So is that vaguely phallic or what? The ad is from 1968, again courtesy Pat Richardson (whose site you really should visit). These are actually…
Gemco “going out of business” commercial. Gemco was one of the casualties of Asher Edeleman’s unsuccessful 1986 takeover bid for Lucky Stores.
Dominick’s, 3333 Central Street, Evanston IL. From Progressive Grocer’s Outstanding New Super Markets, 1969. This groovy Dominick’s (just look at that streetlight) was featured as…
Winn-Dixie, 3830 East Independence Boulevard, Charlotte. Photo courtesy Pat Richardson. The Winn-Dixie at Charlotte‘s Amity Gardens Shopping Center opened in November of 1958, right in…
Just a short self-congratulatory note: Groceteria is featured in an article by food editor Michael Hastings in today’s Winston-Salem Journal, which is my local paper.