Thriftimart	Thriftimart				Smart & Final
926 Broadway			Black’s	Black’s
1146 Broadway			Safeway
80 W Bullard												Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
750 W Bullard										Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
2066 W Bullard												Safeway	Safeway	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
3071 W Bullard												Village Foodland	Village Foodland	Village Foodland
3350 E Butler		MacMarr	Safeway
3362 E Butler	Witham’s																Butler and Calwa
4831 E Butler												Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
326 C		Safeway
353 C							Safeway	Safeway	Safeway								353 in 1955 and 1961. 355 in 1965.
354 C	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
449 C						Safeway
1444 C								Boys	Boys	Boys	Boys	Boys
1346 E California										Farmer Boy
555 W California									Giant Food King
3031 N Cedar									Safeway	Safeway	Safeway					Kragen
3136 N Cedar								C&C	Country Boy	Country Boy						Hestbeck’s
3850 N Cedar														Vons	Vons	Vons
4555 N Cedar									Giant Food King		Village Foodland	Foodland	Foodland
6670 N Cedar												Country Boy	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
8949 N Cedar															Vons	Vons
1107 E Champlain																Save-Mart
2118 Cherry			Safeway
2122 Cherry		MacMarr
2124 Cherry				Safeway	Safeway
4220 E Church								Payless	Giant Food Center	Country Boy	Country Boy					El Mercado Las Nieves
505 W Clinton									McMillan’s	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
1344 W Clinton								Christensen’s	Giant Food King							Walgreen’s
4043 W Clinton															Albertson’s
1848 S Clovis												Foodland
729 Divisadero				Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
2736 Divisadero							Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair
1103 E							Payless	Payless	Payless	Payless	Payless	Payless	Payless	Payless	Payless	Payless
2419 S Elm							Payless	Payless
2555 S Elm								Food Bank
1232 F		Booras & Pappas
1259 F		Booras & Pappas
8055 N Figarden																Albertson’s
1109 Fresno		MacMarr	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
2013 Fresno		MacMarr
2014 Fresno	Economic Food Co.
483 N Fresno		Piggly Wiggly
498 N Fresno		Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
1220 N Fresno							Justesen’s
1592 N Fresno								Country Boy	Country Boy	Country Boy
1625 N Fruit								Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Save-Mart
120 Fulton		MacMarr, Piggly Wiggly	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway									Office only. 160 in 1951 and 1955.
253 Fulton			Justesen’s
480 N Fulton	Piggly Wiggly																Originally Forthcamp Avenue.
505 N Fulton		Safeway	Safeway
900 N Fulton	Martha Washington			King’s													Martha Washinton is 900 Forthcamp Avenue.
925 N Fulton									Mayfair								Office
858 G	Martha Washington
553 H				Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s
2031 Kern		MacMarr
4896 E Kings Canyon									Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair
5566 E Kings Canyon								Christensen’s	Christensen’s	Christensen’s	Christensen’s	Christensen’s	Christensen’s	Christensen’s
5654 E Kings Canyon											Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
5663 E Kings Canyon													Vons	Vons	Vons	Vons
4787 E Madison											Foodland
4031 N Marks												Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
7075 N Marks														Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
1036 Martin						Cinderella	Black’s
3125 Mayfair Blvd						Food Bank	Mayfair	Cooke’s
3233 Mayfair Blvd										Save-Mart
1620 Dr Mayfair								Purity	McMillan’s	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
3870 E McKenzie	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr															3872 in 1925, 3870 in 1931.
1220 N					Justesen’s
3 E Olive		Booras & Pappas
306 E Olive	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr	Safeway	Safeway													Olive and Palm
315 E Olive			Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Payless
715 E Olive						Black’s	Black’s
909 E Olive				Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway										May be same building as Mayfair at 917.
917 E Olive								Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair				May be same building as Safeway at 909.
920 E Olive				Black’s	Black’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Food Bank
4825 E Olive									Country Boy	Country Boy	Country Boy	Country Boy	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart	Save-Mart
104 W Olive				King’s	King’s
361 P	Economic Food Co.																361-365
349 N Palm								Food Bank									Office?
5043 N Palm							Black’s	Food Bank	Food Bank
5747 N Palm												Foodland				Walgreen’s
1346 San Benito		Booras & Pappas
540 Shaw													Safeway
1077 E Shaw												Safeway	Safeway			Goodwill
384 W Shaw								Cooke’s
456 W Shaw											Alpha-Beta	Alpha-Beta	Alpha-Beta			MacFrugal’s
728 W Shaw								Lucky			Village Foodland
2044 W Shaw													Alpha-Beta
2097 W Shaw										Thriftimart	Thriftimart	Thriftimart
3043 W Shaw													Vons	Vons
3170 W Shaw															Vons	Vons
820 E Shields								Safeway	Safeway							Thrift Center
850 E Shields						Safeway
3173 E Shields												Gemco
4125 E Shields								Purity	Purity	Purity		Young’s
4203 E Shields									Christensen’s
4778 E Shields								Vans	Giant Food Center
1320 W Shields								C&C
1339 W Shields									Food Bank	Food Bank	Foodland
1405 W Shields								Food Bank	Food Bank	Food Bank	Foodland	Foodland	Foodland	Foodland
3750 W Shields															Save-Mart	Save-Mart
2436 Stanislaus		Piggly Wiggly
2446 Stanislaus	Piggly Wiggly
280 N Thorne												Foodland
2014 Tulare		Safeway															Office
2146 Tulare		Piggly Wiggly
2520 Tulare	Witham’s
2902 E Tulare		MacMarr	Safeway
2924 E Tulare					Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
2995 E Tulare			Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s
3007 E Tulare				Safeway
3011 E Tulare			Black’s
3115 E Tulare		Booras & Pappas
3190 E Tulare														Vons	Vons	Vons
4161 E Tulare					Black’s	Black’s	Black’s
4504 E Tulare							Ranch
4546 E Tulare												Ranch
4604 E Tulare							Purity	Purity
4810 E Tulare						Purity
4818 E Tulare								Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway					Asia Super Market
755 Van Ness			Black’s	Black’s	Black’s	Black’s	Black’s									American Blues Trading
775 Van Ness				Black’s
917 Van Ness	Economic Food Co.
920 Van Ness	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr
1025 Van Ness		Booras & Pappas
1035 Van Ness	Martha Washington
1043 Van Ness		Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway												1041 in 1940, 1043 in 1935.
1139 Van Ness			A&P	A&P	A&P	Cinderella											Cinderella is 1137.
1356 Van Ness	Economic Food Co.
1514 Van Ness				King’s
323 N Van Ness								Safeway	Safeway								Office
505 N Van Ness			Justesen’s	Justesen’s	Justesen’s												505 in 1935, 503 in 1940.
1046 N Van Ness			Safeway
1414 N Van Ness			Justesen’s
1415 N Van Ness							Food Bank
1436 N Van Ness		Safeway	Safeway
1444 N Van Ness			Black’s
1457 N Van Ness						Cinderella
1470 N Van Ness	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr
1476 N Van Ness				King’s	King’s
1728 N Van Ness		MacMarr	Safeway
2026 N Van Ness							Green Frog
2640 N Van Ness		MacMarr		King’s
2811 E Ventura			Black’s	Black’s	Black’s
3012 E Ventura	Economic Food Co.	MacMarr
3232 E Ventura									Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
3510 E Ventura					Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway
3609 E Ventura		Safeway	Safeway
3618 E Ventura		MacMarr	Safeway	Safeway
3636 E Ventura				Justesen’s	Justesen’s
3110 N West								Purity	Purity	Purity		Young’s				Video City
4040 N West												Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Safeway	Save-Mart
4118 N West										Mayfair	Mayfair	Mayfair
7088 N West														Country Boy	Country Boy	Country Boy
15057 Bridge White’s									McMillan’s	Save-Mart

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