Updated 26 September 2026 (Originally published 17 September 2026)
This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in the Baltimore suburbs between 1953 and 1964, 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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- 5228 Baltimore National Pk, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Daum’s Market Basket
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 7560 Belair Rd, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- Notes: Baltimore County. Was a centennial.
- 6213 N Charles St Av, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Acme
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 7719 Eastern Av, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Penn Fruit
- 1963-64: Penn Fruit
- Notes: Baltimore County. East Point Mall.
- 7875 Eastern Av, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- Notes: Baltimore County. East Point Mall.
- 5511 Edmondson Av, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 2715 Hammonds Ferry Rd, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: American Stores
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 7900 Harford Rd, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 1764 E Joppa Rd, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 2033 E Joppa Rd, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 1082 Maiden Choice Ln, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 1400 Sulphur Springs Rd, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 1022 Taylor Av, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 6500 York Rd, Baltimore | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- Notes: Baltimore County.
- 5000 Governor Ritchie Hwy, Brooklyn Park | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Sanitary
- 1959-60: Sanitary
- 1963-64: Sanitary
- 5007 Governor Ritchie Hwy, Brooklyn Park | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Food Fair
- 1959-60: Food Fair
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 5602 Governor Ritchie Hwy, Brooklyn Park | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Acme
- 5900 Governor Ritchie Hwy, Brooklyn Park | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 8 Hammonds Ln, Brooklyn Park | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 5500 Baltimore National Pk, Catonsville | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- 5632 Baltimore National Pk, Catonsville | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Giant
- 1963-64: Giant
- 5666 Baltimore National Pk, Catonsville | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- 5700 Baltimore National Pk, Catonsville | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 1701 Edmondson Av, Catonsville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme
- 745 Frederick Rd, Catonsville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Food Fair
- 1959-60: Food Fair
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- Notes: 743 (1964).
- 816 Frederick Rd, Catonsville | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- 910 Frederick Rd, Catonsville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: A&P
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- 6500 Frederick Rd, Catonsville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Eddie’s
- 1959-60: Eddie’s
- 1963-64: Eddie’s
- 12 Center Pl, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: A&P
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- Notes: 12-16 (1960).
- 16 Commerce St, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- 20 Dundalk Av, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Eddie’s
- 3409 Dundalk Av, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Food Fair
- 1959-60: Food Fair
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 7900 Dundalk Av, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Eddie’s
- 1959-60: Eddie’s
- 1963-64: Eddie’s
- 7183 Holabird Av, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Mars
- 1959-60: Mars
- 1963-64: Mars
- 2105 Merritt Av, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: IGA
- 4025 North Point Blvd, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- 2703 North Point Rd, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Mars
- 1959-60: Mars
- 2805 North Point Rd, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Eddie’s
- 203 Wise Av, Dundalk | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Eddie’s
- 1959-60: Eddie’s
- 1963-64: Eddie’s
- 1800 Earhart Rd, Essex | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme
- 1963-64: Mars
- 507 Eastern Blvd, Essex | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme
- 513 Eastern Blvd, Essex | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: A&P
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- Notes: 509 (1960 on).
- 541 Eastern Blvd, Essex | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: A&P
- 1200 Eastern Blvd, Essex | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Food Fair
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 7610 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd, Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Safeway
- Notes: Was 711 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd, Harundale.
- 7931 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd, Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: A&P
- 7756 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd , Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Clover Farm
- 1959-60: Clover Farm
- 1963-64: Clover Farm
- Notes: Was 401 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd, Marley. Estimated.
- 129 Crain Hwy N, Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: A&P
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- 209 Crain Hwy N, Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- 6763 Glen Burnie Mall, Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: A&P
- 7514 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Penn Fruit
- 1963-64: Penn Fruit
- Notes: Was 100 SE Gov Ritchie Hwy.
- 7736 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Eddie’s
- 1959-60: Eddie’s
- Notes: Was 1025 Westway, Harundale. Approximate.
- 7740 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Food Fair
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- Notes: 302 Harundale Mall.
- 111 Ritchie Ln, Glen Burnie | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Food Fair
- 1959-60: Food Fair
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 7405 Liberty Rd, Gwynn Oak | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- 3602 Millford Mill Rd, Gwynn Oak | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Giant
- 1963-64: Giant
- Notes: Super Giant.
- 6318 Windsor Mill Rd, Gwynn Oak | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- 5305 East Dr, Halethorpe | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- 4122 Washington Blvd, Halethorpe | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Clover Farm
- 3901 Hollins Ferry Rd, Lansdowne | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Eddie’s
- 421 S Camp Meade Rd, Linthicum Heights | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Eddie’s
- 1959-60: Eddie’s
- 1963-64: Eddie’s
- 30 W Ridgely Rd, Lutherville | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: A&P
- 1 E Seminary Av, Lutherville | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 111 Beacon Rd, Middle River | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Daum’s Market Basket
- 2107 Eastern Av, Middle River | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- Notes: 2109 (1964).
- 1433 Fuselage Av, Middle River | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Eddie’s
- 1400 Martin Blvd, Middle River | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: A&P
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- Notes: At Middle River Rd (1954). Approximate.
- 8009 Harford Rd, Parkville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: A&P
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- 7041 Liberty Rd, Pikesville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Food Fair
- 1959-60: Food Fair
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 4320 Millford Mill Rd, Pikesville | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Clover Farm
- 1010 Reistertown Rd, Pikesville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme
- 1015 Reistertown Rd, Pikesville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: A&P
- 1959-60: A&P
- 1963-64: A&P
- 1404 Reistertown Rd, Pikesville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Food Fair
- 1959-60: Food Fair
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 7006 Reistertown Rd, Pikesville | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: American Stores
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- 6319 Kenwood Av, Rosedale | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- 7 W Chesapeake Av, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: A&P
- 27 W Chesapeake Av, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- 772 Fairmount Av, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 1720 Joan Av, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Penn Fruit
- 6879 Loch Raven Blvd, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Food Fair
- 1959-60: Food Fair
- 1963-64: Food Fair
- 8560 Loch Raven Blvd, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Eddie’s
- 1 E Pennsylvania Av, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Twin Food
- 1959-60: Twin Food
- 1963-64: Twin Food
- 908 York Rd, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1959-60: Acme
- 1963-64: Acme
- 2157 York Rd, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1963-64: Acme
- 6801 York Rd, Towson | Google Maps Link
- 1954-55: Acme