Last updated on 25 July 2025.
This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Asheville between 1925 and 1960, 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.
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- 80 Asheland Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: Corner of Hilliard
- 193 Asheland Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 41 Biltmore Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1925: A&P
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 247 Biltmore Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1945: A&P
- 1950: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- 1963: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- Notes: 247-249 (1945). Closed 1975.
- 371 Biltmore Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Frank P. Ingle
- 437 Biltmore Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 443 Biltmore Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: 439-443 (1935)
- 487 Biltmore Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Dixie Home
- 1960: Winn-Dixie
- 1963: Winn-Dixie
- 1965: Winn-Dixie
- 1970: Winn-Dixie
- 1975: Winn-Dixie
- Notes: 461 (1955).
- 639 Biltmore Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- Notes: 639-641 (1930)
- 16 Broadway, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1925: A&P
- 1930: A&P
- Notes: 16 (1925)
- 41 Broadway, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 130 Broadway, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1925: A&P
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 203 Broadway, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 275 Broadway, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 349 Broadway, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 40 Central Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 59 Charlotte St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 74 Charlotte St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 81 Charlotte St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1975: Ingle’s
- 1980: Ingle’s
- 1985: Ingle’s
- 1990: Ingle’s
- 169 Charlotte St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 179 Charlotte St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 1945: Jax Pax
- 252 Charlotte St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 1945: Dixie Home
- 1950: Dixie Home
- 100 Cherry St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 47 E Chestnut St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- 22 College St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- Notes: Listed as (22). Renumbered?
- 60 College St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 180 College St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Dixie Home
- 1960: Winn-Dixie
- 1963: Winn-Dixie
- 1965: Winn-Dixie
- Notes: 190 (1960 on).
- Deaver View Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 422 Depot St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 428 Depot St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 1935: OK Cash Stores
- 1940: OK Cash Stores
- 1945: OK Cash Stores
- 1950: OK Cash Stores
- Notes: 426 (1940)
- 19 Eagle St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 63 Eagle St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 91 Eagle St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 573 Fairview Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 1945: Jax Pax
- 578 Fairview Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1950: R&G Grocery
- 800 Fairview Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1985: Food Lion
- 1990: Food Lion
- 1995: Food Lion
- 801 Fairview Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1990: Bi-Lo
- 1995: Bi-Lo
- 279 Fairway Dr, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Bi-Lo
- 1975: Bi-Lo
- 1980: Bi-Lo
- 1985: Bi-Lo
- 15 Furman Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 7 Gray St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 62 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 203 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: 203 (1930, renumbered).
- 283 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 285 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1945: A&P
- 1950: A&P
- 401 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 1945: Jax Pax
- 1950: Jax Pax
- 403 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1925: J.B. Ingle
- 1930: J.B. Ingle
- 414 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 415 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1925: A&P
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 497 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 499 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 503 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Jax Pax
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 505 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 609 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- 1963: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- Notes: Opne by 1940. Closed 1974.
- 625 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 669 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Dixie Home
- 1950: Dixie Home
- 1955: Dixie Home
- 1960: Winn-Dixie
- 1963: Winn-Dixie
- 1965: Winn-Dixie
- 1970: Winn-Dixie
- 1975: Winn-Dixie
- 1980: Winn-Dixie
- 1985: Winn-Dixie
- 1990: Winn-Dixie
- 1995: Ingle’s
- Notes: Super market
- 701 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 703 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 723 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 723 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 724 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 725 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1925: A&P
- 727 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 733 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 772 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Jax Pax
- 773 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 1945: Jax Pax
- 777 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 797 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1070 Haywood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Colonial
- 1963: Colonial
- 1965: Colonial
- 1970: Ingle’s
- 1975: Ingle’s
- 1980: Ingle’s
- 1985: Ingle’s
- 1990: Ingle’s
- Notes: Open 1956. Became Ingles 1967.
- 27 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 1945: Dixie Home
- 1950: Dixie Home
- Notes: Biltmore Rd (1930).
- 95 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- Notes: 97 (1935). Biltmore Rd (1930).
- 325 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1960: A&P
- 504 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Elmer Ingle
- 1940: Elmer Ingle
- 1945: Elmer Ingle
- 1950: Elmer Ingle
- Notes: Newspaper ads show this as Biltmore Forest Grocery, formerly Robinson’s Grocery, and NOT owned by Elmer Ingle. He lived next door at 494 and I suspect he may have just owned the building.
- 560 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1950: Ingle’s
- 1955: Ingle’s
- 1960: Ingle’s?
- 1963: Ingle’s?
- 1965: Ingle’s
- 1970: Ingle’s
- 1975: Ingle’s
- 1980: Ingle’s
- Notes: 570 (1965 on). Open by 1949.
- 611 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1925: Elmer Ingle
- 1930: Elmer Ingle
- 652 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975: A&P
- 780 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Winn-Dixie
- 1970: Winn-Dixie
- 1975: Winn-Dixie
- 1985: Ingle’s
- 1990: Ingle’s
- 1995: Ingle’s
- 1378 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1995: Harris Teeter
- 1804 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1985: Winn-Dixie
- 1995: Go Grocery Outlet
- 1815 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1995: Bi-Lo
- 1865 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1975: Ingle’s
- 1980: Ingle’s
- 1985: Ingle’s
- 1990: Ingle’s
- 1995: Ingle’s
- Hendersonville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 67 Hill St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: OK Cash Stores
- 5 Kitchin Pl, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 1945: Jax Pax
- 1950: Jax Pax
- 37 N Lexington Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1950: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- 1963: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- Notes: Super market. 35-37 (1955). 35 (1960+).
- 235 S Liberty St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Jax Pax
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- Notes: 237 (1940)
- 235 S Liberty St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 1945: Jax Pax
- 106 Livingston St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 212 Livingston St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 6 Long Shoals Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1990: Food Lion
- 1995: Food Lion
- 33 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Dixie Home
- 1950: Dixie Home
- 1955: Dixie Home
- 68 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1970: A&P
- 228 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 231 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 395 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 501 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1945: A&P
- 1950: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- Notes: Closed ca, 1958.
- 502 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- 506 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 617 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 644 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 725 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Dixie Home
- 1960: Winn-Dixie
- 1963: Winn-Dixie
- 1965: Winn-Dixie
- 1970: Winn-Dixie
- 755 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Colonial
- 1963: Colonial
- 1965: Colonial
- Notes: Open 1956. Became Ingles 1967. Closed same year.
- 791 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Dixie Home
- 1950: Dixie Home
- 797 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 846 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1975: Winn-Dixie
- 1980: Winn-Dixie
- 1985: Winn-Dixie
- 1990: Winn-Dixie
- 915 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Ingle’s
- 1975: Ingle’s
- 1980: Ingle’s
- 1985: Ingle’s
- 1990: Ingle’s
- 1995: Ingle’s
- 944 Merrimon Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975: A&P
- 1980: Giant Food Market
- 1985: Fresh Market
- 1990: Fresh Market
- 1995: Fresh Market
- 15 Montford Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 1945: Dixie Home
- 19 Montford Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 152 Montford Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 235 Montford Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 1945: Dixie Home
- 1950: Dixie Home
- 1955: Thrifty
- 1960: Thrifty
- 6 Mt Clare Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: 6-8 (1930)
- 5 Mulvaney St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1960: A&P
- NC 40, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 7 New Leicester Hwy, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Ingle’s
- 1975: Ingle’s
- 1980: Ingle’s
- 1985: Ingle’s
- 1990: Ingle’s
- 1995: Ingle’s
- 121 New Leicester Hwy, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1995: Go Grocery Outlet
- 337 New Leicester Hwy, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1985: Bi-Lo
- 1990: Bi-Lo
- 1995: Bi-Lo
- 45 Oak St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 6 N Pack Square, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950: A&P
- 18 N Pack Square, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1925: Piggly Wiggly
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 22 S Pack Square, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1950: Purity
- Notes: Offices?
- 84 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 86 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1950: Purity
- 1955: Purity
- Notes: Offices?
- 88 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- 129 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 1940: Jax Pax
- 1945: Jax Pax
- 168 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Jax Pax
- 258 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1925: A&P
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P?
- 1950: A&P
- 262 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Dixie Stores
- 1940: Dixie Stores
- 263 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1940: OK Cash Stores
- 266 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 1945: OK Cash Stores
- 1950: OK Cash Stores
- 891 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1960: A&P
- 1963: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975: A&P
- 1001 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Kmart Foods
- 1985: Bi-Lo
- 1990: Bi-Lo
- 1127 Patton Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Ingle’s
- 1975: Ingle’s
- 1980: Ingle’s
- 34 Roberts, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- Short St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Jax Pax
- 153 Smoky Park Hwy, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1990: Ingle’s
- 1995: Ingle’s
- 167 Smoky Park Hwy, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1980: Ingle’s
- 1985: Ingle’s
- 412 Smoky Park Hwy, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1995: Food Lion
- 328 Southside Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 372 Southside Av, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 118 State St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Clover Farm
- 4 S Tunnel Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1975: Winn-Dixie
- 1980: Winn-Dixie
- 1985: Winn-Dixie
- 1990: Winn-Dixie
- 1995: Winn-Dixie
- 85 Tunnel Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1980: Ingle’s
- 1985: Ingle’s
- 1990: Ingle’s
- 1995: Ingle’s
- Notes: Innsbruck Mall.
- 275 Tunnel Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Colonial
- 1963: Colonial
- 1965: Colonial
- 1970: Ingle’s
- 1975: Ingle’s
- Notes: Open 1956. Became Ingles 1967.
- 607 Tunnel Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1141 Tunnel Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Ingle’s
- 1975: Ingle’s
- 1980: Ingle’s
- 1985: Ingle’s
- 1990: Ingle’s
- 1995: Ingle’s
- 1380 Tunnel Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1995: Grocery Outlet Warehouse
- Tunnel Rd Shopping Center, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Winn-Dixie
- 1975: Winn-Dixie
- 7 Turtle Creek Dr, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1980: Bi-Lo
- 1985: Bi-Lo
- 89 Valley St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1935: OK Cash Stores
- 1940: OK Cash Stores
- 137 Valley St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Sunny South Stores
- 55 Weaverville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1950: R&G Grocery
- 1990: Food Lion
- 1995: Food Lion
- Weaverville Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Pender’s
- 3 Westgate Pkwy, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Winn-Dixie
- 1963: Winn-Dixie
- 1965: Winn-Dixie
- 1970: Winn-Dixie
- 1975: Winn-Dixie
- 1980: Winn-Dixie
- Notes: 32 (1965)
- 3 W Westwood Rd, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1950: R&G Grocery
- 60 Woodfin St, Asheville | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: E. Woodfin starting 1940.