Grocery Stores No Longer Around!

Grocery stores have become a part of daily lives and most people live withing a few minutes of one. But the grocery store market can be pretty tough. There have been many grocery stores that have come and gone throughout the years. In this video we will have look back at some of the grocery stores no longer around.
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[@ramonaf.7646]

Thanks!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Ramona and I appreciate the super thanks as well!

[@GaryGoldbaugh]

I miss Bordner's and A&D Food-A-Rama in the Massillon/Canton OH area....and Haine's in Pittsburgh......

[@Broughton1128]

*I freakin’ LOVE this channel. ALL of your vids transport me back to happier, simpler times.* ❣️

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the channel!

[@bigc2076]

Times where u weighed a lot less.

[@jamesleyda365]

Great memories with people who are not with us anymore and ya ...... Slimmer

[@edwardranno7119]

Yes I love this channel

[@sandasturner9529]

Now I've got the blues!!!

[@jlseagull2.060]

The stuff sold at grocery stores back then tasted better than today.

[@user-iv9er3nr6z]

Farmer jack had great potatoes salids & barbecue chicken

[@davehue9517]

When mom dressed up to get ready to go to the store, we would go to "Rosco Tempo", "Pantry", "Lucky" or "Farmers Market"....I always liked going to Lucky because there was a Chinese food restaurant next door with direct entry and Mom would buy some chicken fried rice on the way out ..... love those memories

[@beer1403]

People did dress up then. Even for a store. It was nice.

[@pamelas1002]

Pantry Pride and A&P both bring back sweet memories of my childhood. Thank you for taking me back, Rhetty!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for sharing ones you used to go to.

[@pamelas1002]

@@river4462 😊 There's nothing like fond memories.

[@CrossOfBayonne]

Same here, Now most of the A&P stores are now ACMEs here in NJ.

[@pamelas1002]

@@CrossOfBayonne 😔

[@reddawn2001]

i remember both Eagle and Pantry Pride. though Eagle is long gone, i am (almost) certain one PP still remains. i think it's in Bloomington IL though i could be wrong.

[@jenniferjuneau7329]

What I love about this video is seeing the clothes and the cars back then.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Jennifer!

[@roringusanda2837]

Fuzzy Memories has the Museum of classic television whole taped episodes of news, soap operas, tv shows, commercials included! I love watching them, I was just noticing that on a newscast from 1979

[@avalonjustin]

They need to bring back the old car styles. They had character back then, now they all look the same.

[@JohnSmith-cf4gn]

I was a kid in the 1950s so I remember all this. It was a different world back then for sure.

[@flashmusicarchive9584]

it does suck that small stores are overshadowed by big Walmart, Albertsons, Kroger or whatever your regional store is.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it does. Thank you for watching Flash Music Archive!

[@presmasterflash7555]

Yeah it truly is. Too bad we didn’t realize what our spending dollar would beget us in the future. We were lucky enough to have experienced it though!

[@flashmusicarchive9584]

@@bmonster some have no choice but to raise prices just to make ends meet, especially if you spend more just to keep your business up and running.

[@Frozenfan1965]

Giant Tiger is the one we went to when I was a baby in the mezzazoic age. Then Pick & Pay and Heighnien's (however you spell it), when I got older.

[@moemcgovern7345]

@@presmasterflash7555 Tell me something that's better now than years ago .

[@veronicado1016]

When I was a kid there was a grocery store called Red & White that was approximately 2 to 3 minutes from where I live. My mom, my brother and myself would go there almost daily to buy groceries. We were sad when it went out of business so they could make room for CVS Pharmacy but we do have fond memories of the store. Thank you for the trip back down memory lane ❤😊.

[@monicaqueenan9985]

"If more than three people were in line, they'd open another checkout lane." I need to find a time machine ASAP!

[@AiMR]

I still get A&P's 8 O'Clock Coffee in my grocery store :)

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is really interesting. Thank you for watching Adventures in Modern Recording!

[@gilhernandeziii4031]

I had no idea 8 o'clock coffee was A&P coffee. I can buy here in Tucson, AZ

[@tabinsc]

It’s good coffee for the price.

[@briangarza7532]

8:00 coffee ☕ is the best!! Hard to find in San Diego.

[@NSCurlen]

I didn't know that was A & P either

[@gooniesgirl1979]

My mom shopped at Dominick’s in Chicago. She was saying the other day she would have liked to have grocery delivery back then because she didn’t drive until she was 34 and we moved to the suburbs. She used to get a lot of exercise that way.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Wow! She was a late driver! Thank you for watching and telling us about your Mom Lisa!

[@gooniesgirl1979]

@@RhettyforHistory Thanks! It’s probably why she doesn’t look 73 now.

[@dr.jillalicecooper2587]

I used to shop at Dominick's too in late 90s and early 2000s before they closed. Two of them opened up as Jewel in my area.

[@jimoconnor6382]

​@@gooniesgirl1979Lansing had one until 2001

[@whoputyouontheplanet3345]

I remember Dominick's!

[@brettb8825]

In TX, we had Skaggs Alpha Beta as well as the A&P and Piggly Wiggly. Food Lion tried to enter the market but failed miserably leaving behind a ton of large empty buildings repurposed as churches, call centers and antique malls mostly.

[@mikekwayne]

In my part of DFW everything was Minyards or Safeway. when I was old enough to be shopping for myself, I loved Food Lion...for the simple fact it was always empty! I could get in and out in no time.

[@chedebnam6025]

Food Lion is really big out here in The Northern VA atea

[@absinthealice]

When I was a baby and toddler, my grandmother would take me shopping. We lived in Las Vegas, and it really was an entirely different world back then! The store we went to was called "Mayfair". It was at the corner of Tropicana and either paradise, or Maryland Parkway, I'm not sure. That was for canned goods and produce. Then we'd go to this little Italian deli to buy cheese and cold cuts. Then to the bread store, and lastly to Schulman's meats for beef, chicken, pork, etc. A shopping day was a full day for grandma and me. I'm going to be 55 in 2 days, but I still remember our shopping routine. ❤

[@Dorelaxen]

As a kid, the very small town we lived in had yet to have a Wal-Mart move into it (or nearby anyway), so my granddad would always shop at the local IGA. Really good memories of that.

[@samanthab1923]

We still have an IGA near us in Dublin PA

[@conservativehippie9736]

We still have a few IGAs in our small country towns. 5 for $25 for meats is the best! ❤

[@kirkmorrison6131]

We still have a couple near Camden, SC, they beat Food Lion when it comes to meat, fish and produce

[@Dorelaxen]

@@kirkmorrison6131 Man, all I have near me are a local chain that's SUPER expensive (though it's the only place around that carries good cheese curds for when I make poutine), a Winco, Wal-Mart and Aldi. That's about it. Things like Food Lion and Publix might as well be in another country to me.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@Dorelaxen Well they are spread out over about 20 miles, but I live kinda in the middle so none of them are that far.

[@TheAshesArt]

2:30 Dominick’s! 🙌🏾🎉🎉🎉 I have many memories walking through there as a child in the 90’s. I actually clicked this video hoping you’d mention them and you did. Thanks for the memories.😊✨

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Easy Peesy!

[@dr.jillalicecooper2587]

Same here

[@jesusmartinez5494]

Growing up in San Antonio; my parents frequented Piggly Wiggly. Kind people,clean stores. It was awesome

[@stphinkle]

It seems like what kills stores is that when the original owners retire or the store gets bought by a new owner, things go south. Often new management tries to run them differently, rebrand them, sell off their real estate, run them into debt, or other means. It just seems like we have let too many mergers and buyouts happen. This killed the local flare and local ownership, and the store becoming part of the local town culture aspect.

[@RhettyforHistory]

The original ownership does usually have a different vision than what others think should happen with the business. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts Stephen!

[@GeraldColsher-hv9pv]

Who remembers the Frankford Unity Stores?

[@shiralleehaggart72]

Excellent comment and well said.

[@DownriverRick]

Growing up in Detroit, we had Farmer Jacks, Wrigleys, Chathams and Great Scott stores, all of which are gone now.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and mentioning a few more for us to remember Rick!

[@foxylovelace2679]

I miss how buildings used to look all different and had interesting architecture.

[@charliejoson9145]

I once watched a KZbin video about a man [whose hobby was visiting dead malls and abandoned buildings] looking outside a long abandoned Kohl's [grocery]. I was in awe of the overall architecture but became sad when the man peeked inside with his camera

[@RhettyforHistory]

They sure did and I miss that too. Thank you for watching Foxy Lovelace!

[@sandasturner9529]

That's called character, for lack of a more catchy term

[@AJDIYNetwork]

Thanks rhetty. Growing up in NY, those grocery markets do bring back memories as I walked the aisles endlessly with my mom and sisters. Other grocery markets on Long Island I also grew up on was Finast, King Kullen, and Pathmark.

[@samanthab1923]

I forgot about those. My Nan & Pop lived on LI. Used to shop at Bohacks & IGA

[@isaiahwinbrone]

Some of these forgotten grocery stores should make a comeback

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories in the grocery store AJ!

[@thebackrooms7511]

@@samanthab1923 Bohak off the rack! Modells had an attached supermarket

[@kbunky69]

King Kullen is still around on Long Island but with very few stores .

[@meedwards5]

I have very fond memories of shopping at Magruder's and Memco in Northern Virginia every Saturday with my dad. My mother hated grocery shopping but my father, who had grown up quite poor and become quite prosperous, absolutely loved filling our cart with quality food. He was a foodie and also stopped at various ethnic markets for exotic treats. Delightful memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us Marie. It is interesting to hear about the differences of your mother and father.

[@carolstearns3683]

I shopped at Memco!

[@RandyMony]

In the Detroit area, through the 1970s and 80s, we had Great Scott, Chatham, Danny's Foods, Foodland, and up until 2000 or so, Farmer Jack was a big name! Sad to see them disappear, especially when now I see a big sign with faded shadows of what used to be the Farmer Jack logo with some leftover wire and pegs still in the sign

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and telling us about some others you had in the Detroit area Randy!

[@dannydaw59]

I remember all those except Foodland.

[@gregorykiernan7849]

​@@dannydaw59 Foodland had the best fried chicken. You could buy the family bucket cheaper than KFC, and it was better quality.

[@scottmcwave9479]

I love seeing the advertised grocery prices! And look at those old cars!

[@chichi9851]

I recently got a reprint of a 1906 Sears & Roebuck catalog at a thrift store. It's a riot! The crazy medicines, the hats, violins.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Scott!

[@jimoconnor6382]

​@@chichi9851Remember the candy counter at Sears back in the day? The smell of chocolate and popcorn......uhhhhh

[@Slamgod]

A&P. I remember my mother getting the stamps and filling up the cards to redeem for household items. Every time I went with she’d buy me a pack of Fruit Stripe gum. 😂 2 chews and that stuff as done.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories Slamgod!

[@user-rc2rk9eu4n]

WOW!!! I REMEMBER THAT FRUIT STRIPE GUM, YOU DAMM RIGHT TWO CHEWS THAT GUM COMPLETELY DONE! MAN I LOVE GROWING UP AS A KID IN THE 80’s.LOL😂😂

[@kristinwood8884]

Green stamps? Or was that just a Publix thing?

[@Slamgod]

@@kristinwood8884 Yep! It was a green stamp thing. A&P near me closed in the very early 80's. I have not seen anything the likes of green stamps since. Jewel and Dominick's had promotions along the same lines, but nothing like the A&P

[@kristinwood8884]

@@Slamgod in Sussex, NJ the main grocery store forever was A&P, up until 2002, it may still be there. I'm from a town in FL Vero Beach, that has at least 6 Publixs. I recently moved to upstate NY, Wegmans is as close as I will get to Publix.😔 (Except for vacations) A&P reminds me of Winn Dixie, Kroger, now in NY Tops. I'll always miss Publix..

[@frankrizzo4460]

I remember as a kid helping my Dad packing shelves he worked for Nabisco years ago. And many of those stores are long gone like Grand Union, Pantry Pride, Save-A-Lot, Basics, Sun, Treasury, Jeffersons and Phar-mor. This was in South Florida back then. Miss those days so much.

[@rayeckert242]

Hinky Dinky… Seriously! I can’t stop laughing! Yet Piggly Wiggly survives.

[@jaykayzed5213]

I remember as a kid growing up outside of Buffalo, NY and the local groceries were Bells and Super Duper.

[@AJDIYNetwork]

Go Bills!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing a couple more for us to remember JayKayZed!

[@elviscobb5922]

I also remember the Bells store in Lewiston NY. I recall that there were Super Duper markets as well,but I don’t recall the locations.

[@betsyross2.065]

Wow,look what prosperity looked like...

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Betsy!

[@madmel8t6]

Anyone remember Fedmart? Hired as a bagger during high school in Phoenix Arizona in 1981, worked until 1982 when it went out of business. It was located at the south entrance to Metrocenter shopping mall where Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure was filmed inside.

[@DavidSquires-iy4uv]

I,live in Detroit, Michigan. And I still remember when Detroit had 6,major supermarket chain stores and they are: 1.A&P 2.CHATHAM COMPLETE FOOD CENTERS 3.FARMERJACK SUPERMARKETS 4.GREAT SCOTT !SUPERMARKETS 5.KROGER/BI-LO SUPERMARKETS 6.WRIGLEY'S SUPERMARKETS/PACKERS Right now, there's only 3 ,major chain stores and they are: 1.KROGER 2.MEIJER SUPERSTORES 3.WAL*MART,SUPERSTORES.

[@jrussellcase]

Thank you for featuring Minyards. I've watched a handful of these type of videos and NO ONE ever mentions them. They were a pretty big deal here in DFW when I was growing up, and they're still missed. I had one within walking distance. 👍

[@jenniferhansen3622]

What is DFW?

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I figured it out. Dallas-Fort Worth.😊

[@nana820able]

My daughter's first job was at Minyards here in Texas. DFW area.

[@Tony-hu6wx]

I had one by my elementary school when I was a kid!! And my house was 4 blocks away!😊Now the place is called FOOD-RITE.. 😢

[@RhettyforHistory]

They definitely were a huge player in the market down there. I loved going to them. Thank you for watching Russell!

[@brianburman6580]

Growing up in the Detroit area, my mom shopped at Great Scott, Packer & Farmer Jacks. Great memories!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some your mom went to Brian!

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

Smith’s has seemed to utterly disappear. Other stores 🏬 have merged into other companies. Montgomery Ward’s, Lamont’s, Carr’s 🚗, Radio Shack 📻 and Sears, have utterly died. Your friend, Jeff.

[@RhettyforHistory]

A lot have disappeared. Thank you for watching Jeff!

[@NYcat13]

it's great looking at all the good old days grocery stores, in addition I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the cars...boy does that take me back...great video...thank you..

[@pinksalt4524]

Growing up in the 1960 , every Saturday night my family of 6 would all pack ourselves into the family station wagon and head out to A&P , under $ 100 dollars would feed the whole family for the week including the stop at the local butchers aww the good old days ☮️

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories of your family and A&P Pink salt!

[@austindarrenor]

I remember when may whole paycheck was $100 😆

[@GuitarAnthony]

Long Island, NY has lost a ton of grocery stores over the years. I believe now it's down to only Shop-Rite and Stop N Shop (there's probably a Whole Foods somewhere as well). I never in my life thought I'd see Pathmark go down but it did.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and telling us a little more about the Long Island area!

[@GFrost88]

I used to live on Long Island and I now live in Houston. I got upset when I heard about PathMark and Waldbaum’s closing down. I used to go grocery shopping every weekend with my mom.

[@jeffreyhanc1711]

Nassau county here, experiencing childhood memories of Bohack and AnP.

[@margaritaramos3393]

I remember A&P growing up. When PathMark went I was surprised.

[@mjones7612]

I remember Big Star, they were in the Atlanta area. That was where my mom shopped in the 70’s and early 80’s .I can’t remember when they closed their doors.

[@guttersnype00]

I remember Market Basket, Lucky/Thrifty, Stater Bros, and The Giant in Anaheim, The Boys in Huntington Beach, Mayfair Market in Silverlake, and McMahan's Market in the Inland Empire back in the 70's and 80's. Market Basket had those automatic coffee and soda machines with paper cups and ice. I thought they were so cool!

[@floydjohnson4915]

Florida had a couple of grocery stores that need to be remembered. My mother worked as a meat wrapper for Thriftway, which was a smaller store that operated as neighborhood markets. Big Star was an early box store where customers brought their own bags and products were stocked in their big cardboard boxes, before Sam's became famous. I also remember locally owned IGA stores that usually operated out of small buildings in poorer neighborhoods and sold what the local people wanted. My mother spent several decades working for the grocery business working as a meat wrapper, starting at Thriftway, then moving on to Publix, then to Big Star and then she retired after almost 20 years with Winn Dixie. When the meat departments became more automated she moved to the front of the store as a cashier at Winn Dixie where she had many customes who would only checkout through her lane.

[@frankisfunny2007]

A&P had a few locations in my town. -- One behind a bank -- one that was built on farmlands. The building grew by New York-based IGA in the 1990s. It's currently owned by local pharmacist as a pharmaceutical store/grocery store/delicatessen. C&S Grocers does supply some items to this store. You'll still see A&P bags around.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories of the store Nigel!

[@robira1313]

I don't.

[@jons.6216]

Oh, definitely room for a part two on this topic! Northern California had several small to larger chains that went by the wayside over the decades! Food Villa, Fry's, PW Super and Gemco to name a few! Where I went to high school there were two almost identical large retail lot spaces right across the street from each other! One housed a full Alpha Beta and the other had an Albertsons for some reason! A funny thing about the Fry's Supermarkets. When they decided to go into electronics in the 90s they didn't change the font on the signs from the grocery stores and the old mascot that was a smiling grocery bag then became a smiling computer chip! Haha!

[@TheAshesArt]

Fascinating!

[@31847448]

Louis Stores , too

[@Bacopa68]

Back in the early eighties there was a store called Skag's Alpha Beta in College Station Texas. Never saw a one anywhere else in Texas and that store was rebranded as a Houston-based Gerland's soon after. It's now part of the A&M campus.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I only know if Fry's as an electronic store and didn't realize they were once a grocery store. That is fascinating. Thank you for watching and telling us a little more about them. I do need to do a part two and Frys was on my radar for being an electronics store.

[@jasonmaclean719]

*laughs* God I remember Gemco. They had those yellow pricetags. I think we still had some unopened 'new' Kodak film rolls found when cleaning out the garage a few years back.

[@JennRighter]

Big Bear 😢 I loved that store. I still remember this donut the bakery made called dreamboat. It was the best donut I’ve ever had. We went to the Big Bear on Broad Street in Lincoln Village in Columbus.

[@Dulcimerist]

I just started watching, and I'm already looking forward to the part about Red Owl grocery stores!

[@conservativehippie9736]

here in Peoria Illinois, we miss our A&P and our Eagle grocery stores so much... we were just talking about them, not more than 3 days ago. Thank you for this video!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Conservative Hippie!

[@AngryCatMan1982]

Growing up in North Myrtle Beach, SC I remember going to the A&P with my parents back in the 80's. I always thought it was neat seeing that big red 8 o'clock coffee grinder at the end of the check out. Today, the former A&P is virtually unrecognizable. Currently it houses The Grill House restaurant.

[@phillyjilly]

Do u remember the big yellow chicken at the front that would lay an egg w a gift for a quarter??😁💖❤ our Pa store had it!!

[@AngryCatMan1982]

@@phillyjilly Are you talking about the Lucky Eggs machine? It seems like I vaguely remember something like that. I do remember those huge round HVAC vents on the ceiling. As a young kid I always thought there were huge fans behind those vents. The bathroom was in the very back of the store, below the main office. I do remember it was underneath the wooden stairs.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories of A&P!

[@robertcagle3887]

We had a Skaggs Alpha Beta here in Waco, TX in the early 80's. The Alpha Beta name was dropped at some point but it stayed Skaggs until it closed. The building still exists in the form it was when it was a grocery store except the delivery dock is was closed in. It is now a private school.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and telling us about the Skaggs in your area Robert!

[@aaronholcomb237]

The one in Midwest City, OK became Skaggs Albertsons, then Jewel Osco, then just Albertsons before all Oklahoma locations were closed (many then became Homeland). Wal-Mart had a location behind the MWC store that moved to a super center location and built a Neighborhood Market on that site.

[@allegory7638]

I grew up in Houston, so glad you included Weingarten's. The one at Gulfgate Mall was the first place ever I remember seeing scanners, was about 1976.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing a little more about them Al.

[@WhyTheLongFace01]

Yep. Plus Food Giant in Sharpstown.

[@claudalfred2064]

Remember weingartens from the fifties

[@lesliecruguet4136]

Wow I can't get over the architecture of some of these grocery stores from the 50-60's....I would love to live in an old Kohl's grocery store!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Leslie!

[@cindytrayer4279]

Mid century is the best architecture. Today’s architecture is so depressing, cold, sterile. I absolutely hate it.

[@swansfan6944]

We had Kash n’ Karry here in Australia but it was spelt Cash and Carry. It opened it 1923, I haven’t seen one for many years, so I think they are finished but I’m not sure. The popular supermarkets here are Woolworths (Woolies) Coles and Aldi. The supermarket experience has definitely changed though. Thanks Rhett. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺

[@paulstan9828]

👋😁

[@swansfan6944]

@@paulstan9828 Hi 👋 Paul 😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

At least the one there was spelled correctly! I wonder who thought up the name first though. Thank you for watching and sharing some of the ones you have there in Australia!

[@PatrickFDolan]

@@RhettyforHistory Maybe they chose the spelling because it was more catchy on the eyes.

[@swansfan6944]

@@waynek3366 We do have Target and Kmart which i heard you also have over there. Kmart here has turned into like a $2.00 store, everything is cheap and of poor quality. Isn’t Walmart like a grocery store and Kmart combined ? Not sure, we don’t have that here.

[@michaelchappell902]

Thank you. I also remember the neighborhood Red and White small grocery stores.

[@rayjaypaulsen]

A & P I went with my parents when I was in elementary school. Liked the H & K green stamps and licked the stamps and paste it in the books! It was around the middle 1960's.

[@pooroldroy1756]

Sad you did not mention Humpty Dumpty Stores in and around Oklahoma City. Worked for them prior to entering the Army in 1966 doing maintenance of all stores including the one in your home town of Moore.

[@pooroldroy1756]

@@TammieR-B Bless you TammieR-B, means a lot to an Army Veteran and a life long cop.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is a big one and without Sylvan Goldman working there we wouldn't have the shopping cart. Thank you for watching Roy!

[@davidurban6813]

I remember Dominics because my Dad used to work for Jewell Hillfarm for years out of Melrose Park Illinois and Dominics and Jewell were competitors. One time I had the audacity to suggest we go to Dominics due to a sale on something or other. OMG did I ever hear about it. Mom and Dad was coming up with this crap that Hillfarm Dairy where Dad worked would find out about it. Which even as i didn't really buy since the store in question and the place Dad worked wasn't even in the same town. But when we were kids our parents told us alot of things that we bought into. Santa Clause, The Easter Bunny. Vegetables are good for you etc. Have a great weekend everyone

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories David. I enjoyed reading your comment about their competitor and how he was worried about that dairy finding out about going to the other store. That is dedication and you have to appreciate that!

[@Harbinger28567]

When I was a kid my mom used to take me shopping at Alpha Beta, Giants, and then Smiths in Southern California. Giants seemed huge and Smiths had a lot of tasty sandwiches and Chinese food.

[@thewatcher5271]

Some Of My Earliest Memories Are Going To The A&P With My Dad Back In The '60's. I Remember The Produce Lady Marking The Bag With A Crayon & Grinding The Coffee. Thank You.

[@kerrid.979]

We no longer have Marsh, Thiftway or Piggly Wiggly in my area. Aldi still opens another checkout line if there are more than a few people waiting, but that's the only store I've been to where it happens consistently.

[@glennso47]

Eagle was another chain that was in Rockford Illinois and quad cities that went out of business.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They usually do well on speedy checkouts. Thank you for watching Kerri!

[@laurenmp7486]

So glad to see Dominick's make it, I grew up with my mom shopping there and then shopped their myself. And I still miss it. Also nice surprise to see Eagle, just because even in and around Chicago it doesn't get the much attention when people talk about stores that are no longer around.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Lauren!

[@jimoconnor6382]

Dolton had an Eagle

[@michaeldesilets7853]

Born in 1982, grew up in RI, the defunct grocery stores I remember are Almacs, Ro Jack's and A&P.

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

I can still remember hearing the “clickety click click “ sounds of the vintage cash registers.

[@joeheid2776]

Only one I've heard of is A&P. We had a few in Pittsburgh that didn't last. My dad shopped at a local ma and pop grocery store mostly so I don't remember too many others. We did have a Kroger's, but it wasn't very close and they're still around.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and telling us about some of the stores in your area Joe!

[@DrumWild]

8:43 Loved going shopping at the MARSH in Anderson, Indiana. They even sold records!! Last saw them in 1983.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories of Marsh!

[@bluelionsage99]

Alpha Beta was our family grocery shopping spot when I was a kid in the 70s. I can still remember the basic store lay out.

[@avioncamper]

In Winston Salem NC, we had Food Fair, (not to be confused with the other mentioned in this video), A&P, Winn Dixie, Kroger. Now we have Walmart, Aldi, Lidl, Publix, and Whole Foods.

[@bobstewart8032]

We had an A & P in my hometown of Lewistown, PA. I remember having to tag along with my mom while she shopped lol. We also had an Acme, which those two stores were the biggest at the time. There are now Weis Market and Giant Grocery Store. Of course, there is Walmart. Aldi's is a discount grocery store where my wife and I live here in PA. There's also Trader Joe's.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and telling us about some of the stores you have had in your area Bob!

[@tommckeemckee9865]

I'm also from Lewistown, PA but moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1956 with my parents. I actually worked at A & P when I was 16. Just got back from family reunion in Lewistown last week.

[@pinksparkle258]

We had a Mark-N-Pak store that had these little black grease markers...you would put the price on the can or box yourself. Honor system i guess. This was in the 1970's when i shopped with my mom...first time i discovered Freshen Up gum!! The Mark-N-Pak became a Price Chopper in the 80's then in the 90's a Mexican grocery/meat market. Anyone remember Van De Kamp's bakeries? 🥰

[@roringusanda2837]

That sounds insane?!! At least in America, it's begging to be ripped off.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is very interesting to think about them having an honor system like that. Nothing like that would work now. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us.

[@tonycorente7304]

In southern CA we had smith's and Hughes grocery stores. Loved them. Miss them

[@jerlv9]

I grew up in SoCal, and there was a chain of grocery stores called Hughes Market. Growing up, I remember every birthday party I went to had a custom made cake from Hughes. I was once told the game show Supermarket Sweep was filmed at a Hughes, but I’m not entirely too sure.

[@josephtreffiletti4198]

Great video! I lived right down the street from an A&P back in the 70's. We had 2 in Albany, NY. I sure miss it 🥰

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and telling us what was in your area Joseph!

[@josephtreffiletti4198]

@@RhettyforHistory You're welcome! Love your channel!

[@luke125]

We had them in CT and NY too.

[@stezton]

Jitney-Jungle and Hinky Dinky. What weird names.

[@samanthab1923]

But Piggly Wiggly is OK? 😉

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching stezton!

[@drbluzer]

I REMEMBER : A & P GROCERY STORES WINN-DIXIE had several store locations at one time in Louisville , Kentucky but when they reorganized , they closed all stores in Louisville and other places except those in Florida . At one shopping center in Louisville in the 1960's there was an A& P , KROGER , and WINN-DIXIE within walking distance of each other .

[@husbandofcrazylady4728]

I used to frequent the grocery chain National and Canal Villere. Their slogan was "We're the night owls." I believe they were open 24 hours but I was too young to shop late enough to find out. In the ' 90s, they were rebranded as The Real Superstore. They had huge floor space and employees used roller skates to travel the large area. That incarnation only lasted a few years.

[@odetomy]

It is so sad that all these grocery stores were either bought out (in order to destroy the competition by other stores) or had to go out of business because of being pressured out of business by competitors. When I grew up, the town I went to had Jitney jungle, Save-A-Lot, Foodland, Big Star, Piggly Wiggly, and Food World. All that changed by the late 90's. Most of those have went out of business. Now, all that's left is Big Star and a store called AIG. Since there's no competition, besides, Walmart Supercenter, they are both pretty high on their prices. I hate that those are the only choices we have around here. Now, town always feels so crowded (since our population has quadrupled or more within the last 5 years by thousands of immigrants) and there are less places to go. It's so sad that so many retailers of all kinds and restaurants have, or are going out of business now. I've been hearing that it's going to get much worse pretty soon. What are people going to do? I just wish there were more business-minded people popping-up, who know how to run stores and do right by their employees and the public, instead of being so greedy. Also, America needs to fix its own supply chain issues by getting back to making its own products. Somebody has got to wake up sooner or later, I hope.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts. It is sad to see some of these old stores go and especially so on one's that have been around awhile!

[@AFluidRealiTea]

I agree with your sentiment. Kroger and Albertson's bought up a TON of the stores we and our folks grew up with. Fry's, Ralph's, King Sooper, Tom Thumb, Jewel-Osco, etc. If their merger is approved, it'll mean that the first and second-largest chains merged into one, putting even more small stores and suppliers out of business. Then if people want decent wages and benefits or variety? They close up shop to avoid unionizing and people are left in a food desert. It's already happening and it's sad. Some parts of the large town next to my suburb have no fresh food stores within miles and many don't have transportation. I moved back to my hometown, which still has a 2-store indie "chain" for groceries and I appreciate they're still in business after all these years. I hope they can stay open. America won't fix its issues as long as the end goal is shareholder profit only. There has to be a balance and it's sad.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Good news. There is still a Piggly Wiggly in Alabama. And I was able to order a t shirt lol. Had to have it.

[@marksnyder8022]

A&P, Big Bear, Marsh's, Delchamps, Jitney Jungle. Those are the ones I have patronized down the years in this video. I now work as a contractor employee in the offices of a large supermarket chain. I know how hard it is to keep a profitable grocery business going. The margins are thin. Thanks for another look at some old friends. I knew what a jitney was in 1992 when I moved to Hattiesburg MS (it's slang for a nickel), but another episode in this series explained how the jungle got there (a newspaper typo for jingle). It is very interesting to see these.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your experience with grocery stores Mark!

[@SMELLGOODER]

Big Bear!! Here in WV it became Big Bear /Harts and Big Bear Plus.

[@kaceyross8955]

I knew there had to be something to THAT name! Thanks for explaining, Mark!

[@johntracy72]

We shopped at Delchamps in Fort Walton Beach, Florida when we lived there in the 1980's.

[@kobeeight8244]

Great video thank you! I grew up in Pasadena, California and the grocery stores when I was growing up were Market Basket and Fazio‘s that I remember they are now Ralph’s and Albertsons.

[@Slane583]

We used to have a Grand Union grocery store here in town for many years up until they went out of business. When TOPS bought them out it became a TOPS store temporarily until it closed. The most distinct thing I remember of Grand Union was the stained glass style ceiling above the cash registers that said Grand Union when you were cashing out. The spot in the shopping center here in town where Grand Union used to reside is now occupied by an Ace Hardware store. Even though the distinct artificial stained glass ceiling is gone the original Grand Union design of the front of the store with the arched brick picture windows and brick facia still exist. When I worked for Ace Hardware back in 2017 and got the opportunity to work in the back stock room I saw there were still markings of products written on the walls back from when it was still Grand Union. Which was pretty neat to see.

[@MichaelMcFerrin]

Two local food stores in Milwaukee that disappeared were Sentury Foods and Red Owl Foods. My late uncle was a truck driver for Red Owl Foods out of Green Bay and I still have the red jacket he gave me when delivering food to Milwaukee. There was also Hopper's IGA food store on Milwaukee's south side......S 20th St n W Howard Av. IGA is short for Independent Grocers Association.......

[@BladeRunner25463c]

I remember Red Owl in MN

[@raestalgia]

Yes!👍Although, I don't remember ever going into a Hopper's, but then again, that was way on the other side of town from where I lived.

[@paulstewart4077]

Thank you so much for your detailed and thoughtful look into the past.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Paul!

[@watcherofthingsandotherstu9623]

Marsh was my go-to for my high school lunch break in the 80s. Good memories. I have ready-to-go meals delivered to my home these days. So busy. Lol

[@victorcontreras9138]

A memorable walk down the grocery isle, and down memory lane! Thanks so much for your nostalgic and informative presentations. It's great to know of other names of stores I've never heard of👍✌️

[@teasea3152]

Pantry Pride was my favorite. They had the best grocery prices and doubled the face value of coupons.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing which one was your favorite teasea3152!

[@TammieR-B]

I kept expecting to hear Winn Dixie on this list, but I guess they still have a few around. Thanks for this weekend nostalgia infusion ✌️💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@earthwormscrawl]

I remember a comedian talking about Win Dixie,. He wondered by they had them in the south, but the north didn't have stores called "Kick Rebel Butt".

[@susanblauss1530]

We still have Winn Dixie in south Florida.

[@sl8605]

Florida has plenty of them.

[@TammieR-B]

@@susanblauss1530 when I lived in Kentucky they were all going out of business, Kroger was taking over the buildings. I just hadn't seen any for a while. Now I live in Scotland so I doubt I'll ever see one again 😀

[@julietteoscaralphanovember2223]

There's a Winn Dixie in the Florida keys, in Marathon but I usually shop at the Publix across the street.

[@charlenevarada--Stargazer]

I remember "Lucky Food Store" in San Marcos California! 😊

[@pamelas1002]

Thanks for the memories!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Pamela! I appreciate the super thanks as well!

[@growlie2676]

@@RhettyforHistory Piggy Wiggly was my Damn childhood man. I always remember it fondly.

[@robertmason1777]

I worked at Big Bear in the 1970s. I also recall them being the first store that was open when the Blue Laws were being dropped in Ohio (no Sunday sales).

[@CaseAgainstFaith1]

@@growlie2676 I thought he missed Piggly Wiggly too, but, they still exist just not in my area, or yours I guess.

[@growlie2676]

@@CaseAgainstFaith1 Where are the Piggly Wiggly located at?

[@Judah98]

WOW! I'm originally from Chicago and had no idea Dominick's closed down. Looks like it was around the time I moved to Cali. 🧐

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Eric!

[@JReed559]

I remember shopping at Gemco. It was like Vons or Albertsons.

[@Sabot46290]

It was bittersweet to see Big Bear on here. I grew up shopping there with my parents in the late 80s and can still remember the basic layout of the fruits/vegetables section. Never saw the live bear, but certainly remember the advertising jingles and bear-themed art on the paper bags. Thanks for the memories!

[@AudreyC379]

I have some fond memories of Grand Union. There used to be one in a town I used to live, until it was taken over by CVS. 😠 I remember residents of the town had tried boycotting it, and I likely would have too if I had been older. It was the only actual grocery store in the town. After it closed, some like my family were forced to go to a grocery store in a nearby town that was more costly. 🤦‍♀️

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories of Grand Union. Was that store small or was the CVS just big? They seem like they would be two different sizes.

[@stacymoore9836]

I lived in Prince George’s County Maryland. We had Grand Union grocery stores,A&P,Jumbo

[@AudreyC379]

@@RhettyforHistory The store was average size, I think. Wasn't the biggest, but not small. When Grand Union left ); CVS took over the building, which is unfortunate still there and operating. /:

[@jons43]

National Food Store was the first chain grocery in our town. I remember getting our first encyclopedias and reproduction of famous art works.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing one you went to jons43!

[@stratman1021]

Here in southern NM we had Skaggs Alpha Beta and when they closed another grocery store called Jewel Osco opened then another joint called Raley's. When I was a kid in the 70's Furr's, Fed Mart, Foodway, and Piggly Wiggly, (My dad told me when I was little I called it Pee Wee-Wee Wee lol) were our main suppliers. Not sure if any of these are still around. So sad to see them go. The last four I mentioned were a big part of my childhood. Great memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories stratman. It is interesting to hear of the same stores and some new ones that I have not heard of either.

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Wow, I used to work at an A&P in the 1980's. I worked at Albertsons in the 1990's, then it became Publix to this day. I worked at Foodtown in the 1970's. I worked at Associated Foods who took over Foodtown in the 1970's. I worked 23 years in these different supermarkets part time when my children were in School. I remember all these supermarkets. Thanks for the nostalgic video.

[@ellennewth6305]

I remember the old A & P market in Wolfeboro N.H. I shopped there with my mom when I was a little girl many years ago. In all honesty, she preferred a little corner store call the Market Basket which was more expensive, but smaller and easier to navigate. I know A & P is long gone but I think Market Basket still exists as Harvest Market.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and telling us about some of the places where you and your mom shopped Ellen!

[@diannelavoie5385]

I remember that A&P from the summers when we'd stay for a week or two in Wolfeboro. My mom liked to shop there for the cottage we rented on Rust Pond.

[@leesashriber5097]

I remember Fazios, Apples, Big Bear, Sparkle to name a few. Thank you my friend, for this great trip down memory. 😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome. Thank you for watching and mentioning a few more Leesa!

[@leesashriber5097]

@@RhettyforHistory , you're very welcome. I love your channel. ❤️

[@avalonjustin]

I'm sitting here looking at pictures of old grocery stores from before I was born, in a country I've never been to. The older car styles were so much better than today.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do love looking at the old photos. Thank you for watching Avalon!

[@kckgirl78]

Grew up shopping in A&P in KCK. Moved to Texas in the early 80s and shopped in Weingarten’s. Fond memories of both. ❤

[@albertwaggoner3249]

You strike golden memories again. WOW!! Thanks as always appreciate your hard work. I remember so many of these and what other viewers add, like green stamps, lots of work there for us kids... Great job my friend, keep up your labors of love...🎉

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those green stamps were huge to collect at one time. Thank you for watching Albert and I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!

[@jeannettegrose7097]

I enjoyed watching your video. Two grocery stores I can remember were Foodtown, and Acme, also Super Kmart, and Valley Fair.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing a couple others with us Jeannette!

[@claytonallen5428]

Oh how I miss the 80s and 90s era of grocery stores!!!

[@robertpeters4161]

A&p and Loblaws left buffalo for Canada in 1975 and the last time I was in Canada back in early 88 both supermarket's were doing quite well there. I always felt the reason they moved to Canada, is because they were fed up with new York and all it's taxes a red tape! In 1969, 1970, a&p shopping carts had 7 in wheels on the back of the carts and I'd steal them to use as wheels for the gas powered go carts I used to make. I steered it with my feat and ran the throttle on this 1936 Briggs and Stratton side shaft, 4 stroke engine! I knew a kid 3 blocks away who was selling pre WW2 lawnmower engines out of his parents garage! 5 dollars per engine!

[@1_TRICK_Pony]

Opening photo at :08 - "Cigarette Center", along the wall at the end of the checkout, next to the ice machine

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were sure a lot bigger at one time. Thank you for watching Calvin!

[@pabloarucas1185]

I love your videos they are so insightful thank you for all the research you do! I appreciate you!❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and I'm happy to know you are enjoying the videos. Thank you for watching Pablo!

[@StratBurst92]

When I was a child, we would shop at Motts supermarket which has been gone for many years. My first full time job was as a bagboy at A&P.

[@bpotts0401]

Back in the 90s we had a Food World and a Delchamps, good memories