
Category: Commercial Archaeology

For some reason, I get extra productive on the site when I’m really stressed (updated with two new additions, 13 February 2025).
New Jersey additions:
- Rutherford and Lyndhurst NJ Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1926-1957
- Belleville and Nutley NJ Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1926-1972
- Livingston, Maplewood, and The Oranges NJ Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1924-1970
- Harrison and Kearny NJ Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-1971
- East Orange NJ Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1924-1965
- Perth Amboy NJ Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-1965
Major Pittsburgh area update:
- Pittsburgh Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-1975 (major update)
- Pittsburgh North and East Suburban Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1930-1975
- Pittsburgh South and West Suburban Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1930-1975
- Pittsburgh Partial and Incomplete Suburban Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1930-1975
- Pittsburgh Area Grocery Timeline (update)
You’re welcome!

It’s cold here in Groceteria City.
Just for the record, I’m still here. I haven’t added anything big for a month or two, but I’ve been working on small updates and fixes all over the site, adding some new locations and clarifying some missing information with newspaper archives. I’m working on several updates to the Seattle area (suburbs, mostly) and I promise that major New Jersey update is still coming as well.
For now, please enjoy the above Metro location on Ellesmere Rd. Scarborough, Ontario. It started life as a Grand Union, quickly flipped to Steinbergs, later to Dominion, and finally Metro. It become Toronto’s first supermarket to be designated under the Ontario Heritage Act ten years ago.


A lot of new additions over the past month or so:
- Akron, Ohio 1939-2020
- Hawai’i, Kaua’i, and Maui 1957-2020
- Imperial Valley, California 1937-2020
- Jamestown, New York 1924-2020
- Miami-Dade Suburbs, Florida 1931-1975
- Steubenville, Ohio 1926-2009
- Woodland, California 1939-2020
More to come…
