Groceteria

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Supermarket and retail history, photos, commercial archaeology, random pop culture, architecture, and urban history. Ill-mannered librarian by day. https://groceteria.com/ 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️

Montreal historical chain grocery map.
Del Farm ad from 1965.
Neighbourhoods and more
Ralph's Thriftway (Olympia WA) grand opening ad.
Peanuts strip about measles vaccinations, 1967.
Steiden Stores ad circa 1931.
Giant Food Department Stores ad
Very empty target on the Fourth of July
A&P beer ad from 1933, just after Prohibition ended.
Mid-century Dominion supermarket (Windsor star).
Very huge dinner
Colonial Stores grand opening ad
SF weather for the next week with highs in the mid 60s and lows in the mid 50s every day
1986 chain grocery map of Richmond
Trapped by television
Richmond chain grocery map, 1965.
Book entitled "Why we lost the ERA" on a shelf directly above a label that reads "Disasters, US"
The IGA
1976 book on retail architecture and design
Richmond chain grocery map, 1950.
Allow group chats from no one
Richmond chain grocery map, 1936
Yet another YouTube algorithm fail
King of the Hill collectors can of WD-40
Richmond VA 1924 chain grocery map
Neon Kripsy Kreme doughnut sign
Newspaper ad for Ogden's new Red & White stores, 1928.
Ad for the Gomer A Nicholas AG Store in Ogden, Utah
Grand Cantral-Warshaws, 1968.
$3.67 gas at Valero
Oakwood Market, Kingsport TN, 1967.
Former orange-roofed Hardees in Johnson City TN.
Stormy weather radar
Many old TV Guides
State Street in Bristol on the Tennessee/Virginia border.