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what are the grocery stores in your area?
« on: January 03, 2010, 02:24:54 PM »
Not counting the mom-and-pop operations; the big chains.

I grew up with Safeway, IGA, and Jack 'n Jill, all of which seemed to have vanished from both the prairies and the Sandhills of Nebraska a long time ago.

Around here, on the eastern slope of the Sandhills, the major grocery distributor is Affiliated Foods, but the owners of the individual stores name their stores anything they wish to name them.

The "big names" in Nebraska used to be Safeway and Hinky-Dinky.  Hinky-Dinky no longer exists, and Safeway has but one solitary store in the state, in Scottsbluff, clear over near the border with Wyoming.

In Omaha and Lincoln, the "big names" are Hy-Vee, Baker's, Russ's, and Food4Less; there may still be some Albertson's around, but I dunno.

I suppose Hy-Vee is generally the "biggest" chain in Nebraska, given the number of locations.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2010, 02:31:27 PM »
We have one Kroger, 2 Walmarts, and 1 Neiman's County Market/Cub Foods. The last is an illinois onlly chain I think.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2010, 02:35:00 PM »
There used to be a lot of Piggy Wiggly stores here.  There may still be one or two in the area, but I only saw them (recently) when I was in North Carolina. 
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2010, 02:35:41 PM »
There is only one really close (7 miles) and that is a Hannaford unless I count a Kmart that has some food items too.

A&P and Grand Union were the two locals when I was growing up.
How many remember the Ann Page (I think) store brand from the A&P?
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2010, 02:36:32 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 03, 2010, 02:31:27 PM
We have one Kroger, 2 Walmarts, and 1 Neiman's County Market/Cub Foods. The last is an illinois onlly chain I think.

County Market is in WI and MN, too. Cub Foods is definitely in MN. I've never seen a combination of them.


Here, we have Kroger, Target, Walmart, & Albertsons. There used to be Safeway, Piggly Wiggly, and Tom Thumb grocery stores.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2010, 02:37:15 PM »
Quote from: Carl on January 03, 2010, 02:35:41 PM
There is only one really close (7 miles) and that is a Hannaford unless I count a Kmart that has some food items too.

A&P and Grand Union were the two locals when I was growing up.
How many remember the Ann Page (I think) store brand from the A&P?

Oh man.

I forgot all about A & P, and A & P in its time was a giant.

Does it still exist?
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2010, 02:38:58 PM »
Stop N Shop, Big Y, Price Chopper, BJs, Sam's Club, Walmart super store, Trader Joe's, and Whole Foods.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2010, 02:39:08 PM »
Winn-Dixie and Publix here in Florida. The Winn-Dixie employees are rude little punks, but W/D has good sale prices and the best beef. Publix has good prices too and their employees are the nicest. When shopping there they always come up and ask you if you need help finding something. That little touch means the difference.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2010, 02:41:57 PM »
Kroger and Walmart in my area.....Albertson's, Tom Thumb, and one of those Whole Foods-type markets (I forget the name) if I want to travel a ways.

I grew up shopping at A&P and Safeway in Wynnewood Shopping Village, and Minyard's - a DFW family-owned chain.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2010, 02:42:09 PM »


The Cub Foods store has had signs up saying they are changing to County Market for over a year, and they carry County Market  and Cub Foods brand varieties.

http://www.freshtraditions.com/Default.aspx


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A&P and Grand Union were the two locals when I was growing up.
How many remember the Ann Page (I think) store brand from the A&P?

Didn't they also have "8 O'clock" coffee?
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2010, 02:43:36 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on January 03, 2010, 02:37:15 PM
Oh man.

I forgot all about A & P, and A & P in its time was a giant.

Does it still exist?

I didn`t think so but in the DUmpster thread GOBUCKS said they still do so googled it and he is correct.

Was just a kid but I believe they used to give out the S&P green stamps based on dollars purchased.
Since we were on the farm here and didn`t need to purchase much in the way of food the booklets never got very filled so as to redeem for merchandise.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2010, 02:44:39 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 03, 2010, 02:42:09 PM


The Cub Foods store has had signs up saying they are changing to County Market for over a year, and they carry County Market  and Cub Foods brand varieties.

http://www.freshtraditions.com/Default.aspx


Didn't they also have "8 O'clock" coffee?


Yep they sure did. :)
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2010, 02:45:25 PM »
Safeway, Lucky's, Costco, Trader Joes, Pak n Save, Savemart, Whole Foods, and PW's.  
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2010, 02:45:33 PM »
Walmart sells 8 O'Clock Coffee (I think).
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2010, 02:59:08 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 03, 2010, 02:42:09 PM


The Cub Foods store has had signs up saying they are changing to County Market for over a year, and they carry County Market  and Cub Foods brand varieties.

http://www.freshtraditions.com/Default.aspx


Didn't they also have "8 O'clock" coffee?


Well, that explains it. I've been gone from the Northlands for almost two years (March 8th)

Quote from: Lord Undies on January 03, 2010, 02:45:33 PM

Walmart, Albertson's & Kroger all sell 8 O'clock coffee around here. Lately, I've been buying whole bean coffee from Sam's Club and grinding it myself. Dallas area has a huge selection of grocery store chains. We're somewhat limited here in Texomaland.
Walmart sells 8 O'Clock Coffee (I think).
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2010, 03:24:48 PM »
Here in Des Moines its just HyVee. and a few Wallmarts. HyVee has a near complete monopoly.

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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2010, 03:30:31 PM »
You want to see something sad, go to St. Louis and see what the unions have done to the grocery industry there.  Big Union has made grocery shopping a Large Chore in Liberalland.   
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2010, 03:31:55 PM »
The stores in my immediate area are Kroger, Publix, Harris Teeter, and Wal Mart.  There's also a Wild Oats off the next interstate exit if that's your thing.

Depending on what part of town you're in, you can go shopping at Aldi's, Albertsons, WinnDixie, and Dollar General.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2010, 03:38:10 PM »
  None .... One Wal Mart next town over thank you.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2010, 03:46:20 PM »
Got an IGA within walking distance (less than 1/2 a mile)  - A Woolworths at the local mini-mall (about 2 miles) , Kmart , Coles and Woolworths at the next most distant mall (say 5 miles) and two hardware and trade supplies stores stores in the adjacent light industrial area to that mall.

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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2010, 04:28:05 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on January 03, 2010, 03:46:20 PM
Got an IGA within walking distance (less than 1/2 a mile)  - A Woolworths at the local mini-mall (about 2 miles) , Kmart , Coles and Woolworths at the next most distant mall (say 5 miles) and two hardware and trade supplies stores stores in the adjacent light industrial area to that mall.



Wow, that freaked me out for minute.  I was reading your post and saw Woolworth's and wondered what year you were posting from. Woolworths were a big 5 and dime  chain many years ago in the US. Totally different from the UK and Aussie version.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2010, 04:31:56 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 03, 2010, 04:28:05 PM
Wow, that freaked me out for minute.  I was reading your post and saw Woolworth's and wondered what year you were posting from. Woolworths were a big 5 and dime  chain many years ago in the US. Totally different from the UK and Aussie version.

Do you sir by any chance remember the Ben Franklin five-and-dime stores?

I doubt they still exist, but at one time they were pretty big.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #22 on: January 03, 2010, 04:39:25 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on January 03, 2010, 04:31:56 PM
Do you sir by any chance remember the Ben Franklin five-and-dime stores?

I doubt they still exist, but at one time they were pretty big.

We had a Ben Franklin downtown but that was gone sometime in the early 70's. It left about the time that Kresge's and Montgomery Ward left town.
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
« Reply #23 on: January 03, 2010, 04:43:06 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 03, 2010, 04:39:25 PM
We had a Ben Franklin downtown but that was gone sometime in the early 70's. It left about the time that Kresge's and Montgomery Ward left town.

Well, I'll be.

Ben Franklin five-and-dimes still exist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_and_dime#North_America
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Re: what are the grocery stores in your area?
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