MORE FORGOTTEN Grocery Stores from the past - Life in America

[@s2kicew]

Thanks!

[@a.j.fisher813]

I loved the candy aisle where Brach's candy was self serve. Also, like another commenter mentioned, the smell of the coffee aisle was heaven.

[@tammybrown4901]

Oh yes my mom would buy there candy every time we went shopping.

[@jeannebol10]

I used to pick out all the raspberry ones.

[@stacyguy9053]

Brach’s Pick-A-Mix!!!

[@juanzingarello4005]

Im a 90s kid and I remember Brachs Rocks. A candy with a shell outside and chewy juicy inside made to look just like rocks.

[@midgie1166]

Brach's pick a mix

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

The thing that I miss most about the old grocery stores is the coffee aisle. I can still remember the smell of freshly ground beans from the grinders that every store had.

[@OofusTwillip]

Some stores still have grinders, but it appears it's too much trouble to keep them clean.

[@markdanielczyk944]

Oh yeah, 8 o'clock coffee!

[@esteban1487]

Trader Joe's has that now. Not the same though.

[@kellymarsh3956]

Yes, I remember that too!

[@barbara8802]

I think I can blame my coffee addiction on A&P 😂loved the smell even as a very young girl!

[@Thefutureooksbight]

The stories are great and the pictures are really time capsules with the cars.

[@phillipmerriman5603]

Was going to say the same. I always look at the cars.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

@@phillipmerriman5603 Me too.

[@commonman317]

I like seeing all those old cars.

[@brodriguez11000]

Grocery stores are very regional.

[@yogidemis8513]

Wish they still made cars like that today and I always wonder if any of those cars are still alive today and either driving or fixed up show car.

[@danityvanityinsanity]

I love this channel so much! I love to see a more peaceful less stressful time in this country’s history.😃👍✨💖✨

[@morbidmanmusic]

That is just a dream.. it was not better.

[@tristanwwsd]

@@morbidmanmusic It absolutely was better.

[@danityvanityinsanity]

In some ways it wasn’t better like for minorities but I just mean on a more general level. There was more individual freedom, prosperity, opportunity, fun, more optimism about the future. Maybe because people were more naive about certain things. Like what was really going on in the world and our government’s corruption.

[@irisgreene4175]

I don’t know… ALL of those things were just in a different form then and now. I feel like there’s more opportunity now, and even more naivety now (artificial intelligence is NOT our friend and people seem to be actually running towards NWO “benefits” that will be our demise, the same people that closed their eyes then are still here today but worse yet have more opportunity and yet have everything at their fingertips…. for now)

[@Holop88]

@@morbidmanmusic It was way better because you didn't see people walk out of store full grocery cart without paying like today.

[@schallrd1]

Who remembers walking into a grocery store and greeted by the non-stop loud ringing of dozens of cash registers?

[@jasontodd8071]

Forget the UPC scanners! I remember as a year old with my Dad shopping where the typed every item into the register! 😉

[@kevinkool3]

Also greeted by soft loud speaker tunes from Music by Muzak. Subconsciencely it helped make shopping more pleasurable.

[@vickimeyers2672]

@@jasontodd8071 in 1967-1970, my full time summer job and part time school year job was at a Safeway store in Alaska. I remember clearly removing items from the grocery cart, then ringing up every item on the cash register, by hand. A couple of times there was a power outage, at which time we entered a cost into the cash register, then hand cranked the register so we could enter the next item. Those were the days when the check out clerks actually worked.

[@Mark-sj3xb]

Kevin Smith - So true! My mom would go around the store humming along with all the tunes. She said it relaxed her

[@akrenwinkle]

@@kevinkool3 I'm not kidding: I always keep some tissue in my pocket for when I enter Lucky's, to pack inside my ears. Whoever picks their "music" is obviously the same crowd that picks TV programming: 12-year-old boys. But it's the nearest supermarket.

[@rochelleb973]

I loved A&P growing up

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

A&P is where my mom taught me my colors in the produce ailse when I was two y.o.

[@vivianjones9749]

A&P with the Eight O’Clock Coffee

[@amymeyers9682]

There was a rumor where I grew up, in Kentucky, that A&P was mafia owned. Anyone know if there is any truth to that?

[@haylieg2780]

In Slidell, Louisiana, when I was growing up, the three main grocery stores we shopped that were ANP Albertson’s and Schwegman‘s. Spackmans and a NP disappeared first then Albertson’s disappeared.

[@OLDMANTEA]

A&P and Stop and Shop could have merged, and called themselves Stop and P.

[@NightBazaar]

The distinctive smell of ground coffee was taken for granted as part of the grocery store experience.

[@bradtorville5526]

Oh yes! I used to hate running errands with my mom when I was a little kid unless it was grocery shopping. At the end of the cashier's lane, there always was a coffee bean grinder and all customers could have their beans ground however they liked. The aroma was absolutely heavenly and one that I still recall fondly.

[@jayme5280]

I'm glad I didn't have to experience the fresh coffee grind smell in a grocery store. I strongly dislike that smell and it would ruin my experience.

[@participantparticipant506]

@@bradtorville5526 My brother & I would pick up and suck the stray beans that fell out of the grinders at A&P. Dad liked that super dark roast Bokar brand, so we got a fair amount of caffeine before we even started drinking Mountain Dew!

[@adamandrews4107]

My dad was employed by A&P for 40+ years so seeing grocery chains close is especially sad for me. A&P was an important part of my childhood and adolescence. I learned loyalty to the hand that feeds you. Today-not so much.

[@jerrysullivan8424]

Adam Andrews, I have a personal question, Did your dad receive a retirement plan from A&P? Or how did that work back then. Thank you.

[@DrJohn493]

Shopping the A&P in my southern hometown with my grandparents and parents is still embedded in my childhood memory! And the smell of roasted coffee is forever with me. Sadly, townhouses now occupy the A&P of my childhood years. But the neighborhood thrives 50 years running.

[@fflubadubb]

A&P reminds me of 8 O'clock Coffe. I buy it in other stores today.

[@TravelingMan63]

My brother jut retired after 45y of service with the grocery store, it was the only job he ever had in his life (started at 16y). Who now stays for 40y+ at one job today?????

[@robertsparks7244]

I loved A&P coffee. The store brings back good memories

[@MrDan708]

A lot of people are probably unaware that grocers operate on very thin profit margins, for the most part. That's why volume is so important; there was some groaning when a number of chains reported record profits during the first year of COVID, but people were buying so much more from the stores and not eating out as much.

[@Stache987]

Thin profit margins? My @$$.. why can a item that's $.88 late one year go on "rollback" the next for $1.25 and a new shelf price of $1.58, jump to $2.08 during the pandemic, and the vendors plant is less than 10 miles away, and never more than 8 bottles of a variety are stocked for some, with filling the shelves missed many times. If the stores and vendors did their jobs I wouldn't have to stop in 8 stores over 200 miles total for a month's supply at home, we're not talking a commercial buy. And the vendor goes to two different towns within 15 miles to stock two stores, so it's a greed on BOTH sides, suppliers and retailers.

[@vsboy2577]

Nonsense. Major chains like Walmart have been making huge profits and paying much of nothing to employees.

[@tcoradeschi]

@@Stache987 I think you're confusing wholesale costs with retail prices and somehow translating that to profits. Do some web searching (not definitive, but it's the tool we've got) and you will see numbers for the industry ranging from 1-3% (lots of reporting on 2.2%, but no idea of the provenance of that metric). Not a lot of a cushion if things start to go south, that's for sure. FWIW

[@helenholt1161]

@@Stache987 Sorry but they are correct. If a grocery store makes a net profit of 3% they are rock stars.

[@Stache987]

@@tcoradeschi oh I was looking and had no mistake.. the price on the shelf and my receipt.. it's retail all right.

[@lagodifuoco313]

I loved Furr's Cafeteria. Had a few in So-Cal.

[@interwebtubes]

Yeah buddy, definitely some great liver and onions, I’m really hungry now

[@pagodakid]

And in Texas. One girl I dated always wanted to go there instead of cooking for me!!!!

[@JohnSmith-ig4gb]

Loving these forgotten grocery store videos! Kudos! So many memories of me being with my grandma in the early 70’s here in So. Cal. Market Basket, Alpha Beta and Lucky’s! All forgotten memories!

[@elultimo102]

Where I lived in CA, a small Alpha-Beta was bought by Lucky's down the street, and continued as a Lucky's. Eventually the extra store was a Walgreens. Then Albertson bought Lucky---The employees were not happy with the new management. From my perspective, Albertson's was a grocery "Macys," buying up other local and regional stores.

[@KarlBeeThree]

Anyone remember Thriftimart? I worked in one in Inglewood in the mid fifties between high school and college. They're all gone now.

[@patriciam4123]

Love your channel! I remember shopping at Pantry Pride as a little girl in the 70's.

[@zoltanliszkai2162]

I remember Standard grocery stores in indy with their S+H green stamps, my moms favorite

[@geoben1810]

A&P was prominent in the Northeast part of the country and there were a lot of them in the New York area. I would go with my grandmother when I was a little kid in the early 60s and always liked the old wood floors and tin ceilings. And the smell of coffee beans being fresh ground wafting through the store. Jeez that was over 60 years ago...

[@amymeyers9682]

There was an A&P in Kentucky in the 70s and maybe early 80s. We heard rumors that it was owned by the mafia. Maybe if it was that big in NY, the rumor was true…..

[@eileenlester4342]

We had some in Rochester, NY.

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

Plus very fake food. Now in NY thete are organic foods and farmers markets everywhere!

[@michaelpage1796]

We had A & P stores in South Carolina. I too remember the coffee aisle. Ingles markets out of Asheville NC still has those same coffee grinders.

[@alecfoster5542]

We also had some A&Ps in the NW suburbs of Chicago.

[@jasont9522]

Great video! I worked at a Big Bear store in Columbus in the late 80's. My mother and grandmother were loyal to this store until they closed. I still remember the highlight of every shopping trip ... getting to pick the breakfast cereal and Kool Aid flavors. Of course, my cereal selection had much to do with who had the coolest toy in the box.

[@Esmeralda-bl3ld]

Loved grinding the Eight O'clock coffee at the A&P in the big red machines at the end of each check out.

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

Thanks for doing Eagle. Went with grandma there every Saturday growing-up. Best memories ever. ❤️☮️

[@rishibeauty8889]

Red Owl was the best. My grandfather was the manager & my Mom was a cashier when she was in her teens. I miss Red Owl.

[@catmommy23]

I think I would have loved Red Owl.

[@coyote311]

I used to go there for groceries all the time! We had one very close to our house.

[@wayfarer4578]

Omg Red Owl loved them

[@andyhowat4624]

How about Applebaums

[@Merylstreep1949]

Another reason to build that time machine! Having 20 different kinds of cereal or anything else isn't necessarily a good idea. I'm a kid of the 70s and think some things were indeed better then

[@walterburns1789]

You are so right

[@AmyC28713]

I wish the cereal aisle was limited to only 20 choices. There's at least 150 at my local RURAL Walmart.

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

Canned spaghetti (Franco American or Chef Boy Ar Dee) was mostly solid food. Nowadays it's 40% sauce. The TV dinners (Swanson, Hungry Man), in foil cartons, were more generous (for the money), than today's more nutritional, fancy frozen meals (Stouffers, Boston Market, Weight Watcher).

[@Ironcabbit]

That sounds to me like the natural consequence of a shift in economic policy from emphasis on demand-side principles to emphasis on supply-side principles.

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

1970s America when food hit Rock bottom. It was FULL of preservatives. Butter was white etc. Now in New york and California you can buy real food like raw milk, heirloom tomatoes, grassfed lamb and golden butter!!

[@patriciayohn6136]

The Food Fair down the road on the Old Philadelphia Pike in Lancaster, PA is now the Weis Market were I have shopped since 1986. When I was a kid and lived in downtown Lancaster we shopped at the A&P and we also had Acme Markets downtown, for quick trips the was a Sanitary Market with walking distance, it was the size of a city row home, but they did have a fresh meat department. My second full time job was at Skyline Distributors the non food division of Acme Markets which at the time was the third largest Grocery Chain in the country with more than 600 stores and 50,000 employees. I loved that job, it was an office job.

[@MrKanjidude]

Thank you for making these videos. I'm not American, but watching these videos still makes me feel nostalgic and dream about olden times. The designs, the people, the clothes, the cars - it all looks so pretty looking back.

[@richardrobbins1927]

I was a truck driver for FINAST in the 1970's. Their headquarters and main distribution center was in Somerville, MA, not Somerset, MA. They also had distribution warehouse's in E. Hartford, Conn., Portland, ME. and Carney, NJ.

[@davidsquires154]

I live in Detroit,Michigan and I still remember when Detroit had 6 supermarket chain stores. They were: 1. A&P 2. Chatham Complete Food Centers 3. Farmer Jack Supermarkets 4. Great Scott !Supermarkets 5. Kroger 6. Wrigley's Supermarkets. Detroit's supermarket chain stores either closed permanently,merged with national supermarket chain stores,or went out of business. The,only supermarket chain stores left are: 1. Kroger 2. Meijer 3. Wal-Mart I miss the supermarket chain stores from back in the day. This,is the best that I could remember about the supermarket chain stores from the past years. I remember,when Chatham Complete Food Centers opened a store located on Van Dyke and Engelman in Center Line. This,would be in the Van Dyke and 10 Mile Road area. After,when Chatham Complete Food Centers closed permanently,then an independent supermarket named Shoppers Market took over the old Chatham Store. Shoppers Market closed permanently. Now,Cattleman's took over the old Chatham/Shoppers Market Store over and Cattleman's is still open to this very day.

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ farmer jack super great potatoe salid ; great barbeque chicken great price too ,❤️ chatham, ,, great scott , A&P grocery store

[@lloydkline1518]

We got plum market, whole foods store super expensive grocery store , krogery hire regular looking people

[@lloydkline1518]

@@janetmichigander high wage at farmer jack ?? ❤️ farmer jack great tasting potatoe salid, great. Tasting barbeque chicken great price, too

[@c1rcl3s]

Chains are local. Every area has their own chains

[@javaskull88]

Yes, I remember going with my mom to shop at Chatham.

[@MelvisVelour]

When the local PathMark was about to close, my Auntie Ozella had me drive her over so that she could get her hands on every single paper shopping bag as she claimed that they were part of the secret of her amazing fried anything. The item about to be fried HAD to be shaken with the dry ingredients in a PathMark bag...no Piggly Wiggly, no Food Lion, and God forbid Winn Dixie. I think whoever has currently inherited the stash is still going through the bags...

[@Lili-xq9sn]

Lol

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

That’s pretty cool. Thanks for sharing that little bit of your family’s “traditions.” It’s always fun to read stuff like that. I married into a country boy’s family and my MIL (of blessed memory) used to make everything from scratch. And what she prepared only got fixed with certain ingredients and nothing else! Like Clabber Girl baking powder! Any time they were getting ready to head into a big snowstorm my MIL would say “Nick go to the store and get milk and cigarettes (this was before they both quit).” He would finish his coffee and off he’d go. My MIL didn’t drive until she was 50. They never worried about running out of bread or whatever. She made all of it.

[@arfriedman4577]

I remember when the Pathmark in my area closed. It was sad. It's always sad when a business closes.

[@marywatkins6798]

Hilarious!

[@naomiemoore5725]

That's a great story! Thank you for sharing.

[@davidnaja]

Worked at Kash n' Karry in Tampa while going through college in the 80's. Lot of good memories there!

[@starmnsixty1209]

or were they Cash & Carry? Maybe in some places they went by this version of their name.

[@rickphillips3288]

@@starmnsixty1209 they didnt

[@mikefowler1313]

Kash n Karry was the name. Great company that tried really hard to survive

[@stephaniecoggins733]

@@mikefowler1313 we have a couple in Oregon

[@jpbaley2016]

I remember Pathmark. My father retired and my mother went to work in the mid-seventies. My mother used to send me out on my bike to buy a couple bags of groceries every week. I had large baskets for delivering newspapers. It was 2 mi and riding through the congested center of town at 14yo. During the week, I was responsible for getting dinner in the oven as my older sister worked and this way dinner was done by the time mother got home.

[@akrenwinkle]

You're from NJ or NY? I went on family shopping trips there. I moved decades ago, but just for curiosity I looked up Pathmark. They went belly-up in 2015, but came back, sort of, with one store.

[@TheOtherBill]

My wife worked Pathmark HQ back in the 70's for about 10 years. She collects a (very tiny) pension from them. Our local Pathmark store was the first with scanners it was in all the papers and TV news.

[@jpbaley2016]

@@akrenwinkle I lived in Union County - North Jersey. I live in South Jersey, now (retired). It’s all Shop Rites, now.

[@jons.6216]

Have to say I haven't heard of a single one of these growing up in California, but that's okay! The information is wonderful as always!!

[@candysmith8724]

I never heard of any of them neither, even the Furr's and I'm in SE Texas. I vaguely remember Furr's Cafeteria though.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Mostly on the east coast. I remember all of them growing up back then 🤔

[@AKayfabe]

I grew up in MN with Red Owl. Once we visited CA to see family back then and I thought it was so weird that we were at a VONS a store I’d never heard of in my life before that. And I was saying, why didn’t we go to Red Owl? Why don’t we go to VONS at home? I guess I didn’t realize different states had different grocers as a child

[@irisgreene4175]

Right? I was really dying to see an Alpha Beta haha

[@garfield2439]

I don't remember any either although Pantry Pride sounds familiar. My mother shopped once a month at the base maybe that's why I don't recognize these names.

[@marysardoni6748]

This was great..always sad when a wonderful store closes..I remember grant store and two guys as a kid.and a store called square circle.

[@jameshunt9907]

We shopped at 4 stores when I was a kid in the 70s. King Cole, Market Basket, Zoddy's and Gemco. The first 2 where independent neighborhood stores. Gemco was a membership super store that doubled as both a grocery store and a department store. Zoddy's was mostly a department store that sold limited grocery essentials. These stores were located in Whittier, Santa Fe Springs and Downey California. All of these stores were either closed or bought out by the mid 90s.

[@samanthab1923]

I think my Nan & aunt shopped King Kullen up in Yonkers NY

[@michaelarmenta8289]

Zody's

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

Zodys and do you remember white front?

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

Gemco closed in 82

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

@@billchambersmarquez1964 My mom worked at a White Front in the 60s to pay her way through college. She made like $1.75hr

[@cdfreester]

Thank you for this second video. I remember seeing Red Owl stores, but the Eagle grocery store chain I remember quite well, as i grew up in Northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. For some towns in that area, Eagle was the only real chain grocery store around, or maybe 1 of 2 in the area. My family shopped at Eagle on several occasions and miss seeing them around when we go back to those areas to visit. I remember Furr's around the Kansas City area as being chain of cafeteria restaurants, probably the ones run by K-Mart as you mentioned.

[@jennibennecke669]

From the Chicago far west suburbs. I remember Eagle too.

[@optimusprimer4392]

We had a lot of red owls here in Minnesota

[@KT72273]

The last Eagle I remember was in Belvidere!

[@martinpennock9430]

I remember Schwegmanns as a kid growing up in New Orleans! I think they even had a place like a bar where the men could sit and drink beer while the wife shopped. I was little so I could be wrong. The store my mom and dad went to was in Gentilly I think. Anyway, thanks for the memories, God bless you and yours always and thanks again for everything you do!

[@ewmhop]

YOU NOT WRONG ABOUT THE BEER.THEIR CHILI AND HOT DOGS PO-BOY WERE TO DIED FOR.I LOVED THEIR TOY SECTION IN GENTILLY STORE. I STILL MISS THEM STORES. GOD BLESS

[@lelandgaunt9985]

I worked at one from 96-97.

[@FawleyJude]

We used to go to that same store, the one on Chef Menteur next to the Industrial Canal, in the '60s. I don't know if it had a bar, but it had a second-level mezzanine with a barber shop, shoe repair, an accountant office, and a lot of other stuff like that. It being New Orleans, I wouldn't be surprised if it had a bar. It was ahead of its time with the superstore concept.

[@ewmhop]

@@lelandgaunt9985 I SHOPPED AT THE ONE ON AIRLINE HWY. AND VET.HWY. AT THAT TIME.

[@ewmhop]

AT THAT TIME I LIVED IN SLIDELL,BUT CAME TO TOWN ONCE A MONTH WITH MY AUNT.@@FawleyJude

[@stevesus3295]

Born in Cincinnati in 1880, William H. Albers in 1928 became president of the Kroger chain as it expanded from 190 to 5,600 stores, mostly in Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan. In 1933 he set out on his own, founding Albers Super Markets Inc.

[@randyronny7735]

Red Owl was one of the stores of my youth, so it is nice to see what happened to it. There are 3 others that I have not heard what happened to them. They are National Tea, Piggly Wiggly and Warehouse Market.

[@jennibennecke669]

I read a fiction book that mentioned the Red Owl store. I thought it was made up. Thanks for sharing. Interesting to know it really existed.

[@brianlipinski473]

I remember Red Owl.

[@rjmcallister1888]

National folded in the late 80's and became part of the Canadian Loblaws chain, which used the National name until Loblaws shut it down in the early 90's. An attempt to revive the brand in the St. Louis area lasted a couple of years, with most of the Nationals being purchased by Schnucks. The Pig is alive as a franchise operation, based in New Hampshire. It still has a number of locations across the Southeast, and a number of stores in Wisconsin.

[@barbarak2836]

I loved it when my dad would take me to the Warehouse Market!! I almost forgot it! It probably wasn't that big by today's standards, but it seemed huge.

[@laurencemcroberts3978]

piggly wigglys are still inalabama,northcarolina,georgia

[@jonclassical5710]

I remember Food Fair and Pantry Pride in York/Hanover PA, and Pathmark in Wilmington, Delaware ....thanks for the memory! My main store was A&P in Hanover, PA from 1956-1972 when I left home and became an adult!

[@awwrelic]

As a resident of Columbus OH for the last 31 years, I am well acquainted with the Big Bear chain. I remember particularly two stores; one at Great Southern Shopping Center (which expanded into a larger building in the 90s) and the one in the middle of German Village. Sadly, after 2004 both had closed their doors. The German Village location became a Giant Eagle store (which itself closed a few years back; the building was torn down and the property is currently being remade into a multi-use structure), while the Great Southern location closed and the building remained empty for a few years; it is now an Ollies (similar to Big Lots) Retail Outlet.

[@JennRighter]

I lived the first 34 years of my life in Columbus and I have wonderful memories of Big Bear.

[@johnp139]

I think that there was also one on Neil Ave.

[@floydsemlow8253]

Cheers from Chardon Ohio

[@DJIcenhower]

Also, Graceland, Bethel Road and Tremont Avenue in UA.

[@dougmurray7684]

Many Big Bear locations in Columbus were converted to Giant Eagle stores.

[@adeleacheson716]

Too young to remember most of the stuff on your channel, but you guys make it all come alive! Hope you get over your cold soon, Mr. Narrator 😀

[@Riogi]

The same for me. I am too young to know these stores -- yet I love learning about all the stores.

[@JennRighter]

Finally someone talks about Big Bear. I LOVED that store as a kid for some reason. Every once in awhile my mom would let my brother and I get this donut/pastry they had called a dreamboat. It feels like it was the best donut I’ve ever had, but I haven’t had one since the 80’s so it could just be nostalgia.

[@tristanwwsd]

I wonder if that was the same Big Bear from the San Diego area. Didn't quite look the same but how many "Big Bears" could there have been?

[@markmcmillen5343]

@@tristanwwsd I was wondering the same thing. We had a Big Bear market here in Oceanside. I believe it closed in the mid 90s.

[@ganggreen9012]

@@tristanwwsd Big Bear in Ohio would not have been associated with stores in California. I worked for Big Bear during the 1990's and all of the stores were in Ohio and West Virginia. When the Brown family sold the chain it was purchased by a company called Penn Traffic that had 4 other chains in New York and Pennsylvania.

[@ganggreen9012]

The first Big Bear store was on Lane Avenue in Columbus just north of the Ohio State University near Ohio Stadium. They actually had a bear in a cage out front (different times).

[@objetty11]

@@tristanwwsd I thought about that as well. There was a Big Bear at the corner of Catalina and Canon at the top of the hill between P.L. and OB.It was gone by the early 90's. A side note, three other grocery stores that left San Diego were Mayfair , Safeway , and Alpha Beta....Aloha

[@ms.rosann]

I love grocery stores and today its Walmart mostly. I love the pictures and the old cars and stuff …definitely going to grocery stores was an experience back in the day , I loved it 😊

[@incog99skd11]

We left Chicago in 1961 and all I remember from there were Jewell and Eagle. I remember a grand opening at an Eagle store. It was a big deal. Everyone showed up like it was a baseball game or something. I guess they had special pricing on the first days after opening. I don't remember any of the others in this video as we moved to CA in 1961. Then it was Ralphs, Alpha Beta, Albertsons and Vons. It's funny how regional grocery stores are.

[@dukey19941]

You don’t remember Dominicks?

[@incog99skd11]

@@dukey19941 Nope. Was it ever in California?

[@bartman1238]

@@incog99skd11 Chicago area

[@deliciawallschapman1492]

I was born and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago, Jewel’s and Dominick’s were definitely our go to stores. Jewel’s is still around

[@denniskwahl]

That's back when they were unionized with excellent paying jobs, thanks to the retail clerks union.

[@donnamarsh3474]

Omgosh! I remember Pantry Pride! Haven't thought of that store in decades! Thanks for the memories!😊

[@hankkingsley9300]

Our Pantry Pride always seemed to be the Sad Sack runner up to Winn Dixie. Moot point as neither exists anymore --there may be some WINOs left...Winn Dixie in Name Only.

[@MidwestTechAndGaming]

Walmart Superstores killed Eagle Country Market here locally in Peoria, Illinois in the mid 90s. I loved going shopping with my Mom there of course. It was a great store to me. I miss it 😢

[@stephaniecoggins733]

They killed a bunch of mom and pops

[@DebraGill]

They killed almost everything!

[@willinda81]

My first job was at a Pantry Pride store in Greenville South Carolina. It was attached to a JM Fields department store. That job led to over 20 years in the grocery business. Good memories.

[@wandamarkle2642]

Yes. We had that in York Pa in the early 70s

[@deirdre108]

Does anyone remember Colonial Stores? I worked as a bag boy/stock clerk/ truck un-loader in one while in high school in the late 1960's. I think it must have been mainly a southern grocery chain. Later, (I think it must have been in the late 70's) it was replaced by Big Star and that was replaced by a Kroger.

[@baron7024]

My uncle was a manager for a Colonial Store in Virginia Beach Virginia.

[@deirdre108]

I worked at the one in Athens GA. Bag boys had to wear black pants, white shirt and black tie. Cashiers had matching dress uniforms. When putting up stock, I could take the tie off. We always took our customers' groceries out to the car even if they had only one bag. It was a different era.

[@frankrizzo4460]

This video really hits home for me because growing up back in the 70s and 80s my Dad worked for Nabisco here in Florida, and I used to go help him in the stores. I remember Pantry Pride, Grand Union, Pic n Pay, Albertsons, Sun, Extra, and Basics. So many are gone now but I will always have good memories of those places 🤔

[@kcaviatrix]

People from outside the area do not understand how amazing Schwegmann's was. It was an amazing store, and a pleasant event every time. It was the precursor to Super Centers. They had a bank, a restaurant, a bakery (McKenzie's), a cobbler, a dry cleaner, etc... inside of the store. They baked the best bread, and the layout made sense. People back home still reminisce about the place we "made groceries." Making Groceries Schwegmann' style!

[@cmoore7700]

I remember Pantry Pride and Pathmark Supermarkets both were in north Jersey. Thanks for sharing

[@AmandaB102087]

Fun fact: Food Fair stores were actually hosts to Supermarket Sweep (when it aired on ABC in the 1960s).

[@davidsquires154]

I remember the game show Supermarket Sweep,back in the 1960's.

[@altfactor]

When episodes were taped in the New York metropolitan area. They taped at other chains when they did shows in other parts of the country. I've heard that the most recent (2019) version was taped at a then newly opened Safeway store in Santa Monica, California. Is that true?

[@jasontodd8071]

I didn't that! I grew up with the 80s version. I love trivia like that!

[@pinedelgado4743]

Wow!! :o :o

[@catmommy23]

Oh wow,idk any of this.I grew up watching the show in the 80-90s.🥰

[@maryclarafjare]

Can't get enough of these

[@tcoradeschi]

Bohack was one of the markets my grandmother shopped at on Long Island. I think my mother-in-law did, too (also on LI), back in the day.

[@valerieannrumpf4151]

Both my parents and my aunt and uncle shopped there too. Ditto for path mark too.

[@samanthab1923]

I remember the one in East Hampton. My Nan shopped there or at the IGA. Bohack is a CVS now

[@MikeLutton]

i love this channel

[@BillyLapTop]

Pathmark was a star among grocery chains back in the 70' and 80's. They were innovators of the SuperStore concept, which included pharmacies and banking in many branches. With 160 stores in the CT, NYC/Long Island, New Jersey and eastern PA, area, their gross sales were in excess of 2 billion dollars at their peak. No other grocery chain in America came close to those per store numbers. However, the end began in 1987 when the ageing owners who were the major shareholders, had to get their final estates in order, since their children had no interest in the business,. They went to Merrill Lynch and arranged for a "management" led Leveraged Buy Out (LBO). To transfer the wealth to the existing shareholders in part, an 800 million dollar bridge loan was created. The bulk of the remaining debt was structured as subordinated debenture bonds (junk bonds) at an interest rate of 13.5%. coming due in the early 90's. The result was those of us who opted in the sale of our stock, made out extremely well. Those who did not liquidate their stock became the bond holders. Austerity measures were taken immediately to pay down the bridge loan. This meant there were no funds for investing in the business, instead cut backs and layoffs began. It was a downhill spiral until the bonds needed to be paid upon and that is what killed the company. I have very fond memories of Pathmark/Super Markets General Company. They were the sharpest tool in the shed of marketing at that time. I was proud to be associated with them for a number of years. They were a top drawer company. But I understand how the largest shareholders had to get their estate planning in order and allowed a management buyout of the company to go forward, hoping those who were left would enjoy the future fruits of the company. But the debt load and the cessation of innovation due to no financing to do so, sealed the fate of the company.

[@samanthab1923]

My cousin got her part time job at Pathmark in HS 77. Kept all thru college & eventually was a store manager. She did sell stock, big wedding & honeymoon to Hawaii.

[@leonb2637]

Pathmark was seen by many as a lower tier discount grocery store and most popular in or near cities. In the late 1970's, they offered 'generic' or 'no-frills', black and white labeled packages. They also had a 'catalog showroom' company for a while - catalogs and shelf display of items for sale, you would place your order at a counter and it would be brought to you from a back storage area.

[@catmommy23]

Y'all are righf 🥰

[@moemcgovern7345]

We really Love Shop Rite....great selection.

[@rochelleb973]

I shopped at Pathmark up until the one here closed in 2015. I really miss it.

[@andreeelliott2943]

I grew up in NOLA area and remember going with my Mama to Schweggmens. They had everything and were huge. Sad when they closed. Thanks for these videos.

[@johnpinckney4979]

One of my memories from college is that a guy in our dorm, who was from New Jersey, brought a bottle of Chivas Regal with him for his for his first semester. By the end of the semester, it was almost gone. For the following semester, he brought down a bottle of Pathmark house brand Scotch. When the bottle of Chivas was finally empty, someone in the dorm emptied the Pathmark Scotch into the empty Chivas bottle. Nobody ever knew trhe difference!

[@jasontodd8071]

😁 love it! 👍🥃

[@akrenwinkle]

Okay, but I doubt Pathmark crack would have fooled anyone.

[@bbnflpn]

A bottle of booze lasted a semester? In college? Was it a 1/5 ( fifth ) or a handle ( 1.75 liter ) ???

[@johnpinckney4979]

@@bbnflpn Was not a party school. Had a 13:1 female to male ratio. Tough academics. And, a very low graduation rate.

[@hankkingsley9300]

You're lying there is no way a bottle of Chivas Regal would have made it a semester in college.

[@wickedwest89]

I loved learning about grocery stores outside of NJ. Was also glad you included one, Pathmark. I do remember my mom shopping at ShopRite, and later years Pathmark tried to win customers away from Pathmark. We loved going shopping as kids….the ride-on’s near the exits (horses, etc). I remember my family bought our kitchen plates set and silverware set from a seller inside Shoprite. I remember their can can sale and mascot, Scrunchy Bear! Wondering if Shoprite is the only grocery store to ever offer babysitting while parents shopped in Scrunchy’s Playhouse??? Would enjoy seeing Laneco mentioned in a future video.

[@kentfrederick8929]

I can remember when the Chicago market had Jewel, National, A&P, Kroger, Dominick's, and Certified (a co-op of independent grocers). It was common for 2 grocery stores to be in walking distance of each other. One strip mall near my parents' house had A&P and Kroger, which later became Dominick's, when Kroger sold its Chicago stores to Dominick's and left the market.

[@lizzrossi6931]

Fond memories of making groceries Schwegmann's. Enjoying these trips down memory lane. Thank you!

[@Tiberius291]

We had a "Pantry Pride" here in Miami Florida, i rarely shopped there. When they closed in the 90s "Publix" moved into the building.

[@emilybrunson8250]

I miss Furr's to this day. We ate at one of the Furr's Cafeteria's once a week when I was growing up, and shopped at the Furr's grocery store in the photo. The grocery stores were gone years ago, but the cafeterias closed slowly, until the last one in my city closed only a couple of years ago, given the coup de grace by Covid. I'm so impressed that you included Furr's in this video!

[@josephmartinez8803]

Still no mention of Market Basket and Luckys!

[@DawnWilliamsNdyria9]

Awesome video.💖 I remember me and my mom going to Finast when I was a young girl that was my favorite store to go to, it has been turned in an Autozone, everytime I walk by that area I remember it once being a Finast supermarket.💖 TFS

[@xr6lad]

Weird so many grocery stores go bankrupt in America. Here in Australia it’s almost unknown. Mind you we are dominated by 5 chains only(Cole’s, Woolworths, IGA, Foodworks & Aldi).

[@robertbaggett4516]

Woolworths and Aldi are here in the USA, but Woolworths out of business.

[@michaelinhouston9086]

It is the nature of the grocery store business in the US - they operate on thin margins and they need to have good management. When the big chains like Kroger and Safeway show up, it is difficult for most small grocery chains, whether local or regional, to survive, although some do through really good management and the loyalty of enough of their customer base.

[@tomr3422]

woolworths in the US was more of a department store and they went under around 40 years ago.

[@amymeyers9682]

I love Aldi’s here, in the US! They have the best prices on everything, and they carry more unusual items that are hard to find elsewhere. They also have the cheapest gluten free stuff.

[@xr6lad]

@Banter Maestro2 many of the IGA and Foodworks supermarkets are actually franchises so are technically independently owned often by families. Have we lost some; yes. But we still have a very healthy green grocery segment (fruit, vegetables) owned by non and pops and we also have a lot of delis as well that sell from dairy to cheeses to meats. There’s still a huge number of individually owned butchers as well. In my small town of 2,500 we have 2 butcher shops, 3 green groceries. a deli and a standard large supermarket.

[@gregthebaritone]

I grew up in Dubuque. Many of my siblings and cousins worked at various Eagle stores, particularly while in high school. It looks like, according to Google Map search and the website, that there is only one location left, and it is in Dubuque. Econofoods was another supermarket we used to have in the city. The one I remember most from my childhood, where my parents mostly shopped, was Warehouse Market. It literally felt like you were grocery shopping in a warehouse, and instead of shopping carts, they had these giant handcarts that you would stack your food on.

[@melissabibby7310]

Great Video!👍

[@dartskipper3170]

I used to deliver to stores in Reading Pa in the 1970's. Competition was fierce with 2 Pantry Pride stores, 2 Weis Markets, a Shoprite, at least 2 Acme and a Food Lane on the fairgrounds site, all within a couple of miles. Pantry Pride were struggling then and began closing their smaller outlets. Used to share lots of laughter with the staff and managers, they were happy times despite the recession.

[@backforblood3421]

I lived in a neighborhood behind one of the massive Schwegmann stores for a few years growing up.

[@atomic32205489]

I remember Furr's very well. The family went to my church and were great philanthropists. As well as the supermarkets and cafeterias, they had small diner-type restaurants called Furr's Pie Kitchen. SO GOOD!

[@yogidemis8513]

I'm just old enough to remember ashtrays on shopping carts in the early 80s and everyone smoked while shopping. Almost inside of any store smelled like cigarettes, same with hospitals, I barely remember the doctor smoking while telling my mom that her mom just died of cancer. It was a different world back then.

[@johndor8772]

The congressional hearings had smoking

[@johndor8772]

I used to go to pantry pride for my firing mom it was a bitch good store

[@johndor8772]

How about penn fruit or dales

[@paulaward2075]

Can you believe we smoked in hospitals at one time? How horrible!

[@bryanspindle4455]

I am 66 and l never saw ashtrays on shopping carts here in VA. I remember smoking in all stores, movie theaters, and even hospital rooms.

[@justbulma]

Oh man Farmer Jack was one of parent’s favorite grocery stores back in the day I remember many occasions where we would go and get all kinds of produce during the summer

[@artiek1177]

I remember Bohack and PathMark when I grew up in NY. I remember PathMark’s “No Frills” line but never bought the stuff.

[@n7y8c7]

I used to shop at PathMark in Brooklyn off 2nd Ave. near Lowe's. Miss that place. Truly one stop shopping. There were other stores inside like a Kroger Citi-Center.

[@samanthab1923]

My friend fro HS lived in a town with a Pathmark. 7 kids so the definitely bought the “No name brands” 😂

[@artiek1177]

@@n7y8c7 207th Street store when I lived in Manhattan and then a different one when we moved to the suburbs.

[@patrickburke7929]

No Frills Labels. White with Black Letters if I remember correctly

[@artiek1177]

Yes, I think that was it.

[@jasonblake1759]

Growing up in Houston, TX back in the 70’s and 80’s, we had the grocery stores Minimax, Gerlands Food Fair (where I worked for a time) and Handy Andy, that are no longer around.

[@graysonwagner1855]

Not forget Weingartens who sold to Grand Union Or the lucky 7 stores.

[@Shendimomber777]

I love your channel

[@earllutz2663]

Thank you again, for the trip down memory lane. I remember the Food Fair, which I think later became Food Lane, in the College Park, Maryland area.

[@missiebaker8088]

We had a Big Bear grocery store in San Diego, CA (Serra Mesa) on Greyling Drive. There were other San Diego locations- in the 1960’s early 70’s👍🏻

[@bobcoats2708]

I remember those on San Diego too, in the 1970s. Not sure if they were related to the stores featured in the video though

[@tristanwwsd]

I used to go to that one too. And the distribution center was in El Cajon.

[@bobcoats2708]

@@tristanwwsd I live in El Cajon! I don’t remember the distribution center though

[@tristanwwsd]

@@bobcoats2708 It was Chrishell Distributing on 1250 N Marshall, El Cajon, CA. Look up the address and you can see the original building.

[@bobcoats2708]

@@tristanwwsd I recognize it now. Right across from the ECFD training facility. Thanks Stan!

[@trainroomgary]

I used to work at Farmer Jack's - Five years when going to school. - Store 144 Redford Twp. Michigan. Well done video. Thanks for making this video. • Cheers from the Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

[@katrinachance]

In my hometown of Dickinson ND, we had three different locations for Red Owl, one from before I came along in downtown, two when I was young, one in Big Sky Shopping Center(Now the T-Rex Mall) and one on the southside converted later into Fairway Foods, and then after the closure as a grocery store, it was a church until the 2009 Dickinson Tornado.

[@lyndaconrad4549]

We always shopped at Giant on Thursday night because that was the day that Dow payed employees. A lot of the stores downtown are still open late on Thursday's.

[@kevinsnell1622]

I had recently wondered about Farmer Jack. My grandmothers closest grocery store. It was at Middlebelt and W 14 Mile Rd in West Bloomfield, MI. I just checked Google Maps and it is a Johnny Pomodoro’s Market now and the location looks well kept.

[@franktillman295]

Zayre’s Shoppers City was the Walmart of its day in the 70’s here in Minnesota!!!

[@terrysuemakesvideosforyou9940]

I grew up with Farmer Jack stores and worked there in the 90's. It is a shame that these quality markets are gone now. We still have Kroger and Aldis for the smaller markets. Meijer and Walmart are my only option now. Too big for alot of older people to shop in. Thanks for the video .

[@robertnervi57]

I remember Bohacks a little bit from my childhood.

[@vanessadobbins2963]

I live on the west side of the Country and never heard of those stores (except Albertsons). We have many stores that no long exist that i miss a great deal. Things truly are not the same. Thanks for the memories and GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bensk8in467]

I forgot about Dominick’s. There were a lot in the Chicagoland area. I had been there years ago they were a nice store. Where I live Eagle Foods was once the primary store. We had a County Market many years ago too and I see they still exist in a few places. Jewel and HyVee are the primary stores where I live now but Fareway and Aldi are strong to those who prefer small stores. We have a Fresh Thyme as well and I frequent there. I have worked at Fareway and currently at a HyVee. I personally prefer the smaller stores and do most of my shopping there. Their overhead is lower and their prices are generally better too.

[@carolineconnor2156]

Air Force Brat here, we always shopped at the commissary, but one summer I went to visit my uncle in Chicago. My cousins and I would walk to the nearest grocery store and I remember 2 distinctly: Jewels and Dominick’s. Definitely brings back great memories. We broke my cousins piggy bank (literally) and spent over $20 bucks on candy that summer. And you know back in the early 70’s that was a lot of candy 😂

[@bensk8in467]

@@carolineconnor2156 My Grandparents were Veterans and shopped the commissary on Rock Island Arsenal Island. I used to like to go there and went along with them sometimes.

[@carolineconnor2156]

@@bensk8in467 really great value for you $$ I remember 😘❤️

[@rexxster1]

I remember the area around my grandparents house where I spent much time as a child in St. Paul Minnesota. There was an Applebaum's grocery store which I think became a Red Owl. There was a Red Barn nearby. Also, there was Zapata's which became Zantigo.

[@JustinCase780]

Remember the amazing Walleyed Pike in St. Paul? It was the only fish that I liked as a young kid and my grandparents also lived there.

[@operablogger]

Delivering mail in St. Paul in the mid-'70s, I used to stop for lunch at the Zapata's / Zantigo's on West 7th, just before it turns into the highway that takes you to the airport. It was my favorite place in winter because their men's room had one of those hand dryers (instead of paper towels), so I could warm up my hands before heading back out into sub-zero weather.

[@RobinMarconeCassidyRN]

Living in the Northeast (CT.) I vaguely remember First National Store but I'm not even sure if it was called Finast or First National. Either way, it was the only grocery story in the entire town which I still live in. A lot of history here and even though there are more stores, not much has changed which is the part I love. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@EricJohnson-li3uj]

There was a finast in Stamford. The space is currently occupied by a Homegoods.

[@JustinCase780]

Grand Union was another CT supermarket. Then Stop&Shop took over.

[@RobinMarconeCassidyRN]

@@JustinCase780 Grand Union sounds familiar. For some reason I can't find the date when First National was built in my hometown... Seymour CT. I know it was there in the 70s when my parents just got married. Its strange I'm unable to find it.

[@JustinCase780]

@@RobinMarconeCassidyRN I use to love that drive up the river on Route 8. For the supetmarket history maybe check with Seymour's local histoical society or something similar. Somebody will remember especially with what happened to the building.

[@RobinMarconeCassidyRN]

@@JustinCase780 Oh, so you know the area? That's great! Its really beautiful during the fall season which will be soon. Thanks for your suggestion contacting the historical society...So someone has to remember it being there 😊

[@asimplehorseman4648]

Thanks for showing Red Owl. It was first job in high school, Duluth MN 75-77. A

[@morganm9040]

Never heard of any of these local and regional market names. Growing up in Southern California, I keep seeing the Gemco name mentioned in these comments and they were part of Lucky Market hq in San Leandro, CA. Each Gemco had a Market in the back of the back of the department store, it was a smaller version of Lucky. The Lucky Market in West Covina, CA was ginormous and even had a small department store as well.

[@BakedRBeans]

I remember the Glendora Gemco! They had the grocery section off to one side, with separate cashiers, where you could buy Lady Lee brand groceries. The main part of the store sold everything, and I mean everything! I had just bought a house, and could buy all my supplies for repairs, except lumber. Plumbing supplies? Yes! Electrical supplies? Yes!

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

@@BakedRBeans I remember when that gemco was built! It was on the corner of mauna loa and grand ave!

[@BakedRBeans]

@@billchambersmarquez1964 I used to work with someone who said that lot used to be an orange grove! After Gemco closed up, the building was vacant for a while, then Home Club/ Home Base moved in. Later it was House2Home. That lasted about two months. Now it's an office building.

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

@@BakedRBeans the gemco building in glendora California is now the child services offices

[@OcotilloTom]

I've seen a few of these during my travels over the last 76 years. So much has changed...and not for the better.

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

Thanks R.R.😊

[@fredupstairs8234]

Please keep 'em coming. Off the top of my head I recall Hills on Long Island and Purity Supreme in the Boston area as additions to the (hopefully) next video.

[@lelandgaunt9985]

I worked at schweggmans 96-97!

[@jackieellenbarnes1268]

So sad how these Stores had to Close. I Love Older Supermarkets. Thank You for Sharing.

[@MaxStax1]

My Dad would sometimes take me to the grocery for shopping when Mom was too busy. He would always head straight for the fruit section and snatch grapes from the bunches and eat them. I was always scared we were going to get in trouble, but he'd laugh and say they don't care.😆

[@marygoodson4920]

I'd do the same with my Dad on a Saturday or Sunday. There were big square clear plastic bins with individually wrapped caramels. Dark ones and light ones. My Dad would always take 1 for me and 1 for him and I always worried about it too!

[@rbsmith3365]

That’s called stealing.

[@xr6lad]

@@rbsmith3365 that’s called moaning about the past that can’t be changed. Did it make you feel erect mentioning it? Make you feel important?

[@MaxStax1]

@@marygoodson4920 There used to be Brachs candy displaces everywhere, you would scoop the candy into a bag and weigh it. I noticed recently my grocery store doesn't even had a scale anymore to weigh things. Everything is pre-wrapped in plastic.

[@samanthab1923]

@@MaxStax1 Yes! I just mentioned this yesterday. My dad used to help himself to some “samples” of butterscotch candies 😂

[@karenkennedy6331]

I remember Red Owl in Denver! 1950’s,Stores were closed on Sunday.

[@davidsquires154]

I,live in Detroit,Michigan and I remember when the stores were closed on Sunday.

[@wolfman6941]

"They were bought by......" that often signals the end in the not too distant future for that chain of stores.

[@mikefitchNYC1971]

I miss these old stores. Food Fair was so awesome. Great job on this video!

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

We had a Furr's Cafeteria in Bellflower Ca, on the same property as a K-Mart. The Furr's here was a all you can eat buffet open for lunch and dinner. The food was good but not spectacular. If you were hungry and low on cash it was a better option than Denny's. It closed in the early 2000s and has been different restaurants since then. The K-mart is now a Target...

[@naomiemoore5725]

I loved cafeteria style restaurants. Great for those on a budget and still wanted to eat out. I miss them. There is still a cafeteria style restaurant I visit in Asheville, NC when in the area. I live on the west coast. Remember Hollander Cafeteria?

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

@@naomiemoore5725 I don't remember Hollander, but we had Cliffton's. Instead of converting into a all you can eat buffet, they stayed with the original format. Charging separately for every item. For example.. Roast turkey...$3 Mashed potatoes...60 cents Corn...50 cents Roll...35 cents Drinks...$2 Desserts $2-$3 They had servers at each station and they put your items on the plate then you paid and sat in the dining room...

[@naomiemoore5725]

@@vistalite-ph4zw Yup, I remember! Wish they would bring them back. I loved them when I was super busy at work, I could pop over at lunch time and pick up something for my dinner that evening without costing an arm and a leg . . . Now I batch cook and have stuff in the freezer than I can thaw in the fridge during the day and toss up a simple salad and microwave my dinner. Much healthier option than fast food.

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

@@naomiemoore5725 yes indeed I agree. I'm retired now but I would buy a large bag of lettuce, chicken, and bacon bits from Sam's Club. Make salads for all week, easy, affordable, healthy, and avoiding fast food...🍔🍟🥤

[@naomiemoore5725]

@@vistalite-ph4zw I am right behind you! Do the same thing. I still work and my hours are crazy and no set schedule. So when I do take a day off, I prepare grab and go type meals, even if I am home, can have something nutritious. I still shop and cook for my remaining bubble buddies from the height of the pandemic. Costco and Sam's Club are wonderful. I also have a couple small independent grocers and a few decent farmers markets that have phenomenal deals on fruit and vegetables. Makes life easier as everything across the board has become very expensive. Makes my dollar stretch a bit more. Gas is $6+ and it's killing me even though I don't drive as much as I used to. I take my dogs to work with me so I can't use public transportation - Uber and Lyft people won't take me either. If they get a passenger that is allergic, they lose the money. I understand completely. Crazy world we live in now.

[@Yolanda_Ortiz]

I loved PathMark going there was a treat feeling like we had lots of money. There will never be anything as nice and simple as going to a corner store and walking home with a brown paper bag

[@RobRoss]

Not a grocery store, but I still miss Burger Chef restaurants. I still remember the commercials from the early 70’s in Colorado Springs. They would have toys you got with a child’s meal (maybe the original “Happy Meal” concept?) and the ads on TV told you what you could get that week, singing “That’s what you get at Burger Chef, that’s what you get today.” I have scoured KZbin looking for these commercials but have never been able to find any. 😢