- San Diego Chain Grocery Supermarket Locations, 1925-1980
This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in the San Diego area between 1925 and 1980 (1925 and 1971 for some suburbs), compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources
- Little Rock Chain Grocery Supermarket Locations, 1925-2021
Safeway owned Little Rock’s Piggly Wiggly stores by at least 1930 Some stores were listed as “Safeway” in 1935 but may actually have operated as Piggly Wiggly stores Model Markets was a franchise co-op Black White may have been as well
- Safeway History – Page 2 – Groceteria. com
Safeway was perhaps somewhat conservative in the move to supermarkets; A P closed or consolidated more than half its 15000 stores during the 1930s, while Safeway’s store count dropped by only about a quarter The first Safeway supermarket units were also somewhat smaller than those of some competitors
- Fresno Chain Grocery Supermarket Locations, 1925-1999
This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Fresno between 1925 and 1999, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources
- Omaha Chain Grocery Supermarket Locations, 1925-2021
This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Omaha between 1925 and 2021, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources
- Kansas City Area – Groceteria. com
Kansas City is fascinating in that it was served for decades by all of the “big three” (A P, Kroger, and Safeway) and in that all three chains pulled out in about a ten-year period starting in the late 1970s After this, KC was left with one local chain on the way down (Milgram) and a collection of independents, franchises, and co-ops
- Albuquerque Chain Grocery Supermarket Locations, 1929-2005
Furr’s purchased many Safeway stores around 1990 Piggly Wiggly and Shop Rite apparently operated under both names but also may have operated under the consolidated Piggly Wiggly Shop Rite name as well
- Anchorage Chain Grocery Supermarket Locations, 1948-2018
Following the Carrs Safeway merger in 1999, stores were listed under a variety of names (Carrs, Safeway, and Carrs Safeway) and sometimes under multiple names There were apparently some Piggly Wiggly locations in the 1960s, but I can find no listings in the city directories for them
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