I will have the privilege and honor of introducing Dr. Lisa Tolbert at a book launch for Beyond Piggy Wiggly: Inventing the American Self-service Store next Thursday night at the Greensboro Histo...
New book that you want: …and not just because I’m several footnotes and an acknowledgement in it. This one is really good and was written by a colleague of mine at UNCG. There will be a bette...
https://www.groceteria.com/2023/07/17/updates-new-book-canada-etc/
…the best sleeping pill on earth! If you happen to be in the neighborhood next week: High Point Historical Society Presents: Guilford County’s Grocery Store History The High Point Historical ...
https://www.groceteria.com/2023/01/12/two-chances-to-see-me/
Farewell, Mister Whipple… Read More...
https://www.groceteria.com/2007/11/21/may-the-charmin-be-forever-unsqueezed/
Now here’s a site that warms my heart. Another San Francisco store (one that was originally designed as a Lucky but opened as an Albertsons) reclaims its rightful and historically significant b...
Sad but not unexpected: A&P is trying to unload is one last connection with the southeast. They abandoned most of the region in the 1990s, but somehow held on to that whole Gulf Coast operation. ...
The photo above was emailed to be by my husband, who’s working in San Francisco this week. So it happens on Monday. After more than sixty years as one of the most recognized names in San Franci...
This isn’t really history-related, but my closest local Lowes Foods is closing and will be replaced by a Compare Foods branch soon. I’m a big fan of Lowes in general, but this was a rather cr...
Yer humble host is cited in an article in today’s SF Chronicle, in case you care… Read More...
I’ve arrived in Charlotte and I’m looking forward to documenting my new hometown. Saw a few interesting stores along the way, including the oldest continuously-operating A&P in New Orleans. P...