Updated 26 September 2026 (Originally published 2 February 2009)
Under reconstruction as of 13 September 2026. Additions soon and the maps will return.
Los Angeles is a mecca for supermarket history enthusiasts, but one that is on some level very difficult to study. City directories for the area are fragmented and incomplete, and there will most likely never be a definitive and full location list on this site.
The communities featured in this section are all within Los Angeles County. There is a separate page for Orange County.
If you’re interested in contributing to this section, please let me know.
In this section
- Archival Material on Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1932-1942
- Burbank Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1923-1970
- Culver City Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1931-1963
- Glendale Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1930-1989
- Inglewood Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1927-1950
- Lakewood, Bellflower, and Paramount Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1952
- Long Beach Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1923-1969
- Pasadena Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-1975
- Pomona Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1926-1960
- San Pedro and Wilmington Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1923-1959
- Santa Monica/West LA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1927-1960
- Whittier Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1929-1976
More information
- Blog posts tagged “LA”
- Photo gallery coming soon.