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- 24 Nov 2022 02:40
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: The Kroger Co. Store List Project
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6396
Re: The Kroger Co. Store List Project
Didn't see the Baker, Louisiana Kroger on there. Of course, the Baton Rouge stores were on the "Numberless Stores" (I believe there was a total of six in the region before they pulled out). This particular store would be at or around 14500 Plank Rd, Baker, LA 70714 and was later Rainbow Sh...
- 23 Nov 2022 00:52
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7254
Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
One of the things that I found out in researching Sears Bakery Deli Cafe (page here ) is that they were operated mostly in Texas by a Houston-based company that ran restaurants. At least in their early days, they were operated by another Houston-based store that sold sandwiches and imported products...
- 16 Aug 2022 03:11
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P bakery only locations?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2865
Re: A&P bakery only locations?
They probably were the last major chain in include in-store bakeries, but before that they had a fairly extensive selection of house brand baked goods, more than most other chains. I dimly remember that those were among the things we went to A&P to buy. Many people fondly remember their Spanish...
- 22 Jul 2022 16:14
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P bakery only locations?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2865
Re: A&P bakery only locations?
I think its bakery production sites. A lot of supermarkets have bakeries, dairies, and other production plants. Safeway had them (pre-Albertsons), even into the late 1990s or early 2000s Safeway manufactured their own pet food, Kroger has them, H-E-B has them, Winn-Dixie used to have them.
- 24 Jun 2022 21:29
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Kids R Us
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17795
Re: Kids R Us
I made a list of Kids "R" Us store locations: https://retail247projecthub.blogspot.com/2022/06/list-of-kids-r-us-clothing-store.html I think you're missing a few...Kids 'R' Us was on 6135 Westheimer, not part of the Toys 'R' Us at 6145 Westheimer. Kids R Us was an OfficeMax and eventually...
- 02 Jun 2022 11:04
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears Bakery/Deli/Cafe (1990)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4480
Re: Sears Bakery/Deli/Cafe (1990)
I created that page after I did more research following making this thread.retail_person_247 wrote: ↑31 May 2022 19:15 I found a photo of the bakery inside of said Sears store along with some info about it
http://www.carbon-izer.com/retail/sears/sbdc.html
- 06 Apr 2022 19:32
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Farmer Jack in Utah
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3858
Re: Farmer Jack in Utah
Well, I was mostly asking about Salt Lake City. I'm pretty sure that Nampa and/or Caldwell were later sold to Paul's, an independent supermarket that Albertsons bought out in the mid-2010s. I'll have to check and see where they were and which ones closed. When SuperValu sold the Salt Lake City-area...
- 05 Apr 2022 17:08
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Farmer Jack in Utah
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3858
Re: Farmer Jack in Utah
Safeway had already left Boise proper by this point. I know of two locations that continued as supermarkets: Overland and Vista continued as Albertsons for many years, until a new store was built adjacent to the site. Also, on Cole Road, Waremart operated a store for a number of years, although I a...
- 04 Apr 2022 11:17
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Farmer Jack in Utah
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3858
Farmer Jack in Utah
There's very little about what I can find about Borman's short-lived entry into Utah. From what I can tell, they bought the Salt Lake City division of Safeway in 1987 - https://apnews.com/article/21c75005125b9f52306b8f1dba0afbbd - and ended up selling them off in early 1988, shortly before the entir...
- 24 Sep 2021 15:45
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Montgomery Ward 1999 closures
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4645
Re: Montgomery Ward 1999 closures
I am a librarian. We have powers. Wards Dothan AL 1969 Northside Mall, 59,765 3489 Ross Clark Circle NW Mobile AL 1974 Springdale Mall, 153,877 3250 Airport Blvd. Blytheville AR 1967 Day S/C, U.S. 51,463 61 N. & Moultrie Drive Fayetteville AR 1963 Evelyn Hills S/C, 96,137 71 & 62 Highway No...
- 22 Sep 2021 16:26
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Montgomery Ward 1999 closures
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4645
Montgomery Ward 1999 closures
In January 1999, Montgomery Ward closed 39 stores and several more Auto Express locations, but I can't find a list anywhere and my Google-fu is failing me. It's especially frustrating as I know I've seen a list before in the last few years and my hometown Montgomery Ward (Bryan) was on the 1999 clos...
- 27 Apr 2021 07:26
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Springfield, MO chain supermarket history, 1925-59
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9821
Re: Springfield, MO chain supermarket history, 1925-59
Doesn't actually seem to be up, the Google Spreadsheet embedded and linked still ends in 1959.
- 12 Apr 2021 11:37
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Fazio's Discount Drug
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3382
Fazio's Discount Drug
For several years now, I was aware that there was a sort of discount department store that closed around 2001 called Fazio's in Dallas, not to be confused with Fazio's of Cleveland, the same Fazio's/Fisher Foods that owned Dominick's for a while, bought and rebranded the A&P stores in SoCal for ...
- 24 Mar 2021 08:01
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Food 4 Less & Fleming Cos./Food 4 Less history
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4157
Food 4 Less & Fleming Cos./Food 4 Less history
There's a former mall (de-malled in the early 2000s) in my town, Manor East Mall (the DeadMalls.com entry was written a long time ago by me and frankly I'm embarrassed that it's so amateurish). In the late 1980s it featured a Food 4 Less store, and according to tax records, was owned by Falley's Inc...
- 11 Mar 2021 19:33
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: List of Detroit area Kroger stores in 1984
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7653
Re: List of Detroit area Kroger stores in 1984
I remember that Packard Road Kroger, by summer 2010 it had removed its signage, was fenced off, and looked like it hadn't served as anything in years. By 1990, Kroger had 12% of the market in Detroit (compared to 33% independents and 30% of the combined A&P/Farmer Jack stores) which is very low ...