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Throughout the years, we have had our favorites when it comes to grocery stores. Some of this loyalty may have been passed down from parents that often took you shopping with them. You may even remember the sights and smells from those trips, which bring back great memories from the past. This video revisits some of my older videos, compiling them into a longer, more comprehensive presentation. So, please enjoy this compilation of forgotten and defunct grocery stores that were such a big part of our lives.
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[@JamesWest-iu4jx]

Thanks! I've been watching videos and I love the memories...so I figured I should , for the memories..and the history

[@scottmcwave9479]

I love seeing all the old cars in the parking lot!

[@chrisdye5068]

Back in the 70's, I used to push grocery carts at one of those long gone stores. Those cars were so interesting. Quite often you would see something like a new Porche 928 next to a rusted out Pinto. Nobody would do that today.

[@LoriLindley-eu3qz]

I love seeing all the old prices in addition to the cars I grew up with.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

@@LoriLindley-eu3qz seeing ads in Windows 2 for 25 cents LOL and yes the cars were cool looking

[@Michael-yi4mc]

I saw my old car in this video.

[@Bob-lh4mg]

Me too

[@StudSupreme]

I confess it's extremely difficult to watch this channel. The memories I have all represent tremendous, irretrievable loss, and these vids bring it all back.

[@barryf5479]

The common theme is one company gobbles up another and either puts them out of business or they go bankrupt with debt. Watching the Company Man youtube channel describes this common theme. Bigger isn't always better.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

@@barryf5479 It's not the size that matters It's how you use it LOL

[@LKVince11]

You said it for me. Ignore the juvenile morons. We are all here watching with you.. once we pass fifty its ok to sit back and watch.

[@PraveenSriram]

I’m 40 years old going on 41 and watching this channel sometimes makes me emotional 😭

[@nowaylaowai204]

I'm sorry. I think I know how you feel. I sort of like looking back, but the 1980s memories are hard. I never had the teen experience I thought I should have had. And unfortunately, it's carried into my adult years as well. It's hard being unwanted.

[@BradThePitts]

Remember the sound of the "stock boy" punching price labels on the products with the gun? chi-chick, chi chick, chi-chick...

[@angeldesigns1385]

Yes I do! I remember them being really fast too.

[@loydisham6492]

I was a "stock boy" in a grocery store even after I reached the position of Assistant Manager!

[@leonard5606]

@@loydisham6492 I worked at a Big Star started out a bagger/cashier then overnight stocker and yea we had to price everything with the ink stamp. I enjoyed working there would always meet nice people and we shared the building with Kings Department Store with lots of high school girls in the record bar. The grill was always cooking something good.....can smell it now. :)

[@mikeweizer3149]

@loydisham6492 For many years I didn't hate going to the Grocery store but I sure as hell do now!,Gee, I wonder why?.Could it have alot with that DUMBASS that's in the Whitehouse right now?.

[@ZepG]

Sadly yes.

[@Maggie-tr2kd]

I remember grocery shopping when I was just a little girl with my mother in the 1950s at the A & P. I always considered it an adventure !

[@sonyafox3271]

I grew up in the 70s and, we knew the owners, the managers were all best friends and, the owners told me and, my mom, that, I was allowed to eat all the grapes, I wanted! They also all knew that,I loved the Libby ( kids ) tv dinners! And, I remember the one manager coming to tell mom when he seen we were in the store and, came to personally tell mom she might want to stock upon them because, they were no longer going to make the kids tv dinners, so, mom done just that!

[@julenepegher6999]

Me too with mom and my little sister at Krogers. I remember us sitting in the buggy. But where did she put the groceries? 😂

[@TooLooze]

A&P always reminds me of the wonderful smell of their 8:00 coffee.

[@angeldesigns1385]

@@julenepegher6999”let’s go Krogering”🎶🎵 I know you remember the jingle!

[@patriciayohn6136]

I a child of the fifties as well, my Dad did the shopping and would always take me to the A&P with him he taught me how to buy the best meat at the meat counter when I was 7 years old. Then when I was a teenager my Parents owned a corner grocery store and after I graduated I worked for Acme Markets, Skyline non-foods Division. Shopped at Acme in my twenties and Thebes's had really good meats. I now shop at Weis and Wegmans.

[@earthwormscrawl]

So many successful companies taken over by those who never built anything and end up disappearing.

[@TooLooze]

Bi-Lo became a Bain Corporation and when they acquired Winn Dixie and other groceries, fired all their employees as cruelly as possible.

[@merriemisfit8406]

Capitalism without the conscience component of "the invisible hand" ends up on the road to monopoly, the lack of competition ends up leading to unaffordable quality products or floods of cheap stuff consumers eventually recognize as junk, and the resulting lack of customers ends up with a government bail-out for a company that's "too big to fail" -- in other words, a state-subsidized business sector in which small businesses have no future. We pay the increased prices at the stores, AND our tax money is funneled into these dehumanized megacorporations to keep them afloat.

[@mikeweizer3149]

@TooLooze Isn't that 'bout the same as Stellantis taking over Chrysler and screwing it up even worse?.I could be off base for saying that but it looks like it to me!!!!!!.

[@TooLooze]

@@mikeweizer3149 That is the trend, I think.

[@AudiophileTommy]

I do believe I am enjoying looking at all those classic cars in the parking lots of these stores .👍👍👍

[@mikeywid4954]

Me too!

[@angeldesigns1385]

It’s just a fact. I pulled into a gas station on the weekend of a local car show, and in the parking lot were two uncommon cars. One was a new Ferrari gts spider (to my knowledge) and the other a 1967 Pontiac GTO and I literally watched everyone in the lot bypass the Ferrari to come check out the GTO that was parked in front of my truck at the pump.

[@mikeywid4954]

@@angeldesigns1385I would have done the same thing. A GTO far outweighs a Ferrari in my book.

[@mrcoz1764]

@@angeldesigns1385 Since day 1 the GTO has always been refrred to as "The Goat"

[@keithwilson6060]

A&P was one of my earliest memories when my mom would take us grocery shopping as toddlers. They had a coffee grinder where you could get your fresh 8 O’Clock Coffee.

[@nicholasharvey1232]

Where I live (Gulfport, MS) the A&P stores were all rebranded as "Sav-a-Center" in the early 1990s. They still carried Eight O' Clock and had the grinder at the checkouts.

[@keithwilson6060]

@@nicholasharvey1232 This was in the mid-60’s.

[@nicholasharvey1232]

@@keithwilson6060 My area had A&P branded stores until around 1990-ish. I saw one in NOLA as recently as 2002.

[@RSF-DiscoveryTime]

You mean these? zoppy.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-coffee-grinder.html

[@robertbenkelman947]

A&P operated numerous grocery stores that includes store chains like Pathmart. A&P is now owned by the Tengelmann Group.

[@thistlemoon1]

I wish we could still find Shasta, that was a good soda and had many, many different flavors.

[@aprilrich807]

I believe that it’s still available at Stater Bros markets here in California.

[@bruce8808]

I saw some different flavors of Shasta in 2 liter bottles at a Dollar tree.

[@Old_Time_Saint]

You can still get it at Walmart, Sam's club, and off of Amazon. Hope that helps you. 😊

[@marycasanova8905]

Yeah, over 30 flavors. Best soda ever. You can still get 12 packs of root beer,cola, grapefruit, tiki punch, black cherry, cream soda,and lemon lime. In both regular and diet. I would kill to have their strawberry soda again.

[@barryf5479]

Shasta soda is sold at the Winco stores on the West Coast.

[@mariajhanley5172]

A&P had great ground coffee.

[@tomwarner2468]

And great smelling too!

[@leew878]

We had an A&P across the street from Delchamps. I remember the smells of the store. Coffee was one of them

[@johnbethea4505]

I worked at an A&P, and i ground the coffee for the customers' different type of grind. I didn't drink coffee then, but I enjoyed the smell. Most people did.

[@lovly2cu725]

oh the smell

[@tophorn7348]

​@@tomwarner2468 In the 60's, our little store in sw PA, customers ground their own bags of 8 O'clock coffee, the grinder could be selected for whatever grind, except they had to install a new grinder for the newfangled coffee makers in the 80's. The smell was intoxicating, even for somebody who wasn't a big drinker, like kids. My A&P (& Acme) store had a hitching post for the Amish buggies that came.

[@monkeygraborange]

Your videos inevitably make me weep at some point.

[@K1OIK]

wimp

[@provost5752]

These videos take me back in time to my childhood so I understand the tears. I miss those years so much.

[@darleneschreiber9415]

Same here.

[@kmo3811]

I remember shopping with Grandma at the A & P where she would pick up place settings of dishes one dish at a time for my older sister's hope chest. Sis eventually passed them ugly dishes down to me. Thanks, Grandma.

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

The Alpha Beta Market near where I grew up in Southern California had an Alphy's Restaurant down the road owned by Alpha Beta and all there delivery trucks could be see on the street as the drivers went in for a meal😃The Good Ol' Days😁I miss those days😫ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

[@sylviastreet]

Walmart took over everything eventually! I hate the one by me but there is nothing else!

[@barryf5479]

@@sylviastreet Wal Mart didn't exist in California until 1990.

[@wendyh2708]

I'm just floored at the prices in the store windows!!!

[@leonard5606]

When I worked at Big Star we made the window ads by hand...big wide numbers...lol :)

[@mikeweizer3149]

@leonard5606 For many years I didn't hate going to the grocery store but I sure as hell do now,Gee,I wonder why?.Could it have something to do with that DUMBASS that's in the Whitehouse right now?.

[@joejohnston2035]

Notice how so many items are packaged in Glass containers and SMALLER the shopping carts were

[@merriemisfit8406]

The people were a lot smaller too.

[@jimmylieb5225]

I remember my mother being handed cuts of meat wrapped in freezer paper wrapped with string. sliced meats presented in the displays in cellophane wrapped white cardboard containers. now everything is in plastic!!

[@joeheid2776]

I remember A&P!!

[@ronhoover5516]

All those homegrown, handbuilt grocery companies, and all those great (or maybe not so great but it's fun to think so) American cars. Wow, times have changed, and not always for the better. All those registers staffed and working!! Again how times have changed.

[@frankwafer6919]

Thank you for the wonderfull memories of days gone by( S&HGreen Stamps)!🙂💯👍💖!

[@carolr7823]

I remember A&P and Grand Union.

[@baumullerm]

Grand Union is back that’s why they didn’t talk about them :)

[@earthwormscrawl]

So many successful companies taken over by those who never built anything on their own and end up going out of business.

[@jonny-b4954]

Most of it is being bought out by competitors, I'd assume.

[@nodanceswithwolves8425]

So sad....😢

[@Epic_C]

Do you notice that a high majority of things that went defunct were shut down in the late 1990s or into the 2000s? I was born in 1981 so still have memories of a lot of good stuff from the tail end of the 1980s and the early 1990s, but man it seems that everything has gone downhill after the turn of the century.

[@ronhoover5516]

It does certainly seem to be a constant theme.

[@redstone5149]

Wal Mart

[@ronhoover5516]

I'd add, the pace of the downhill slide has accelerated after 2008-to me anyways.

[@cindytrayer4279]

I agree 100%

[@cindytrayer4279]

@@ronhoover5516without a doubt. I’ve been saying that exact same things for years.

[@BigTimeRushFan2112]

We shopped at IGA in the 70's and 80's, I know it hasn't gone completely away but in my area there aren't any left. Same with Ben Franklin which technically wasn't a grocery store, but it did sell a lot of food and snack items as well as candy.

[@GS-zc4sk]

Ben Franklin & IGA ✊

[@patriciayohn6136]

Where I live there are still some IGA stores, Lancaster County, PA.

[@ctgal9698]

There are still a few independent owned ones in Connecticut

[@wolteraartsma1290]

there was Ben Franklin in Independence MO 'til about 2010

[@PaulTesta]

I worked for Pathmark from 1982 - 1988. It allowed me to work my way through college. $0 student debt.

[@nightfangs2910]

Kudos to all the self starters who took the plunge to start their own businesses no matter how they ended i guarantee it was a better life than those who worked making someone else wealthy 🙋🙋🙋

[@martyjewell5683]

As a kid growin' up in 1950's Brooklyn I recall the A&P, Bohacks, Safe Way, Grand Union and lots-n-lots of mom & pop stores. I remember when eggs cost somethin' like 50 cents a dozen. A subway ride cost 15 cents.

[@leew878]

I live in Mobile Alabama and I have fond memories of Delchamps. I use to work for the accounting firm that handled them and the Delchamps family. It really is a shame the reason they had to sell. I truly believe that if they would have stuck around and restructured then it could have thrived and potentially stumped the growth of Walmart in our City. There were Delchamps’ stores within two miles of each other. Great store, great quality and excellent service. Thanks for revisiting the past of these glorious stores. Like I said, fond memories.

[@TooLooze]

My first real job was at Weinaker's grocery, which later became a Delchamps at Govt. and Catherine St. 1966, I earned $1.10 an hour but almost twice that in tips.

[@leew878]

@@TooLooze I know that location. That’s back when grocery stores were full service. They would take you groceries out to your car for you

[@TooLooze]

@@leew878 They even let us walk older peoples groceries several blocks to their home.

[@leew878]

@@TooLooze oh they did. I totally forgot about that

[@nicholasharvey1232]

I'm from Gulfport, MS and we had Delchamps all over the place until around 1996. There also used to be a chain here called Jitney Jungle, it too disappeared by the end of the 1990s.

[@Markimark151]

I miss Alpha Beta, QFI, A&P, Pac and Save, Lucky’s, and Dominick’s! Those were fun grocery stores I remember as a kid!

[@user-iv9er3nr6z]

❤️ farmer jack potatoes salids& barbecue chicken the best

[@Markimark151]

@@user-iv9er3nr6z we didn’t have Farmer Jacks in our region, but it’s like Dominick’s in our region that had bbq meals near the deli counter, now they’re Safeways!

[@shiroibasketshoes]

There's still a Lucky supermarket in my California city. Was it ever really "Lucky's" supermarket? I think "Lucky's Market" was a different chain.

[@Markimark151]

@@shiroibasketshoes not all Lucky’s are the same. I remember there was Lucky’s market which was an organic food store, while Lucky’s supermarket in California which I remember as a kid was owned by Albertsons, those stores in the 1980s were really big like a department store!

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@Markimark151 I've lived in California all my life and I've never heard of "Lucky's" supermarket with the apostrophe s.. It was always "Lucky" or "Lucky California." The store owned by Albertsons is "Lucky" supermarket, not "Lucky's" supermarket. Thanks for the information.

[@bucksdiaryfan]

The biggest thrill about going to the Super Valu with my Mom was going down the cereal aisle -- she gave me free reign to pick whichever one had the coolest toys

[@gjd424]

Big Bear was my favorite! It’s crazy how so many grocery store chains fail even tho everyone continues to need groceries!

[@joylindadichamounix]

I live in a town called Big Bear & it is snowing today. I have never heard of the grocery store though.

[@gregwasserman2635]

I was a grad student at Ohio State in the 90s. Big bear was THE grocery store in Columbus. Or so I thought. It went under not long after I graduated. I was shocked but stuff happens.

[@gjd424]

Cub foods was cool too but they have a few still around I heard…

[@gjd424]

@@joylindadichamounixmust be big bear CA?

[@sonyafox3271]

Though!

[@pattyepperson3908]

I really like the longer videos. Love going down memory lane.

[@saffron3793]

I don’t remember the Furr’s supermarkets, but I remember the Furr’s cafeteria’s when I lived in Austin, Tx. They had delicious food, really hated to see them close.

[@pslm23]

Furr's cafeteria was great! So many memories of that place. I was surprised to see one still open in southeastern New Mexico back in 2011. Had to stop in and have lunch. It was my last time in a Furrs. Sad to see them go. The Salisbury steak was good.

[@jewelofthesouth27]

Yes, when I lived in that area I remember Furr's also. Didn't they used to be located in the mall as well?

[@johntracy72]

I remember Furr's here in Austin too.

[@ronhoover5516]

In the suburban Detroit of my youth, things were booming..we had Chatham's, Packers, Great Scott and Farmer Jack. All gone now.

[@muzerhythm2242]

I remember Chathams the most in the 70s...was hoping he would cover that one.

[@davidnahabetian2568]

We had a Wrigley's supermarket on Fort St. in Lincoln Park in the early 70's. Downtown L.P. is ghosted now :(

[@user-iv9er3nr6z]

Chatham, great Scott in metro Detroit, farmer jack& potatoes salids & barbecue chicken

[@jimmylieb5225]

and A&P of course.

[@user-iv9er3nr6z]

❤️ a&p & farmer jack grocery store, farmer jack had super great potatoes salids & barbecue chicken 🐔 etc etc

[@frankrizzo4460]

When I was a kid my Dad worked for Nabisco and I would go help him stock up the shelves on weekends and in the summertime. Some of the old grocery stores I remember were Grand Union, Pantry Pride, The Treasury, Jefferson's, Pic N Pay, Save A Lot, Sun, Basics, and Phar-Mor. Most of these were in South Florida..

[@KatLadyNWFL]

I live in NW FL and I remember Jitney Jungle, A&P, Delchamps, Pantry Pride, Albertsons, Food World. I remember when Winn Dixie was originally known as Kwik Chek. I remember all of the Albertsons became Publix. I enjoyed this video!!! In fact I enjoy all your videos of past memories!!! Thank you as always for sharing!!!!

[@sonyafox3271]

Albertsons is growing in South Eastern Ohio and, South Eastern Indiana, they own Kroger and, other grocery stores and, Albertsons is also a jewelry store and yes,some jewelry stores are inside jewelry stores, that is kind of odd! But, that shows you how much we have gotten so,far away from shopping in shops that are independent business owners and, no one shops in their downtown area because, everyone is so, fearful!

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

@@sonyafox3271 It is looting in downtown stores and even big stores like Gettomart are closing up because of looting and the Scumbags are getting away with it TY CA for starting this Trend

[@lizlittle1641]

We still have an Albertsons

[@nicholasharvey1232]

In Gulfport, MS we briefly had Food World (around 1997) and Albertson's (around 2000). Both were open for like one year. Now Louisiana-based chain Rouses is really growing and replacing a lot of other chains.

[@user-iv9er3nr6z]

❤️ farmer Jackson potatoes 🥔 salads & barbecue chicken 🐔

[@lscorpio9129]

Growing up in Westchester NY in the 70's I clearly remember A&P, but also Finast. Another great video.

[@c.d.scalemodels9198]

Grand Union too…… I’m from The Bronx & those stores you mentioned were a staple in my neighborhood too

[@matrox]

We had a Pantry Pride in our area in the 70s.

[@studiomarilaura910]

In 1966 or 1967 Kohl’s grocery store had a promotion with the Green Bay Packers. Different Packers were at several Kohl’s locations around Madison, WI. My dad drug is to every store to get their autographs. Bart Starr, Ray Nitchke, Jerry Kramer, Forrest Gregg and a few others. Football was much different then!

[@oliverrye1266]

I worked at Pancho Pride supermarkets in Titusville, Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach Florida from 1980 to 1984. Lots of good memories with some great people I worked with in those days.

[@toddgrogg8005]

Alexander's supermarket was the big store in Nashua NH. Shasta soda, was the big seller at the store.

[@Amylution110]

My Grandpa owned a grocery store in a small town in IL. He was quite successful. But when my Grandpa wanted to retire he asked my Dad to take over the business and my Dad refused; he said he never saw him growing up because he was always needed at the store. He told him he didn’t want to live that way and he wanted to go to college. So my Grandpa sold it.

[@anthonychihuahua]

Is the store still around in some way?

[@PraveenSriram]

Really cool 🆒. Thanks for sharing

[@cdfreester]

Growing up across the Midwest, my family shopped at Eagle, Dominick's, Kohl's, and A&P at some point in my childhood and youth. Furr's I only knew as a cafeteria restaurant. Here are a few more names that come to mind: Eisner;s in Normal, Illinois; Milgrim's in Kansas City; IGA pretty much everywhere (Illinois, Wisconsin, and Kansas).

[@jennibennecke669]

Eagle stores! Totally forgot about them.

[@darlahkelley9800]

😊My Gran shoped at Big Bear in Kensington California in 1973 now is Vons Good Memories 😊

[@michellesmith6558]

My grandparents would shop at A&P. I loved going there with them.

[@slim-oneslim8014]

Some of those prices from back then would be real nice now! In my dreams for sure.

[@mborel]

I remember going to Red Owl as a boy in the 70's. They had these cool checkouts that had a circular disk that would move the groceries rather than a conveyor belt. The shopping carts were taller and had a gate in the front that would open so you could just slide your groceries out of the cart and onto the turn table.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

OMG i forgot about the Shopping Cart with the Tailgate and yes the Carts were taller

[@charlenevarada--Stargazer]

I remember the Kohls grocery store in Milwaukee when I lived there with my parents. I'll NEVER forget it.😊

[@cdfreester]

Me, too. We lived in New Berlin in the 1970's. We often shopped at the Kohl's in West Allis.

[@haylieg2780]

Definitely remember a and P very clearly.

[@patriciastein3627]

Michigan also had a a grocery store call WRIGLEYS. Plus all the others that were mentioned.

[@ronhoover5516]

Yes, I forgot! Thank you.

[@susanleigh7770]

The amount of work that went into this .. Thank you

[@anthonychihuahua]

The person or persons who operate this channel have it just right! I'm honestly surprised Recollection Road doesn't have at least twice as many subscribers!

[@jeremy1350]

My very first job in Middle School (Junior High) I was a bag boy/stock boy in a Winn Dixie just up the block from where we lived in Miami. I think I was 14 or 15.

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

IDK if it was just in IN but my MIL and I used to love shopping at CUB’s!! Once when we were making an evening run to the grocery store mom, who was always very friendly and welcoming in that wonderful southern charm way, had wandered off just about the time we decided to leave. I was checking out some fruit for a last minute purchase. My son was a little antsy and ready to go home. I asked him where his grandmother was and he replied “IDK. Probably off making a friend somewhere! Truer words were never spoken!

[@jennibennecke669]

I remember Cub Foods! They were in the Chicagoland area.

[@Tomatohater64]

My family always shopped at Kroger's bcause frankly, it was the only grocery store anywhere near our house during the 60s and 70s.

[@Michelle-gn8oq]

W L3

[@nicholasharvey1232]

Kroger is still alive and well in much of the country, but they exited my area (Mississippi coast) around 1997.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

You covered them all. I remember the local A&P as a young kid in the late 1970's and a Dominick's just a mile away that closed in the mid 1990's. It has been converted to a locally owned Supermarket.

[@TheMistysFavs]

Nope, missed First National/Finest.

[@paulkeith5000]

When I was a kid the only supermarket within a reasonable distance was A&P and that's where my Mom did all her shopping, sometimes bringing us along. After that chain disappeared from our area it was replaced - to Mom's great relief, I'm sure - by Stop and Shop. We couldn't resist calling the new chain "Stop and Pee".

[@scratchdog2216]

A&P, Shop-Rite, Edwards Food Warehouse, and Food-Mart are a few I remember.

[@GenXfrom75]

When I was a little girl, my mom worked at a store called Rose’s… it had a lunch counter, where I’d sit and have a delicious jelly biscuit while I waited.

[@Jerry-ok8gj]

I lived on Quail Valley in Missouri City TX and we had an Eagle store on Cartwright Road in the late 80's. Later became a Gerlands

[@lagodifuoco313]

I haven't watched yet, but I'm going to list some that I remember. Alpha-Beta, PathMark, Shop Rite, Perry's Market, GemCo, Two Guys, FedCo. If anyone lives in California, Stater Bro's still has that old-time grocery store look and set-up.

[@lovly2cu725]

shop rite is still around. Hughes in so cal is gone. so u spent time in NJ & cali as did i

[@lagodifuoco313]

@lovly2cu725 Yes, I did.

[@barryf5479]

Stater Bros. Markets are great markets with excellent meat counters. I know of one in Whittier and another in Oceanside.

[@IsaHaPeace]

How about Zodys and White Front stores.

[@AdamBomb-kd4fe]

Here in Staten Island, we had Waldbaum's, as well as PathMark (with actor James Karen as its spokesman). A&P bought both chains. When A&P went under, it took Waldbaum's and PathMark with it.

[@TOWNCARBUBBA87]

really nice to them old automobiles in the parking lots of these stores. sad that we will never see them days again. they definitely were the good ole days.

[@PraveenSriram]

I’m old enough to remember those good old days which brings back a ton of memories

[@patriciayohn6136]

When I worked for Acme's Skyline Non-foods Division in 1970, Acme Markets was the third largest Grocery Chain in America with over 600 stores. They also owned Rea & Derrick pharmacys and Hardee's.

[@chatanugadotorg]

My first job out of high school was with Seaway Food Town at their Bucyrus, Ohio store. When I was a kid, we even had a second Food Town at the south end of town, but that had closed in the 80s. During the summer of 1992, I was a carryout (referred to by the company as "Front End Professional"), and during the summers of 1993 and 1994, I was a cashier. After my summers there, the store got expanded to a Food Town Plus, and when the company folded, the store was sold to Kroger, which owns it today. I recently moved back to Bucyrus, and each trip into that store to get groceries brings back so many memories.

[@mikem5043]

Born in 1958, I can remember all of these. Also, a lot of kids in first or second grade made an imprint of their palm in pottery clay, as well as an ashtray for their dad.

[@johnbethea4505]

My first town job was at the A&P from 1963-1965 and i went in the military.

[@fasx56]

It is surprising how many Grocery Stores have come and gone. Many of the names I do not recognize were Local stores chains in various states. Thank you for the dedicated research to bring we viewers some some history of America's past.

[@edwardparkhurst9804]

Great content each and every time you make a wonderful video. Bringing back the memories of my childhood. Thanks for sharing this with us that watch your channel.

[@rosemoore5364]

Hi. I grew up in Brooklyn, NY. I remember Bohack's. There was also another super market called Waldbaum's (Julia Waldbaum). I worked as a cashier there when I was in high school. Thank's for the memories. Have a nice day.

[@Sakja]

Pathmark was my store. Then I moved from NJ and someone told me recently that they were closed. I was shocked. At least Shop Rite is still open. That doesn't help me though. I miss them so much. Hard to find a lot of my favorites here.

[@E.K.2003]

Southern California here...Market Basket, Lucky's Supermarket, Hughes Market, and Alpha Beta.....

[@lovly2cu725]

Hughes

[@lovly2cu725]

suzannes somers husband alanhamel did the commercials for alpha beta

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

I remember all that you mentioned! In SoCal also!

[@grantcheney5070]

I grew up next door to Chatham Grocery in the city of East Detroit, Michigan on the corner of 10 Mile Rd. & Kelly Rd. Neither one exist anymore. Chatham went under a few years before the city decided to change it's name to "Eastpointe" in a failed effort to escape Detroit's bad reputation. It's heartbreaking to see what's happened to my neighborhood in the years that followed.

[@davidnahabetian2568]

Same with Lincoln Park, it was vibrant in the 70's now it's ghost

[@ronhoover5516]

We moved out of Roseville in 1973. My dad got transferred and we moved to Ohio.I was heartbroken but came to appreciate life in Ohio. Still, I greatly miss the Roseville/Warren area of my youth and wouldn't trade it for anything. Our neighborhood around 13 Mile & Hayes had what seemed like a million kids plus or minus 5 years of my age (nearly every house had at least one) and we were always outside playing ball or playing tag till the streetlights came on (sometimes after!). We played hockey in winter, football in the fall, in summer we played baseball, shot hoops on a garage hoop and swam at the local pool, and played dodge 'em cars at night. On 4th of July the big treat was to toss a cherry bomb in the neighborhood sewer. We constantly rode our bikes everywhere. The whole area was booming (Warren was going nuts at the time), the schools were hopping and the area had a vibrancy to it. People seemed more alive in general before we all holed up in our castles and hid behind locked doors. There wasn't an obese kid in sight and we weren't scared like people are today. I remember it all vividly, and I don't envy kids of today.

[@davidnahabetian2568]

@@ronhoover5516 My childhood sounds pretty much like yours. Wouldn't trade it for anything.

[@Shawn666Hellion]

That Chatham is a value world now

[@grantcheney5070]

@@Shawn666Hellion Behind their store, in the alley, has become a public toilet where the bums go to piss and dumpster dive. Their trash is blown and thrown into the yards of the homeowners on the other side of the wall. Yeah, I know. Sad.

[@michellesmith6558]

The size of the carts is shocking to what they are now. I live in Australia now and I am always amazed at how big everything is now. It’s not like that here but it’s a real reversal culture shock for me when I go back to MD.

[@420funny6]

Every time i watch one of these, i feel like the best is truly behind us, and im not even 40 yet

[@justmyopinion2]

Sorry to say (write), I have to agree with you. Times have changed and not for the better, simple is more.

[@PraveenSriram]

Times were much better in the 1990s

[@bitterspice5525]

My dad took me with him to Farmer Jack every Saturday in Dearborn. Good times 😊

[@daveb7950]

Thanks for the great videos Growing up in the 70's I remember going to Burgers Supermarkets in NW Indiana with my mom. Great memories

[@wolftickets1969]

Notable defunct grocery stores in the Seattle area include Tradewell, Lucky, Olson's, Larry's Market, Food Giant, and Art's.

[@tcb7098]

One of the best deli plates I have ever had came from Jitney Jungle.

[@doltsbane]

Great Scott, Chatham's, Farmer Jack's. Watching their old commercials I think about all the local TV and radio they used to sponsor. How homogeneous everything's become.

[@user-dw6tt7bi1m]

Frame 12:08 - Farmer Jack is where I worked for 5 years, during High School & College Years. Store #144 Redford Twp. Michigan. It was a great job. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@thelegendaryrcn7267]

i remember an old grocery store named nationals when i was a kid.

[@megharper5077]

I remember Fernandes in North Attleboro, MA, in the 60s and 70s. I worked in a Finast supermarket in CT through high school and college. It had a metal-wheeled grocery bag delivery service. Customers pulled up in their cars to get their bags. I now shop at a small family-owned grocery store in rural eastern CT. They bag your groceries and bring them to your car. Not a lot more expensive than the Stop and Shop 7 miles away. It feels like it's a time warp. A good one.

[@tomwarner2468]

Not to mention the sounds of shopping music while meandering through the isles! A&p in my home town became farmer Jack's! Their mistake was when they moved from downtown to out where the Wal mart is! Now it's a big lots!

[@JHixon-bi8ok]

I appreciate the mention of Kohls stores. It’s a blast from the past, for me. Loved shopping at Kohls grocery stores back in the day.

[@jfstorey8465]

Not mentioned in this video is another grocery store chain that's long gone. Food A Rama, it was a Baltimore based grocery store chain where I got my first job way back when I was 16. All of my friends at that time also worked there, in the same store as I did. Such great memories from that time!

[@jerrystaley1563]

I'd like to add the name of Handy Andy Groceries to your list of bygone grocery stores. I used to be a check-out clerk at our local Handy Andy during my high school years and first year of college in Austin, TX (1962-1966). Handy Andy's headquarters were in San Antonio with stores there as well as Austin, Corpus Christie and Houston. Our little smiling grocery man mascot was emblazoned upon the stone entrance to our Austin Northloop store. JJS

[@nodanceswithwolves8425]

Yes!!! I remember Handy Andy!!!

[@pilotgrrl1]

Handy Andy was a big box hardware store in Chicago. They got converted to Builders Square, and then disappeared.

[@wolteraartsma1290]

@@pilotgrrl1 and in Grand Rapids, also

[@DoctorJohnSmith9]

Minnesota guy here, big thrill to see Red Owl!

[@trr5291]

We went to Eagle in the 90's. Kroger opened up the road and sank it. I miss that store. That building is now a big lots. You can still see where the eagle sign used to hang. They never painted the exterior.

[@michaelwascom62]

I am grateful that he mentioned Schwegman Brothers Giant Supermarkets. I am a native and lifelong resident of South Louisiana (Baton Rouge). But my maternal grandparents were longtime residents of New Orleans. I visited often and we'd go to Schwegman's. One could get lost in the store, it was so large. In the 1980's a Schwegman's was built in Baton Rouge; but it never caught on and closed well before the chain was liquidated.

[@yossarian6799]

Mom's usual haunt was the Pantry Pride on the corner of 25th and Butler in Easton PA. It was the site of one of my most vivid childhood memories. It was the mid-70s and I was about 8 years old. Mom and I were reading the ingredients on a box of Freakies, or some such product, and didn't realize my 3-year-old brother Brady had stripped nekkid and was hauling ass. We caught glimpse of his hiney going around the corner and I bolted after him. He had already made it to the frozen foods, with the stock boys chasing after him like a greased pig at the county fair. He rounded a corner and was snapped up by the store manager, who just laughed and said, "Whoa little fella! We need to get some britches on you." Brady just laughed and nuzzled his face into the manager. His mischievous grin turned to tears as he saw Mom, standing there, tapping her foot, with her weapon of choice at her side. "Pweeze, Mommy, me don't want the paddle." As Mom slipped Brady back into his clothes, she apologized profusely to the manager, who was a good sport and said the ruckus relieved the monotony of daily work and it would make a funny store to tell his friends and family. Brady was spared the paddle, and both he and I were made to apologize to the employees for the fracas. We loaded up our big Pontiac Safari wagon and headed home. Dad roared with laughter as Mom recalled the hijinks. However, since I had failed in my appointed duty to keep an eye on Brady, my punishment was the loss of TV privileges that night. Brady's shenanigans made me miss my favorite show, _Emergency!_

[@denicesanders4586]

Hilarious

[@PraveenSriram]

I currently work at a grocery store called Wegmans and I am old enough to remember shopping in Woolworth with my parents in the mid to late 1980s.

[@DavidSquires-iy4uv]

Also, in the Detroit, Michigan area was Chatham Complete Food Centers in Warren, (a suburb of Detroit). IGA Stores are still around in Michigan. The IGA Stores are located in Former A&P Stores in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Peninsula. Chatham Complete Food Centers went out of business years ago. 6:10

[@davidnahabetian2568]

Grew up in Lincoln Park just south of Detroit. We had Chatham's, A&P, Great Scott, Farmer Jack and Wrigley's supermarkets in city limits...now it's just one Meijer sad....

[@wolteraartsma1290]

@@davidnahabetian2568 Great Scot! WONDERFUL fried chicken and store label coffee, stores in Plymouth-Canton and Birmingham. Kroger took 'em over and ruined everything, not grasping that the reason why I shopped there was BECAUSE they WEREN'T Kroger.

[@sylviastreet]

There was Kmart and we loved it here! But they closed because Walmart took over!

[@nicholasharvey1232]

Mississippi coast representing here. I remember Delchamps, Jitney Jungle, and A&P in my area when I was a kid. I also saw lots of ads for Schwegmann growing up since we got a lot of New Orleans TV channels. And while it's not a grocery chain per se, let's not forget about K&B drugstores. Found all over the Gulf South, based in N.O. and brought out by Rite Aid in the late 1990s.

[@fr2ncm9]

I remember several of these stores. A&P was where we got our Funk and Wagnels encyclopeidia. Every month they would come out with a new portion of the encyclopedia. My parents often shopped there. Finast was my family's go to supermarket for probably 20 + years. It went through several different brandings though. For several years it was Finast, then the name changed to Edwards, then, later on, back to Finast before finally changing to Stop and Shop.

[@karlar8648]

Hopefully you still have your Funk and Wagnels! Classic books!

[@jimmylieb5225]

I'll never forget the women cashiers with their 1960's hair styles wearing their skirted uniforms operating those old style cash registers with all the dizzying number of special buttons and the flurry of their fingers pushing them!

[@DLDX]

I remember A&P and Pathmark. Surprised no mention of Waldbaums.

[@shellyscolaro7422]

No plastic bottles!!!

[@leew878]

Or bags. I remembering returning glass 1 L liter Coke bottles for 5 cents each to the family owned grocery stores.

[@user-ml8ud6qd2u]

Thank you for your research information. Well done. Insightful. Excellent. Growing up in the 60s and 70s on long Island we had big apple. It was a great world 🗺 when Starbucks did not exist. I am a loyal dunkin fan. Eventually dunkin was walking distance to our house. How cool is that. Then I left for college in 1974. Still devoted to dunkin. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@trish5556]

I liked Pantry Pride when we lived in Florida. Then my go-to store was Goodings. I understand it has bit the dust as well. As a kid in Massachusetts, I remember going to the A & P and Starr Markets with my grandmother. Also, there was a store called Fernandies that was in the Foxboro area that sold more than food. I got my first 45 record there. When I lived in New Hampshire we shopped at local stores such as Belletetes and Forcier's. There were small "convenience" stores called Red & White markets in New England. They were in many small towns like mine and carried staples. I spent many hours in the one in my town looking at the comics and buying penny candy and popsicles with money from cashed in glass bottles. I think all Red & White stores are gone as well.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

Hello fellow New Englander Fall River had a Fernandies store A&P were everywhere in New England and i remember The Red & White Stores and Almacs grocery stores

[@9ZERO6]

In Columbus Ohio before the Big Bear Plus, there was Big Bear Harts. Sure miss both of them.

[@donaldramey1896]

I worked for Tradewell in Seattle as a teen in about 1970. They had about 100 stores in their prime. Like many stores in the era it was management driven vs. market driven. It was broke within 10 years after that.

[@topper1958]

I miss Grand Union. They had the best Italian Roast Beef in the deli department. I’ve not had a sandwich like that since. In the dairy department there was a poster of the Cowsills pitching milk. The dairy manger gave me the poster. I had this big crush on Susan Cowsill.