Groceteria
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Supermarket and retail history, photos, commercial archaeology, random pop culture, architecture, and urban history. Librarian by day. https://groceteria.com/ 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏴☠️
Surprisingly interesting book that I found at Ollie's Outlet, somewhere between the the outdated travel guides and the discontinued soup aisle.
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Surprisingly interesting book that I found at Ollie's Outlet, somewhere between the the outdated travel guides and the discontinued soup aisle.
Modesty prevents me from suggesting that you read this, but I will say that I had a very nice dinner on Monday night. www.greensboro-nc.gov/Home/Compone...
www.greensboro-nc.gov
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Modesty prevents me from suggesting that you read this, but I will say that I had a very nice dinner on Monday night. www.greensboro-nc.gov/Home/Compone...
This is what it looks like when Kroger dies…
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is what it looks like when Kroger dies…
I've always made it a point to know my exchange name wherever I lived. Chronologically: CYpress, EDison, UNderhill, KLondike, STate, and CLearview. Also a number in an exhange that came after naming ended in that city but would probably have been LYric.
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I've always made it a point to know my exchange name wherever I lived. Chronologically: CYpress, EDison, UNderhill, KLondike, STate, and CLearview. Also a number in an exhange that came after naming ended in that city but would probably have been LYric.
10 November 1975. youtu.be/8KpkceTklu0?...
Full documentary: The Edmund Fitzgerald (2025)
YouTube video by Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV
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November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
10 November 1975. youtu.be/8KpkceTklu0?...
I just spent half an hour figuring out how to do a conditional concatenation that I had actually already done in a different spreadsheet several weeks ago. It may be time to go home...
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I just spent half an hour figuring out how to do a conditional concatenation that I had actually already done in a different spreadsheet several weeks ago. It may be time to go home...
There's a big hole in my library.
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
There's a big hole in my library.
NEW: Waynesboro VA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1938-2025. www.groceteria.com/place/virgin...
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NEW: Waynesboro VA Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1938-2025. www.groceteria.com/place/virgin...
It's the story of a house named Brady…
Tomorrow morning: The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission will review the following Historic-Cultural Monument applications:
◼️ King Taco in Cypress Park
◼️ Brady Bunch House in Studio City
◼️ Sunkist Building in Sherman Oaks
Agenda: planning.lacity.gov/dcpapi2/meet... #historicpreservation
◼️ King Taco in Cypress Park
◼️ Brady Bunch House in Studio City
◼️ Sunkist Building in Sherman Oaks
Agenda: planning.lacity.gov/dcpapi2/meet... #historicpreservation
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's the story of a house named Brady…
NEW: In honor of Virginia being one of my favorite states this week - Staunton chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1924-2025. www.groceteria.com/place/virgin...
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: In honor of Virginia being one of my favorite states this week - Staunton chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1924-2025. www.groceteria.com/place/virgin...
Coming home to great news after a great movie in a great theater definitely made Tuesday great again!
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Coming home to great news after a great movie in a great theater definitely made Tuesday great again!
Double Indemnity at the Carolina was not something I was going to miss.
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Double Indemnity at the Carolina was not something I was going to miss.
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This was an interesting watch yesterday -- please read Corey's follow-up comment, which was VERY interesting to learn in particular.
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This was an interesting watch yesterday -- please read Corey's follow-up comment, which was VERY interesting to learn in particular.
22 years ago today I stopped torturing my lungs.
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
22 years ago today I stopped torturing my lungs.
Reid Stores (local chain), W. Beverly St, Staunton VA.
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Reid Stores (local chain), W. Beverly St, Staunton VA.
Sambo's, Staunton VA.
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Sambo's, Staunton VA.
Poor little Belk store that had its mall amputated...
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Poor little Belk store that had its mall amputated...
Safeway, Federal St., Waynesboro VA.
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Safeway, Federal St., Waynesboro VA.
Colonial, Main Street, Waynesboro VA.
November 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Colonial, Main Street, Waynesboro VA.
Downtown Harrisonburg VA. There's actually a Marina Safeway buried underneath that bland municipal façade.
November 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Downtown Harrisonburg VA. There's actually a Marina Safeway buried underneath that bland municipal façade.
Golden Skillet Fried Chicken ghost sign, harrisonburg VA. This Virginia chain lives on as Canada's Mary Brown's Chicken, which grew out of Golden Skillet's only Canadian franchise.
October 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Golden Skillet Fried Chicken ghost sign, harrisonburg VA. This Virginia chain lives on as Canada's Mary Brown's Chicken, which grew out of Golden Skillet's only Canadian franchise.
A&P/Superfresh, S. Main St., Harrisonburg VA.
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A&P/Superfresh, S. Main St., Harrisonburg VA.