Updated 29 April 2026 (Originally published 29 April 2026)
This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Tracy between 1925 and 1981, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources. There may be some omissions due to incomplete or missing data, etc. and I welcome suggestions and corrections.
Please read about my methodology for more information about what I do and do not include.
Location list
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- 30 E 10th St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1950: Purity
- 1956: Purity
- 1963: Purity
- 1970: Purity
- 1976: U Save
- 1981: Anthony Markets
- Notes: Open ca 1947.
- 111 W 10th St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1956: Hagstrom’s
- 1963: U.S. Markets
- Notes: Open 1951. P&X by 1964. Closed 1969.
- 368 E 11th St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1976: Canned Foods
- 58 W 11th St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Hagstrom’s
- 122 W 11th St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1930: MacMarr
- 1935: Safeway
- 239 W 11th St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1963: Mayfair
- 1970: Mayfair
- 1976: Fair Mart
- 1981: Fair Mart
- Notes: Open 1959.
- 825 W 11th St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1956: Centromart Diamond D
- 1963: Centromart
- 1970: Centromart
- 1976: Centromart
- 1981: Centromart
- 2026: Grocery Outlet
- Notes: Open ca 1954.
- 1801 W 11th St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 2026: Safeway
- 1950 W 11th St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 2026: Food Maxx
- Notes: Originally Safeway. Save Mart ca 2000.
- 1137 Adam St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Hagstrom’s
- 1945: Hagstrom’s
- 1950: Hagstrom’s
- Notes: Relocated 1951. Was 70.
- 918 N Central Av, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Purity
- Notes: Sprouse-Reitz in 1935. Was 320. Approximate.
- 925 N Central Av, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Hagstrom’s
- Notes: Was 325. Approximate.
- 939 N Central Av, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1925: Piggly Wiggly
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- 1935: Piggly Wiggly
- Notes: Was 337. Approximate.
- 940 N Central Av, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Purity
- 1945: Purity
- Notes: 10th and Central, open 1938. Was 340-348. Approximate. Firestone took over this space from Purity in 1947 and is apparently still there.
- 1024 N Central Av, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Safeway
- 1935: Purity
- 1940: Safeway
- 1945: Safeway
- 1950: Safeway
- 1956: Safeway
- Notes: Opened as Skaggs Safeway in 1927. Safeway apparently returned to this location with a new building in 1938. Was 418.
- 2340 East St, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Don Quick
- 1976: Don Quick
- 1981: Don Quick
- 2850 Pavilion Pkwy, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 2026: Winco
- 1210 N Tracy Blvd, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1963: Safeway
- 1970: Safeway
- 1976: Safeway
- 1981: Safeway
- Notes: Open 1960.
- 2151 N Tracy Blvd, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Save Mart
- 1976: Save Mart
- 1981: Save Mart
- 2626 N Tracy Blvd, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 1981: Prairie Mart
- 3225 N Tracy Blvd, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 2026: La Plaza
- 875 S Tracy Blvd, Tracy | Google Maps Link
- 2026: Save Mart
- 19555 Mountain House Pkwy, Mountain House | Google Maps Link
- 2026: Safeway