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In case anyone cares, I found my answer. The National Foods in question here was purely local and was established in the 1920s by one George Hutchens. He operated stores in High Point NC under the National Foods name until he moved to the supermarket format in the late 1930s, using the Big Bear bann...

http://www.groceteria.com/journal/graphics7/031607-denver.jpg Just stumbled onto this one via an eBay search tonight. Anyone agree that the Skaggs sign might originally have read "Super S"? Anyone know for sure? It even looks like a Super S sign, now that I stare at it more closely. Eithe...

On the front page of the site today is a salute to my "first" store, the one that ignited my obsession with old supermarkets when I was a child. You can read it here: http://www.groceteria.com/journal/2007/03.html#031107 Did any of the rest of you have a specific "first" store th...

There was an Albertson's in Visalia using this "Western" style signage until the early part of this decade when the store was demolished for a new construction store. You mean this one, yes: http://www.groceteria.com/stores/galleries/albertsons/images/9.jpg There's another exterior shot a...

Remember that Salem and Roanoke are independent cities with their own assessment data - and Roanoke County is different as well. Yeah, I know. It's much easier in NC and CA where that stuff is almost all done at the county level (and where cities are actually parts of counties rather than separate ...

Some great info carried over from another thread: Kroger would be a long shot, mainly if Kroger arrived in Roanoke by acquisition rather than expansion as happened in many Kroger-bannered markets. I don't think Safeway ever reached as far as Roanoke unless it was from the early days of Sanitary bann...

I would say the top contenders are A&P and Colonial. The recessed store front could be a later alteration, done as far back as the 60's or 70's, depending on how long the location has been a Family Dollar. Agreed on the two contenders, although I think the recess rich was discussing the overhea...

Dave wrote:The assessment property card says that the building was constructed in 1948.

Interesting; I'm surprised it was that late. I found the Roanoke GIS site too, and the one on Grandin was constructed in 1940, so maybe they're not 100% identical. Haven't found records for Salem yet.

TheStranger wrote:Anyone know if this is Lucky's 1970s decor package?

I was told by someone a few years ago (maybe Storewanderer) that this store retained its original Lucky decor package until about 1998 or so, but was remodeled.

Harris-Teeter may have had stores in Roanoke. A friend of mine was hired to become a manager for Harris Teeter and was to relocate to Roanoke when the company decided to send him to the Greensboro area instead. I was told that Harris Teeter pulled out of Roanoke and Kroger took over the Roanoke HT ...

Safeway seems like a likelier bet or perhaps Big Star, although they often used a tile front. Thanks. It really doesn't read like most Safeway or Big Star prototypes I've seen from the era either, and I'm not sure if Safeway was ever quite this far west in Virginia (anyone?). I guess it could be on...

http://www.groceteria.com/journal/graphics7/030507-mick.jpg Hi all. Any thoughts on the history of this rather fascinating southern Virginia city? I've made several trips there since moving to Winston-Salem, and I think it's going to be my next "feature" city on the site. I maay also inco...

http://groceteria.com/forboard/williamson2.jpg There are at least two more stores just like this around Roanoke as well. One in downtown Salem is an antique mall, while one at 1310 Grandin Rd SW is now a natural foods co-op. Based on the "stepped" roof line, they look like former A&Ps...

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