Vintage Supermarkets, Grocery & Convenience Stores

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About Vintage Supermarkets, Grocery & Convenience Stores

A place to remember and document the great American (and Canadian) supermarkets, convenience stores and grocery stores of the past.

Including, for instance, Safeway, A&P, Lucky Stores, Alpha Beta, Kroger, Colonial Stores, Albertson's, IGA, Piggly Wiggly, Red Owl, 7-11, etc. and all the small local grocery stores and convenience stores.

Please post:
- Photos of vintage supermarkets, convenience and grocery stores (architecture should be pre-1970s, preferably)
- Vintage supermarket or grocery store advertisements (circa 70s and earlier) (from magazines, newspapers, storefronts, etc.)
- Vintage illustrations of grocery store interiors with people shopping, or illustrations of storefronts
- Vintage supermarket brand food packaging that shows the name of the supermarket or grocery store
- Vintage store-related ephemera, such as signs, grocery bags, posters, matchbooks, needle cases, and other advertising materials for specific supermarkets, convenience and grocery stores.
- Vintage photos of store window displays and in-store displays.

Photos of recent architecture (with no vintage signage), you and your buddies in a contemporary store, collages, recent art, and other non-related images will be removed. Thanks!

Other supermarket-related groups:
Safeway Pool

Another great Vintage Supermarkets site:
www.groceteria.com/