Comments on: Groceteria: Supermarket History

By: jeffy McFarturd

jeffy McFarturd — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:23:49 +0000

i make a sexy time with a watermellon from a piggly wiggly

By: TMo

TMo — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:56:10 +0000

Food Lion’s new spin-off, Bloom, is the shiznit. It’s like a gigantic 7-11, but includes some gourmet and organic stuff. Open 24 hours, complete with self-checkouts. I shop there, Trader Joe’s, or Whole Foods. (Down with Giant and Safeway!) – Montgomery County, MD

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:14:45 +0000

None of my supermarkets made the list. In NE Ohio we have nothing but Giant Eagles (now that Tops Markets have closed–which sucks because they were the best grocery stores ever!) and the odd Heinen’s, Apple’s, IGA, or if you’re really lucky, Aldi’s. We used to have a Rini Rego a long long time ago (which has since turned into the aforementioned Giant Eagle) and a Stop ‘n Shop. I find it sad that there’s not much competition up here and that the only grocery store in our town continues to suck every last thin dime out of its customers.

By: rich

rich — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:18:55 +0000

My particular interest store-wise is spotting buildings that used to be Mom&Pop corner stores from the days before the chains took over. Sometimes they’ll be buried deep in old residential neighorhoods. They used to be all over when I was a kid- my favorite was Bryant’s Market in Kansas City, Kansas. Mr Bryant was a nice guy who was really tolerant of kids.I never appreciated it at the time- I’d pay big for a picture of that old store. >sniff

By: Meagan

Meagan — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:25:08 +0000

I’m from the Texas Panhandle, and when I moved to South Central Texas (San Antonio), I was surprised to see nothing but HEB. Where I grew up, we had United, Albertsons, Kroger, and a host of other supermarkets . . . it seems HEB has the monopoly in South Texas–good thing I like it!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:01:19 +0000

growing up in south/central Texas all we have now is HEB and Super Walmarts, We used to have Albertsons but they closed all there stores in the area about 7/8 years ago

By: Molly

Molly — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:13:22 +0000

My favorite grocery store from childhood barely got a mention: Hinky Dinky. Anyone else from the NE/IA area remember that store?

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:56:26 +0000

We didn’t have ANY chain supermarkets in my town when I was a kid. But we had about a dozen local groceries. Back in the Stone Age.

By: connie

connie — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:07:15 +0000

miss daisy shops at the piggly wiggly. just saying.

By: Ian EBH

Ian EBH — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:39:23 +0000

I grew up in Alabama, and I don’t think I ever set foor in Piggly Wiggly, even though they were all over. Food World was the go-to store for us.