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former Short Stop Food Store
Fairfield, CA |
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This former Short Stop Food Store now houses the Union Food & Liquor store. Many of the buildings in this chain later became Cheaper Food and Liquor stores. I believe these Short Stop stores were only in Northern CA. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.
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Wegmans
East Rochester, NY |
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Wegmans uses this same style roofline on a grander scale. Wegmans supermarket history goes back to 1915. This location was built in 1958. For more, see their website.
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Fareway
Marshalltown, IA |
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Fareway
Spirit Lake, IA |
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The Fareway supermarket chain was established in 1938 in Boone, IA. The company now has about 100 stores in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, and Minnesota. This location in Marshalltown appears to be from the 1960s. I don't know of any other Fareways that still have canopies like this one. The signs in Spirit Lake are probably from the 1960s. The For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.
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