![]() Products after cashier has manually entered prices MORE: Remember these? 50+ of your favorite vintage breakfast cereals from the ’60s Vintage sixties supermarket: Busy checkouts with long lines MORE: Inside vintage 1950s grocery stores & old-fashioned supermarketsĪutomatic cart unloading: An A&P first (1967)Ī way to just push your cart up to the checkout so it would open and empty onto the conveyor belt… a process that didn’t last. Vintage Safeway store staff & checkout lanes in 1960įood Fair vintage grocery store (1963 & 1967) This shopping cart in a Red Owl Family Center shows a “mix” of food items, drug products, and non-food merchandise…ĪLSO SEE: See vintage drugstores 100 years ago, selling lots of things you can’t (legally) buy anymoreįull shopping cart at a vintage Safeway supermarket (1968)Ī carton of the store’s Lucerne brand milk and a tub of sour cream shown here among other Safeway branded productsĬashier at the checkout of an old-style grocery store (1960)Ĭustomers like the wide, clear aisles and conveniently arranged checkout lanes Old Safeway supermarket Bake Shops in 1961 & 1968įisher Foods frozen food department (1967)Ī full shopping cart at a Red Owl store (1968) ![]() Vintage Fisher Foods bakery department (1967) Vintage 1960s supermarket butcher/meat departments ![]() MORE: 50+ sexist vintage ads so bad, you almost won’t believe they were real Vintage ’60s grocery store produce departmentsĪLSO SEE: Pepperidge Farm remembers: See 50 of their classic cakes, cookies, breads, turnovers & other treats from years ago The entrance of an old Safeway store in 1964 MORE: Vintage Target stores: See 40 pictures from the ’60s to the ’90s & the original logo Storefront roof includes a quaint weathervane This is where we meet the customer and compete for her favor. This is the front line this is our lifeline. The vital nature of this objective is well understood. Within the stores it means convenient and efficient arrangement of aisle space and merchandise, and modern checkstands providing fast and efficient service. This means the proper location in town and the right layout of building and parking lot. These often simplify construction and save on cost while enhancing utility and beauty.īesides being modern and attractive, our stores must be convenient, to make shopping in them a pleasant experience. While the theme is unmistakably “Safeway,” the architectural style varies to harmonize with local surroundings or to fit in with community development plans.Īlso making for more variety than in the past is our use of the newer structural materials and techniques that are becoming increasingly available. These are Safeway stores: a variety of styles and sizes in various areas - big city, suburban shopping center, valley town. ![]() ![]() The sign on an old Lucky supermarket in 1960 Vintage Food Fair supermarket storefronts in 1963, 1964 & 1968 SEE MORE: Classic cars and trucks from the ’60s Vintage 1960s supermarkets & old-fashioned grocery stores The vintage 1960s supermarkets featured below include family favorites like Kroger, Winn-Dixie, A&P, Safeway, Food Giant, Fazio’s, Gamble-Skogmo, Food Fair, Big Bear, Lucky and others.įor more, don’t miss checking out vintage 1950s grocery stores and 1970s supermarkets. Here’s what the food shopping experience - at least the idealized version - was like back in the sixties!įrom the store entrances to the checkout experience, we have collected more than 100 photos of grocery stores in the olden days to help you make a little trip back in time. ![]()
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