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.
Recent updates
The message board seems to be down off and on this morning. I’m not sure what the issue is but I don’t really have time to look into it right now. I’ll update when I can. Update: Seems OK now. Newly added: Newly updated: As always, latest news, travels, links, etc. are on Bluesky. Richmond turned out to be much more interesting (and to take much longer) than I expected. Most of the big chains turned up there at some point, including Safeway, A&P. Kroger, and Food Fair, and there was also a pretty robust collection of local chains. This is one of my more heavily researched sections and I’m quite proud of it. It includes new pages on Richmond and Hopewell plus an existing one on Petersburg. There’s also a timeline and a photo page. Close to 700 locations altogether. Give it a look if you have a chance!Message board down (FIXED)
July-August updates
Onward to Richmond
Slightly less recent updates
…and a lot of it is from Utah. Since April: Massive expansion of Salt Lake City and suburbs New: Ogden UT, 1920-1987 Update to Tri-Cities… …for a monstrously large roadtrip this fall. Thoughts? Anyone? Option 1 (5766 mi, 9225 km): Covers two of the remaining three US states (Montana and… I haven’t really left the house much this weekend, not wanting to multiply the evil effect pollen has had on me this year. That said,…
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