Last updated on 29 October 2025.
This is a partial and incomplete list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in several Pittsburgh suburbs between 1930 and 1975, 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.
Notes
- This list of towns has numerous omissions. City directories did not cover these areas and newspaper ads of the time usually did not include store addresses. I generally do not like to post a list like this but I’m making an exception in this case.
Location list
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- 605 5th Av, Braddock | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Foodland
- Notes: Iffy
- 223 8th St, Braddock | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950-51: A&P
- Notes: Open 1937. Burned 1953.
- 406 Braddock Av, Braddock | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- 1960: Giant Eagle
- 1965: Giant Eagle
- 1970: Giant Eagle
- 1975-76: Giant Eagle
- Notes: Open 1954.
- 743 Braddock Av, Braddock | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Thorofare
- Notes: Open by 1943.
- 908 Braddock Av, Braddock | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 845 Talbot Av, Braddock | Google Maps Link
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Open 1954.
- 902 2nd Av, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1960: A&P
- Notes: Family Saving Center. Closed 1964.
- 1234 4th Av, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- 948 5th Av, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: Open by 1938. Burned 1940.
- 1002 5th Av, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1945: A&P
- Notes: Open by 1943.
- 1008 5th Av, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Thorofare
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1021 5th Av, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- 1960: Giant Eagle
- Notes: Open by 1949. Burned 1949 and rebuilt. Open at least through 1964.
- 1510 5th Av, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- Notes: Iffy
- 925 Broadhead Rd, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: Open 1962. West Hills Shopping Center
- 559 Carnot Rd, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Shop & Save
- 415 Chess St, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- Notes: Open 1959.
- 427 Mill St, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 1935: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- Notes: Self-serve in 1940.
- NA, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1955: A&P
- 880 Narrow Run Rd, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1975-76: Kroger
- Notes: Grant Plaza. Open 1972.
- 1501 State St, Coraopolis | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 1935: ???
- 1940: Giant Eagle?
- 1945: Giant Eagle?
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- Crafton – Ingram Shopping Center, Crafton | Google Maps Link
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Supposedly opened in 1958. A-Mart, 1971.
- Crafton – Ingram Shopping Center, Crafton | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1975-76: Kroger
- Notes: Open 1958
- Crafton – Ingram Shopping Center, Crafton | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Shop & Save
- 1975-76: Shop & Save
- Crafton – Ingram Shopping Center, Crafton | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: Open 1963.
- 66 E Crafton Av, Crafton | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950-51: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- Notes: Open 1938 through at least 1955.
- 18 W Steuben St, Crafton | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- 1960: Thorofare
- Notes: Probably closed 1963.
- 1508 Stratmore St, Crafton | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 335 Butler St, Etna | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- Notes: Open as A&P in 1936, gone at by 1942. Then a funeral home. Thorofare open 1949.
- 427 Butler St, Etna | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Victory Super Market
- 1950-51: Sparkle Market
- 1955: Sparkle Market
- Notes: Loblaws until ca.1959.
- 880 Butler St, Etna | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: Shaler Plaza. Kmart adjacent. Open 1964.
- 7 Crescent St, Etna | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Open 1948.
- 1107 Mt Royal Blvd, Glenshaw | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- Notes: Open 1942.
- 1712 Mt Royal Blvd, Glenshaw | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Thorofare
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: 1712-1714 (1955).
- 1844 Ardmore Blvd, Forest Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Thorofare
- Notes: Closed ca. 1942?
- 2139 Ardmore Blvd, Forest Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- 1970: Foodland
- Notes: 2137 (1955). Open 1949. Closed ca. 1959.
- 2348 Ardmore Blvd, Forest Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: Open 1956.
- 2370 Ardmore Blvd, Forest Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Open 1965.
- 732 Broadway, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Donahoe’s
- 1935: Donahoe’s
- 1940: Donahoe’s?
- 1945: Donahoe’s
- 802 Broadway, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Giant Eagle
- 1945: Giant Eagle
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- 1960: Giant Eagle
- Notes: Open 1937. Closed by 1961.
- 114 Chartiers Av, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Giant Eagle
- 1975-76: Giant Eagle
- Notes: McKees Rocks Plaza.
- 611 Chartiers Av, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Thorofare
- 1945: Victory Super Market
- 1950-51: Sparkle Market
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- 1960: Giant Eagle
- 1965: Giant Eagle
- Notes: 609 (1955). Thorofare open 1939.
- 1100 Chartiers Av, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Sparkle Market
- 1960: Loblaws
- 1965: Loblaws
- 1970: Del Farm
- Notes: Open 1952.
- 1250 Chartiers Av, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1975-76: Kroger
- Notes: Open 1956.
- NA, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1960: A&P
- 500 Pine Hollow Rd, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Kenmawr Plaza. Open 1969
- 1763 Pine Hollow Rd, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- 710 Thompson Av, McKees Rocks | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950-51: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- Notes: Open 1939 at least through 1966. Was 700.
- 4647 Buttermilk Hollow Rd, Mifflin | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- 300 Grant Av, Millvale | Google Maps Link
- 1945: A&P
- 1950-51: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- Notes: Open by 1943.
- 520 Grant Av, Millvale | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 123 Lincoln Av, Millvale | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Kroger
- 1955: Kroger
- 1965: Foodland
- 1970: Foodland
- 1975-76: Super Dollar
- Notes: Open late 1948. Foodland by 1963.
- 226 North Av, Millvale | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Donahoe’s
- 3 E Ohio St, Millvale | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Thorofare?
- 1945: Thorofare?
- Notes: At 40th Street bridge (1943).
- 900 Main St, Sharpsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Giant Eagle
- 1945: Giant Eagle
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- 909 Main St, Sharpsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Kroger?
- Notes: Open 1936.
- 4810 Braddock Av, Swissvale | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Thorofare
- Notes: Iffy. Address does not seem to exist.
- 7404 Church St, Swissvale | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1975-76: Kroger
- Notes: Open by 1961.
- 7542 Dickson St, Swissvale | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Thorofare
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- Notes: Dickson and Noble. Open 1940.
- 1925 McCague St, Swissvale | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Open in 1951 ad. 1924?
- 1927 McCague St, Swissvale | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Thorofare
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- Notes: Open ca. 1952 as Donohoe’s.
- 1705 Monongahela Av, Swissvale | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Giant Eagle
- 1945: Giant Eagle
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- Notes: Closed ca. 1955.
- 2025 Noble St, Swissvale | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P?
- 1950-51: Sparkle Market
- 1955: Sparkle Market
- Notes: 2023 (1940). A&P open 1938. Loblaw-Sparkle briefly in 1956.
- 2028 Noble St, Swissvale | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Star Market
- 1945: Star Market
- 1950-51: Star Market
- 1955: Star Market
- 1960: Foodland
- 1965: Foodland
- Notes: Open by 1938. Closed late 1960s?
- 700 Beulah Rd, Turtle Creek | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: Was Brown and Leax (1965),
- 501 James St, Turtle Creek | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- 517 Penn Av, Turtle Creek | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Giant Eagle
- Notes: Open1937.
- 549 Penn Av, Turtle Creek | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: Open 1940.
- 600 Penn Av, Turtle Creek | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Kroger
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- Notes: Open 1951.
- 704 Penn Av, Turtle Creek | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 1935: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 1945: Kroger?
- 1950-51: Kroger?
- Notes: Open ca. 1929. Self-serve 1940..
- 800 Allegeheny River Blvd, Verona | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Open 1950. Closed 1975. Was 303 Center Av.
- Leechburg Rd, Verona | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: At Saltsburg. Universal Shopping Center? 7350 Saltzburg?
- 518 Penn Av, Verona | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 1025 Hay St, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Sparkle & McCann’s
- 1955: Sparkle Market
- Notes: At Wallace (1955). Approximate. Opne by 1948.
- 507 Penn Av, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Kroger
- 1955: Kroger
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Foodland
- 1975-76: Foodland
- Notes: Open 1949.
- 726 Penn Av, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950-51: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- Notes: Open by 1939.
- 738 Penn Av, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Kroger?
- Notes: Open 1932 ad.
- 900 Penn Av, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- 1960: Giant Eagle
- 201 E Pittsburg St, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Foodland
- 801 Rebecca Av, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 7964 Tioga St, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 321 S Trenton Av, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1945: O.K.
- 463 Trenton Av, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1945: A&P
- 1950-51: A&P
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Open by 1943.
- 714 Wood St, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Victory Super Market
- 1950-51: Sparkle Market
- 1955: Sparkle Market
- 1960: Foodland
- 1965: Foodland
- Notes: 718 (1965).
- 825 Wood St, Wilkinsburg | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Donahoe’s