Last updated on 29 October 2025.
This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in selected southern and western 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
- I suspect there may be missing locations, particularly prior to 1940. City directories did not cover these areas and newspaper ads of the time usually did not include store addresses. This is as complete as I can make it right now.
Location list
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- 70 Allen Av, Pittsburgh | 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: Demolished?
- 5239 Brownsville Rd, Baldwin | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- Notes: At Knoedler. Baldwin Shopping Center. Open 1951.
- 5301 Brightwood Rd, Bethel Park | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- Notes: Ar South Park (1950). Approximate number.
- 4968 Library Rd, Bethel Park | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: At Lindermer (1960). Hillcrest Shopping Center.
- 5055 Library Rd, Bethel Park | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Giant Eagle
- 1975-76: Giant Eagle
- Notes: Mayfair Shopping Center. Opened as Del Farm, 1967 (closed 1970).
- 5209 Library Rd, Bethel Park | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- Notes: At South Park (1950). Approximate.
- 5235 Library Rd, Bethel Park | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1975-76: Kroger
- Notes: Open 1960. South Park Shops.
- 5821 Library Rd, Bethel Park | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Loblaws
- 1965: Loblaws
- 1970: Del Farm
- 1975-76: Foodland
- 2765 South Park Blvd, Bethel Park | Google Maps Link
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Centennial. Open 1962. Closed by 1977.
- 3400 South Park Blvd, Bethel Park | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Foodland
- 1970: Foodland
- Notes: a/k/a Ruthfred Market.
- 2701 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Donahoe’s
- 1940: Donahoe’s
- 1945: Donahoe’s
- 1950-51: Donahoe’s
- 1955: Schwartz’s Sanitary Market
- 1960: Schwartz’s Sanitary Market
- 1965: Foodland
- 1970: Foodland
- Notes: Closed ca. 1973.
- 2717 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Piggly Wiggly
- 2819 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 2825 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1930: P.H. Butler
- 2827 Brownsville Rd, Brentwood | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 2907 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- Notes: Number not clear
- 2920 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Loblaws
- 1965: Loblaws
- 1970: Del Farm
- 1975-76: Foodland
- Notes: Foodland 1972.
- 3600 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- 3611 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1930: P.H. Butler
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 3619 Brownsville Rd, Brentwood | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 4108 Brownsville Rd, Brentwood | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Gieske
- 1935: Gieske
- 4120 Brownsville Rd, Whitehall | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Donahoes?
- 1955: Thorofare
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: Whitehall Shopping Center
- 4138 Brownsville Rd, Brentwood | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Kroger
- 1945: Kroger
- 1950-51: Kroger
- 1955: Kroger
- Notes: Open 1940.
- 4214 Brownsville Rd, Brentwood | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 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 1940. Closed 1976.
- 3002 Churchview Av, Brentwood | Google Maps Link
- 1930: P.H. Butler
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 20 Sankey Av, Brentwood | Google Maps Link
- 1930: P.H. Butler
- 3903 Saw Mill Run Blvd, Brentwood | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Thorofare
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- Notes: Closed by 1952. Was Clairton Blvd.
- 2571 Wenzell Av, Brookline | 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 1951.
- 250 Mt Lebanon Blvd, Castle Shannon | Google Maps Link
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Adjacemt to Lebanon Shops. Open 1958.
- 300 Mt Lebanon Blvd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Kroger
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1975-76: Kroger
- Notes: Lebanon Shops, open 1953.
- 862 Sleepy Hollow Rd, Castle Shannon | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Giant Eagle
- 1965: Giant Eagle
- 1970: Giant Eagle
- 1975-76: Giant Eagle
- Notes: Open 1959. Murphy Mart adjacent opened in1972.
- 3125 Banksville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1975-76: Kroger
- 3123 Deil Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 2885 W Liberty Av, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Donahoe’s
- 2891 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Donahoe’s
- 2893 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 1935: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 2899 W Liberty Av, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 2901 W Liberty Av, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Donahoe’s
- 2969 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Kroger
- 1950-51: Kroger
- 1955: Kroger
- Notes: Open 1940.
- 3003 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1930: P.H. Butler
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 3008 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 3255 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 1935: Kroger
- 3257 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- Notes: Open 1933. Closed by 1938.
- 3263 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- Notes: Open 1934.
- 3268 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 3285 W Liberty Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1930: P.H. Butler
- 1422 Potomac Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: Thorofare
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- Notes: Thororfare open 1939.
- 1423 Potomac Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Freedman’s
- 1435 Potomac Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950-51: Giant Eagle
- 1955: Giant Eagle
- 1960: Giant Eagle
- 1965: Giant Eagle
- 1970: Giant Eagle
- 1975-76: Red & White (Spar’s)
- Notes: A&P 1938, GE in 1951.
- 1604 Potomac Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- Notes: 1606 in 1940
- 1607 Potomac Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1608 Potomac Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 3060 Sussex Av, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Open 1959.
- 3060 Sussex Av, Dormont | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: At McNeiley.
- 996 Greentree Rd, Greentree | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- Notes: Open 1948. Closed by 1954.
- 1948 Greentree Rd, Greentree | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Giant Eagle
- 1970: Giant Eagle
- 1975-76: Giant Eagle
- Notes: Greentree Road Shopping Center. Open 1965, fire in 1967.
- 293 Beverly Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Donahoe’s
- 1945: Donahoe’s
- 297 Beverly Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 303 Beverly Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Kroger
- 312 Beverly Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler?
- 1940: P.H. Butler?
- Notes: Open by 1936.
- 312 Beverly Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 318 Castle Shannon Blvd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- Notes: Open 1945.
- 324 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: Closed by 1941.
- 329 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- Notes: Closed by 1940.
- 370 Castle Shannon Blvd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- 315 Cochran Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Loblaws
- 1965: Loblaws
- 1975-76: Shop & Save
- Notes: Was 711. Opened as Star Market, 1959. The world’s first hexagonal supermarket. Del Farm in 1968, may have closed at that point. Shop & Save as of 1973.
- 328 Cochran Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Kroger
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- Notes: Cochran and Altoona. Approximate. Open 1950. Closed ca. 1973.
- 452 Cochran Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- Notes: Open by 1949, closed by 1957.
- 1602 Cochran Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Loblaws
- 1965: Loblaws
- Notes: Closed ca. 1969.
- 1717 Cochran Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Kroger
- 1975-76: Kroger
- Notes: Virginia Manor
- 1798 N Highland Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- 1960: Foodland
- 1965: Foodland
- 1970: Foodland
- Notes: Foodland opened ca. 1957, last ad 1974.
- 1569 McFarland Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- Notes: Smudged
- 1607 McFarland Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1635 McFarland Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: Open 1936.
- 1651 McFarland Rd, Mt Lebanon | 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 1941.
- 1695 McFarland Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- Notes: At Helen (1960).
- 638 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Donahoe’s
- 1940: Donahoe’s
- 654 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 656 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 1935: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- Notes: Open as self-service 1940, presumably at this address. Listed as opposite the municipal building. May have been 676.
- 667 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Freedman’s
- 687 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 702 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: 704 in 1940
- 703 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 1940: P.H. Butler?
- Notes: Open in 1937 ad
- 704 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Donahoe’s
- 716 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Thorofare
- Notes: Superette, open 1939.
- 717 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Kroger
- Notes: Open in 1940, may hace been open before and/or after.
- 726 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1940: Streamline Markets
- 1945: McCann’s
- 1950-51: Sparkle & McCann’s
- Notes: Open 1939.
- 1551 Washington Rd, Mt Lebanon | Google Maps Link
- 1955: A&P
- 1960: A&P
- Notes: Open at least by 1956. Closed ca. 1962.
- 1630 Arlington Av, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Del Farm
- 1975-76: Foodland
- 109 Brownsville Rd, Mt Oliver | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Donahoe’s
- 1940: Donahoe’s
- 1945: Donahoe’s
- 114 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1970: Shop & Save
- 1975-76: Shop & Save
- 135 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Schwartz’s Sanitary Market
- 1935: Schwartz’s Sanitary Market
- 1940: Schwartz’s Sanitary Market
- 1945: Schwartz’s Sanitary Market
- 1950-51: Schwartz’s Sanitary Market
- 141 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 153 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 705 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1935: Kroger
- 721 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- Notes: Fire in 1957. 717-721.
- 733 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1930: P.H. Butler
- 737 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1950-51: A&P
- 810 Fisher St, Mt Oliver | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Giant Eagle
- 1965: Giant Eagle
- 240 Hays Av, Mt Oliver | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 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 1939.
- 257 Hays Av, Mt Oliver | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 500 Hays Av, Mt Oliver | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1935: A&P
- 123 Ormsby Av, Mt Oliver | Google Maps Link
- 1930: P.H. Butler
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 221 Ormsby Av, Mt Oliver | Google Maps Link
- 1930: P.H. Butler
- 1935: P.H. Butler
- 451 Clairton Blvd, Pleasant Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1975-76: Giant Eagle
- Notes: Murphy Mart adjacent. Open ca. 1972.
- 511 Clairton Blvd, Pleasant Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1975-76: Shop & Save
- Notes: Southland. Open 1959.
- 750 Clairton Blvd, Pleasant Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- Notes: Open 1964. Route 51 Plaza.
- 330 Curry Hollow Rd, Pleasant Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1975-76: Kroger
- Notes: At Keeport. Grant City, Pleasant HIlls. Open ca. 1973.
- 4 Old Clairton Rd, Pleasant Hills | 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.
- 10 Old Clairton Rd, Pleasant Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Kroger
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- Notes: Open in 1953.
- 649 Old Clairton Rd, Pleasant Hills | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Foodland
- 1970: Foodland
- 1975-76: Foodland
- 701 Center Av, West View | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Thorofare
- 1950-51: Thorofare
- 1955: Thorofare
- Notes: Perry Hwy and Center Av (1955). Approximate address.
- 5301 Grove Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1975-76: A&P
- Notes: Caste Village Shopping Center. Open 1962. Centennial.
- 5301 Grove Rd, Whitehall | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1975-76: Kroger
- Notes: Caste Village. Open in 1961 expansion?
- 5301 Grove Rd, Pittsburgh | Google Maps Link
- 1955: Thorofare
- 1960: Thorofare
- 1965: Thorofare
- 1970: Thorofare
- 1975-76: Thorofare
- Notes: Caste Village.