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Just a word of explanation to you all. I felt compelled to ban a user tonight. It's only the second time in the history of the board that it's happened for any reason other than spam, and it didn't make me terribly happy having to do so. I like to think of this board as a friendly place. In fact, th...

Don't know if it's still standing yet: Ralphs #1: 2675 Foothill Blvd, La Crescenta The topic as stated is the first store a given chain ever operated, not whatever store is labelled as "number one" oin the current numbering scheme. Unless this store is over 100 years old, it's clearly not...

Sunny Select and Presidents Choice are not extinct. PC still exists in Canada (it's owned by Loblaw), and I'm betting it's still sold in certain parts of the US as well. Sunny Select is a trademark owned, I believe, buy a joint distribution venture of Save-Mart and Raley's, who still carry these pro...

Oak Tree Lanes near Diamond Bar and Temple was most likely a former supermarket because of its supermarket style exterior architecture. What occupied the bowling alley before? While this particular one may have been a supermarket in the past, my experience is that purpose-built older bowling alleys...

dth1971 wrote:What about the Lucky owned Gemco and Memco stores?

They've been discussed extensively in other threads:

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtop ... ight=gemco

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtop ... ight=gemco

I seem to remember that Piece Goods Shop was based in Winston-Salem. It was, and was initially owned by these two crazy brothers who also owned a TV station here. I wasn't aware of the Hancock relationship, although we do have Hancock stores (and no more Piece Goods) now. Perhaps Hancock bought out...

Moved to Non-grocery Retail, since, well, all of them but Jim Dandy are...

Speaking of Cost Cutter, that was the generic brand used at Kroger's Market Basket stores in Socal. I have a bottle of Kroger Cost Cutter wine which I think may still be with some stuff I have stored at my parents' house. If I can get over there tomorrow, I'll post a picture. I always thought the i...

I think anything Scotch brand is owned and trademarked by 3M. I never saw a Ralphs generic line but the closest might be Mountain Dairy, which is all Kroger-bannered stores. The closest Albertsons has is their Good Day products. Stores that are supplied by Certified/Unified use Special Value. Super...

klkla wrote:Scotchbuy comes to mind but I'm not 100% sure.

Scotch Buy is correct:

I went antique shopping the other day and I bought a few Ann Page Spice tins marketed by The great A&P tea company. I don't Know if A&P still sells this brand or not. A&P eliminated all their well-known house brand names several years ago in favor of the rather uninspiring America's Cho...

There is now a thread for defunct music chains here:

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1036

Those are cool, but I was actually more interested in ones in use at stores that are no longer Kroger. Sorry. I misread your subject. I can't find any photos in my collection, but I seem to remember seeing a few recycled cubes, maybe in Columbus or elsewhere in central Ohio. I think one may have be...

Thanks. Again, though, this thread is focused on former Colonial/Big Star stores that are still operating as grocery stores of some sort. That's the pivotal difference :) Columbus Ga, the former Colonial/Big star now Laundrymat http://www.edricfloyd.com/dscn1558.jpg I do have other photos from Colum...

I lean toward Kroger, but I'm not sure. Any ideas on this one?