Gemco “going out of business” commercial. Gemco was one of the casualties of Asher Edeleman’s unsuccessful 1986 takeover bid for Lucky Stores.
228 East Seventh Street SE, Washington DC (1987, Washington Post). Opened in 1940, this Safeway store at 228 Seventh Street SE in Washington DC managed…
From an anniversary brochure produced by Bruno’s stores sometime around 1989, the photo above shows one of the original American Fare stores, probably the Stone…
Big Chain, Jewella Avenue at Lakeshore, Shreveport LA. This store has intrigued me for years, ever since I first saw this photo in Shopping Centers:…
The A&P pictured above is probably more important to me than any other supermarket in the world. Why? Because it was my “first”. By that,…