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.

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

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