What’s here?
Groceteria.com is a site about the history of American and Canadian urban chain grocers from the 1920s through the present, with an emphasis on buildings and locations.
- Places: The geography of chain grocery retailers in the U.S. and Canada since the 1920s.
- More history: Brief histories and related material about a very few selected chains.
- Methodology: What I study and how this all works.
- About the site: More about the history of supermarkets, your humble host, etc.
- Message board: Discuss.
- Bluesky: Updates and random thoughts.
What’s new?
March updates
Since it will soon be Daylight Savings Time and I’ll be too much of a zombie to type…
New additions since December:
- Santa Maria CA
- Daytona Beach FL
- Fort Myers FL
- Naples FL
- Pocatello ID
- Fall River MA
- Worcester MA
- Billings MT
- Butte MT
- Great Falls MT
- North Bay ON
- DC Suburbs VA
- Fredericksburg VA
- Martinsville VA
Updates since December:
- Phoenix AZ
- Altadena and Pasadena CA
- Modesto and Turlock CA
- Monterey CA
- Napa Valley CA
- Santa Cruz and Watsonville CA
- Salinas CA
- Vallejo and Fairfield CA
- Attleboro MA
I’ve been busy…
December (and coming soon)
Back from my annual road trip to Southwestern and Southern Ontario and other places along the way. This trip included one of my periodic runs to the amazing Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne for some major data acquisition. You can see what will be coming soon as a result of this on the “works in progress” page.
New additions since October:
Updates since October:
October update
Just a quick list of recent additions (which you’ll see quicker on Bluesky or in the Message Board:
- Fort Worth Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-1991
- Slidell LA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1964-2003
- Lots of additions to Seattle and King County and to Tacoma and Pierce County
- Provo-Orem UT Chain Grocery Supermarket Locations, 1924-2025
- New Bedford MA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-2025
What’s semi-new?
New stuff over the past couple of months: Lawrence MA chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1920-2025 Terre Haute IN chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1920-2025 Attleboro MA chain grocery/supermarket… Yeah, I know that Bob’s Burgers is not really supposed to be set in San Francisco, but this sure looks a lot like the Whole… As you can see, I’ve done some significant remodeling of ye olde Groceteria over the past few days. Since people are inherently resistant to change,…
All updates…