This is a list of all known chain grocery addresses in Battle Creek between 1926 and 2019, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources. It is generated through a live Google Spreadsheet so it reflects the latest information I have.
View and download a copy of this location spreadsheet via Google Sheets.
Notes:
- A major renumbering/renaming occurred between 1926 and 1931. Some 1926 numbers are approximate.
- Unfortunately, I am missing data for 1965, which looks like it would be very interesting, particularly with respect to National.
Store tags:
- A&P
- Dole’s
- Felpausch
- IGA
- Kroger
- Meijer
- National
Updated on 26 November 2022
Brian Skafica
January 18, 2020 at 10:41amI think the current Family Fare store at the Urbandale Plaza in Battle Creek, Michigan, may have been a Meijer supermarket (not Thrifty Acres), maybe until 1976-77, when they moved to their then-new West Columbia Avenue elsewhere in town.
Linda Powell
May 21, 2023 at 8:19pmThat always was a Meyer my aunt worked there.
mike jenkins
February 27, 2024 at 10:20pmPerhaps it’s not a chain, and maybe I missed it on the list, but, Hamady (Hamady’s?) was at a few locations, after Kroger? Like at s. end of Columbia Plaza (now Ollie’s), at Goodale site….
Groceteria
February 28, 2024 at 8:10amYou are correct. I missed them because they were only open from about 1980 to 1982, but I was able to confirm them using newspapers and I have added a note about them. Thanks!