Groceteria

Did my taxes last night. I owe the State of North Carolina $666, which seems appropriate somehow.

Colonial Stores View of the Colonial Stores building at 1724 Battleground Avenue in Irving Park Plaza.

When real job and research hobby intersect...

Central Dallas, before-and-after government-funded highway construction, a process which displaced thousands during the 1950s-80s in the primarily Black and Latino neighborhoods surrounding Downtown. More info, maps, and historic photos/plans at: www.segregationbydesign.com/dallas/highw...

Polaroid scan. Facade of a commercial retail building. A mural depicts a smiling sun next to a barn and silo, over the name "Woodman's". Below reads "Employee Owned". • Polaroid SLR-680 SE • Polaroid Color 600

Kenosha, Wisconsin

As usual, Del Monte was ignored…

First Monday of Daylight Saving Time

It's morning in America…

NEW: Muncie IN chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1925-2026. www.groceteria.com/place/indian...

Photo is the site of the first store location of what would become the Marsh Supermarkets chain, established in Muncie in 1931.

Kresge/Kmart/Jupiter credit card

And this...

My take was more that it was Winn-Dixie who forced the issue on trademark grounds, but the pig angle works too!

It is. They used to have the "beef people" sign on the other side but apparently someone made them take that down.

At the Piggly Wiggly in Sanford now. I'll spare you my face this time.

At the Piggly Wiggly. Hamlet NC.

First generation Lidl, Rockingham NC.

40 cents less than just about anyplace else around, and I'm sure it won't last for long.

Ten bucks

Hops Bar-b-q

Like I was gonna have lunch anywhere else…

Zayre credit card

Even more tempting...

Tang phone

Tempting...

Very sexist employment ad from Kroger, 1957.

Just...wow. From 1957.

Muncie IN grocery history map

Coming this weekend...Muncie, Indiana. (Yes, it's been a stressful week and yes, I'm staying busy to keep my mind off it.)

Much younger me at a historic site...

Almacs, Fall River MA.

A&P, Fall River MA.

NEW: Fall River MA chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1925-1988. www.groceteria.com/place/massac...

Some updates tonight courtesy of @marketreportblog.bsky.social and another commenter on the message board.

Fall River MA historical grocery map.

Next stop: Fall River MA, which boasts (in 1930): 40 A&P stores, 15 First National stores, 15 Quality L&B stores, and 14 Puritan stores, among others. More to come in the next few days. It will be more fun than watching the news. Trust me on this.

It's still there, sort of, but it's been stripped of any visual interest whatsoever It looks like every other generic hotel or apartment building of recent vintage. No surprise there…

Tropics Motor Hotel, Seattle, WA (hotel) - Locating Tiki - Tiki Central A forum to catalog, review, and discuss Tiki locations across the world, both past and present. Anything that has a latitude and a longitude.

I even loved this hotel when I stayed there as ten-year-old. Clearly it had a lasting effect. tikicentral.com/viewtopic.ph...

Seems they uncovered the windows on this old Rite Aid at Wilshire and Ridgeley.

Centennial-style A&P on Centennial Street in High Point NC.