This is a list of all known chain grocery addresses in Los Angeles (including some San Fernando Valley locations) between 1932 and 1944, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources. It is generated through a live Google Spreadsheet so it reflects the latest information I have.
The communities shown on this page are all located within the current city limits of Los Angeles, including the San Fenando Valley and Wilmington/San Pedro. Some locations currently inside the Los Angeles city limits are also included in the Santa Monica and LA County pages. Due to a lack of comprehensive data sources, there will probably never be a complete location list for Los Angeles in the postawar years here.
Access and download the location spreadsheet via Google Sheets.
Store tags:
- A&P
- Carty Bros
- Continental Stores
- E.F. Smith
- Fitzsimmons
- MacMarr
- Piggly Wiggly
- Ralphs
- Safeway
- Shopping Bag
- Thriftimart
- Vons
- Young’s
- Youngblood’s
Gary O'Dell
April 25, 2020 at 2:54pmHi…..I grew up in Los Angeles Ca. in the 1950’s and 1960’s and started working for Safeway Stores Inc. in 1963
and I remember the number of old building that were 40 type safeways like the one on Olympic at Georgia, or 3rd and Bixel
7th and Lucas, and even worked in one that had been changed to an independent in 1967 located at 4919 Hollywood Blvd.
Gordon’s Market
It was very amazing on how many stores that Safeway Stores Inc. had in the Los Angeles Area…I recoginized many of the
locations