There is a Wal-Mart Supercenter there now. Now, the Margate K-Mart and the former grocery next to it are demolished, as is the Winn-Dixie at the other end of the center. There was a Winn-Dixie location at the other end of the Margate Shopping center, first as Winn-Dixie's "Table Supply" warehouse type supermarket in the mid 1980's and later as a Winn Dixie Marketplace. The Pantry Pride stores began to disappear in the early 1980's so the Margate K-Mart grocery store remained vacant while the K-Mart remained open for another decade. And Pantry Pride/Food Fair was a dominant chain in South Florida well into the late 70's. The Margate and Pompano Beach stores are the same style as the Bradlee's/Food Fair combos in the North east circa 1960's/1970's. I dont remember any other K-Mart food combos in South Florida where I grew up. Last time I passed that store, the K-mart was still open (now as a BIG K) and it appeared to include the entire building. The Oakand Park store's food side closed sometime in the late 70's and operated briefly with an independant, then as a Party supply store. All three of these stores had a passage way between the two sides and were later walled off completely. They were located in Margate on State Road 7 and in Pompano Beach at US1 & Copans Road. Also there were two K-Marts that had Pantry Pride Supermarkets attached, also in the early 1970s. Lauderdale area had a K-Mart Foods store in the early 1970's. I remember the KMart on Oakland Park Blvd in the Ft. What do you know about them? While fairly familiar with Zayre, I had never heard of them having any food operations, at least with their Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic stores that I am familiar with. AFAIK though, the rest of these spaces on Kmarts built before 1972 (when the Kmart Food plan folded) were Kmart Foods at one time or another.Ī previous post mentioned Zayre Foods. Grand Union had a contract to build these stores with Kmart in the greater Washington area, probably because of the strong union ties in Washington (which still exist today) that kept non-union Kmart from opening their food operations. Something of note: Not all small food spaces next to Kmart stores were Kmart Foods. This operated as a Shop N Save until about 1992, when the Kmart remodeled, and expanded into the former food space, creating one of the largest regular Kmarts around. I have a vague memory of what was a former Kmart Foods in Altoona, PA that operated as a Shop N Save, and the aisles I remember were not parallel to the front of the store (as many Giant Eagle stores in the Pittsburgh area are). They acquired Caldor through their acquisition of Associated Dry Goods in the mid-80's, which got them Lord & Taylor and some other stores that I can't remember, but aren't relevant here. It should be added that the May company while having Venture, also bought Caldor in the 1980's (Northeastern chain that was spun off, and then folded in 2000). Gold Circle was all over, they had stores in Cincinnati (not sure what happened to these), Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland (which went to Kmart and Hills, depending on the locations). I also remember Gold Triangle in NC, which I believe was the same store as Gold Circle. SuperTarget is all run by Supervalu in the food areas, which would lead me to suspect that Archer Farms/Market Pantry merchandise is the same as Flavorite/Richfood brand merchandise sold at Supervalu chains here in the Mid-Atlantic.ĭavid's right on Gold Circle acquiring Richway (When I moved to NC in 1988, Target had just bought them).
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