It's the Grand Opening ad for the new Fisher Foods store that was located at the Westgate Shopping Center at 21st and Leavitt in Lorain. The ad for the regional grocery store giant with the longtime Lorain presence ran in the Lorain Journal on Feb. 19, 1958 – 60 years ago this month.
As the Wiki link above noted, Fisher Foods eventually merged with the Fazio’s chain of stores.
It’s strange thinking about how many big grocery store chains are either no longer in Lorain (Kroger’s, Sparkle) or kaput altogether (A&P, Pick-N-Pay, Finast, Fazio’s).
Back in 2011, I did a post about going grocery shopping as a kid with Mom back here.
Anyway, here’s a 2012 view of the former Fisher Foods location at Westgate.
And here’s an October 2016 view of most of the shopping center, looking somewhat worse.
And finally, here’s a recent view.
Was that the grocery store where you would write the price on the canned food with black crayon? Am I even remembering that correctly, from the recesses of my mind?? Thanks, Theresa
ReplyDeleteHi Theresa! It might have been Edwards Food Warehouse (which also had a store at Westgate), but hopefully a reader remembers and can identify the store you are talking about for sure.
ReplyDeleteI do remember a store selling the cheap generic products with white labels that just said what was inside (like GREEN BEANS).
I remember the store where you wrote down the prices with those big crayons. I think it might have been in part of the old Ontario Store building. But I cannot recall the name.
ReplyDeleteYes, that was Edward's Food Warehouse, which had an outlet where Ontario's had been.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteTheresa