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by TheQuestioner
01 Nov 2006 14:29
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: How Much "P" was a part of A&P
Replies: 9
Views: 5845

I took another look at that map of Safeway and A&P's territories from the late 1950's. I was kind of surprised at how little overlap there was. Even growing up in the late 1970's, I got the impression that A&P and Safeway were *the* national grocery chains, the GM and Ford of the supermarket...
by TheQuestioner
30 Oct 2006 20:56
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: NorCal Albertsons/PayLess combos
Replies: 20
Views: 15496

Fremont ABS/Payless

Two questions: Was the Payless drug chain that teamed up with Albertsons the California chain or the Pacific Northwest chain? I know there were two Payless chains that eventually merged before being absorbed by Rite-Aid. The State St. ABS store building in Fremont has been gone for at least five yea...
by TheQuestioner
11 Oct 2006 20:11
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Daly City/Northern San Mateo County
Replies: 19
Views: 16039

The building looks completely different now, even the shape and spacing of the windows seems different. What side of the building was this photo taken of? I would guess the long side, which had "BAKERY" on it in the Mayfair photo, but it's hard to tell. It looks like the diagonal "pil...
by TheQuestioner
11 Oct 2006 20:04
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Hill's? Hill's-Korvette?
Replies: 36
Views: 50395

Re: Hill's? Hill's-Korvette?

I also remember Hills Supermarkets as Riverhead also contained one in its shopping center (now KING KULLEN). I believe that both Korvetts, which I also remember, and Hills were New York stores only. I remember Hills' logo being orange in color as a lower case "h" circled the name. Boy, I ...
by TheQuestioner
29 Sep 2006 13:38
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: FedMart Southern California?
Replies: 53
Views: 64801

Thanks for the background on the San Lorenzo Target. The Target's sign is very much like the "FedMart style" in the above posting, but I guess it was always Gemco. There's another sign kind of like that rotting away near the Oakland Airport, just to the west of I-880. I'm not sure what use...
by TheQuestioner
21 Sep 2006 16:00
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: A&P/Plus! Warehouse stores
Replies: 10
Views: 7358

God, Plus! Talk about atrophied memories. This store is something I wouldn't have remembered on my own for a million years, but now that someone mentioned it, I can see the logo in my head. (No sign of it on the web, though.) As I recall, it was a blocky, san-serif wide font, with the P larger than ...
by TheQuestioner
12 Sep 2006 14:40
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Who remembers store brand beer?
Replies: 19
Views: 18816

Growing up, I never saw Generic Beer or house brand beer, or any other alcohol, for that matter, in supermarkets. The DC suburbs in Maryland have some rather harsh and unusual restrictions on alcohol sales. I believe Montgomery County limits chain stores to ONE liquor license, so there would often b...
by TheQuestioner
12 Sep 2006 14:07
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: FedMart Southern California?
Replies: 53
Views: 64801

Three-sided Signs

The comment about FedMarts having a tall three-sided sign caught my attention because the Target in San Leandro/San Lorenzo CA has a sign like this. I have read on this board and others that this location was a Gemco, at least at the point when Gemco went out of business. I always assumed it opened ...
by TheQuestioner
30 Aug 2006 17:22
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: LA Safeways That Became Vons
Replies: 41
Views: 33603

In the Bay Area, pretty much all Safeways have a motto such as this above the checkstand area on the front wall. I think the dates stated are pretty liberally applied. There's a late 70's/early 80's Safeway in San Leandro next to I-880, and it says "Serving San Leandro since 1927." Clearly...
by TheQuestioner
25 Aug 2006 17:31
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: SavMax Foods
Replies: 1
Views: 3417

SavMax Foods

Can anyone tell me about SavMax Foods? I had never heard of them before today, apparently they are/were a Sacramento-based chain of "warehouse" supermarket, similar to FoodMax and Food4Less. I have traveled around No. Cal. and am of course a regular reader of this and other retail history ...
by TheQuestioner
17 Aug 2006 18:01
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Bag N' Box - Wash. DC Area
Replies: 4
Views: 5022

Bag N' Box - Wash. DC Area

I have wondered about this store for a long time, perhaps someone out there recalls this. In the very early 1980's, there was a store in Takoma Park/Silver Spring MD called Bag N' Box (perhaps Bag & Box, not sure of exact spelling of the "and") This store was very low-frills, and the g...
by TheQuestioner
31 Jul 2006 15:38
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Treasury Department Stores
Replies: 34
Views: 49981

Where in San Leandro was the Treasury store? It wouldn't surprise me if it's still in use for retail. There are a lot of stores around there that were once other chains. The Target by the San Leandro/San Lorenzo border was once Genco from what I understand, and the Levitz Furniture whose big sign is...
by TheQuestioner
31 Jul 2006 15:28
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Safeway-San Jose
Replies: 8
Views: 7181

Pictures

I took a few pictures of this location a couple of weeks ago. I plan to post them once I get the rest of the store. When I went I was being as careful as possible, since I know some retail stores have a bug up their butt about photography, especially interiors. Sure enough, after getting 6 or 7 shot...
by TheQuestioner
12 Jul 2006 14:36
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Bazar
Replies: 13
Views: 13337

Baza'r

It's amazing how many chains there once were in any given segment. So many gas stations, supermarkets, retail stores, and even auto companies, faded into the mists of history. In all my years visiting this site and other popular "Retail history" sites online, I'd never seen any mention of ...
by TheQuestioner
07 Jul 2006 16:02
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Woolco
Replies: 43
Views: 45451

The only Woolcos I can recall from the DC area were in New Carrolton attached to the Carrolton Mall (Best was the other "anchor" of this rather small mall) and a location on Rockville Pike, in the center that housed the famous "Gourmet Giant" There's still a Giant there, but it's...