Double Coupons?

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

Go back a few years and does anyone remember the Tulsa "Safeway" stores? They had one at Denver & 11th many decades ago. I don't know if that chain just quit marketing in Oklahoma or if they went out of business or got bought out. I lived in Texas at the time and all the Texas Safeway stores closed up around 1984. Funny thing is they just built and opened a new Safeway Store across from 6-Flags Amusement Park right off of I-30 in Arlington, Texas. It was a huge modern store and it was open for about a year before it closed up. The Tulsa Piggley Wiggley Store on Admeral looks just like the Piggley Wiggley Store we had in Fort Worth, Texas on HempHill road just south of Magnolia in 1980. I lived near that area in 1980. The store in Fort Worth is long since gone. The Tulsa store is very old and  outdated that it has a charm all it's own, it feels like you went back in time, I liked it, but the neighborhood is not that safe I would not shop there at night, however, the store has pretty good prices, Parts of Admeral Road in Tulsa look alot like parts of HempHill Road in Fort Worth, same kind of buildings. Felt like a trip in a "Way-Back Machine".[]

FWIW, the name is Reasor's.  Secondly, we have a few piggly wigglys around the area as well.  The only one I can think of off hand is off of highway 20 between hwy 75 and 169.  It's a small town and the name escapes me.  That safeway you mention at 11th and Denver was a Homeland and since has gone out of business.  I will admit Texas seems to have some "nicer, more upscale" grocery stores.  But then again, there are alot of "nicer, more upscale" areas in North Dallas area then lil ol Tulsa.

[Steve]

Safeway had been in Tulsa for decades with many stores.  Safeway closed all its stores in Texas, Oklahoma, and this region at the same time in the early 1980s.  Most Oklahoma stores converted to the Homeland name, which I believe is an employee-owned company started by the former Safeway employees to keep the stores alive and keep their jobs.  Since then, many of the Homelands have closed, probably because they are not very price competitive (IMO).

Safeway is still alive today (barely), mostly on the west coast where the company is headquartered.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by TUalum0982

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

Go back a few years and does anyone remember the Tulsa "Safeway" stores? They had one at Denver & 11th many decades ago. I don't know if that chain just quit marketing in Oklahoma or if they went out of business or got bought out. I lived in Texas at the time and all the Texas Safeway stores closed up around 1984. Funny thing is they just built and opened a new Safeway Store across from 6-Flags Amusement Park right off of I-30 in Arlington, Texas. It was a huge modern store and it was open for about a year before it closed up. The Tulsa Piggley Wiggley Store on Admeral looks just like the Piggley Wiggley Store we had in Fort Worth, Texas on HempHill road just south of Magnolia in 1980. I lived near that area in 1980. The store in Fort Worth is long since gone. The Tulsa store is very old and  outdated that it has a charm all it's own, it feels like you went back in time, I liked it, but the neighborhood is not that safe I would not shop there at night, however, the store has pretty good prices, Parts of Admeral Road in Tulsa look alot like parts of HempHill Road in Fort Worth, same kind of buildings. Felt like a trip in a "Way-Back Machine".[]

FWIW, the name is Reasor's.  Secondly, we have a few piggly wigglys around the area as well.  The only one I can think of off hand is off of highway 20 between hwy 75 and 169.  It's a small town and the name escapes me.  That safeway you mention at 11th and Denver was a Homeland and since has gone out of business.  I will admit Texas seems to have some "nicer, more upscale" grocery stores.  But then again, there are alot of "nicer, more upscale" areas in North Dallas area then lil ol Tulsa.

That "HomeLand" Store at Denver & 11th was a SafeWay store before it became Homeland. I shopped there in 1979. The design of the building screams "SafeWay". SafeWay stores were all shaped like a big curve.

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

quote:Originally posted by TUalum0982

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

Go back a few years and does anyone remember the Tulsa "Safeway" stores? They had one at Denver & 11th many decades ago. I don't know if that chain just quit marketing in Oklahoma or if they went out of business or got bought out. I lived in Texas at the time and all the Texas Safeway stores closed up around 1984. Funny thing is they just built and opened a new Safeway Store across from 6-Flags Amusement Park right off of I-30 in Arlington, Texas. It was a huge modern store and it was open for about a year before it closed up. The Tulsa Piggley Wiggley Store on Admeral looks just like the Piggley Wiggley Store we had in Fort Worth, Texas on HempHill road just south of Magnolia in 1980. I lived near that area in 1980. The store in Fort Worth is long since gone. The Tulsa store is very old and  outdated that it has a charm all it's own, it feels like you went back in time, I liked it, but the neighborhood is not that safe I would not shop there at night, however, the store has pretty good prices, Parts of Admeral Road in Tulsa look alot like parts of HempHill Road in Fort Worth, same kind of buildings. Felt like a trip in a "Way-Back Machine".[]

FWIW, the name is Reasor's.  Secondly, we have a few piggly wigglys around the area as well.  The only one I can think of off hand is off of highway 20 between hwy 75 and 169.  It's a small town and the name escapes me.  That safeway you mention at 11th and Denver was a Homeland and since has gone out of business.  I will admit Texas seems to have some "nicer, more upscale" grocery stores.  But then again, there are alot of "nicer, more upscale" areas in North Dallas area then lil ol Tulsa.

That "HomeLand" Store at Denver & 11th was a SafeWay store before it became Homeland. I shopped there in 1979. The design of the building screams "SafeWay". SafeWay stores were all shaped like a big curve.

I apologize.  After reading my post, it may have come off rude or standoffish, that was not my intent.  And you are correct, it was a safeway, I was just answering your question that after it was a safeway, it was then a homeland, and to my knowledge still sits vacant to this day.  Food Pyramid is a joke, IMO.  They are expensive and their produce section (51st and Harvard) was subpar.  I remember going into that store as a kid when it was Skags Alpha Beta, I think was the name, and it still looks the some 20 yrs later and several name changes.  I think after Skags, it was Jewel Osco, and then Albertsons, and  most recently Food Pyramid.  I don't think I have missed any names in between there.


We do have Aldi here like mentioned before, and IMO it is somewhat of a niche store.  It doesn't fit my tastes, but does my parents.  I hate the thought of having to deposit a quarter (even if you get it back) to use a shopping cart, and bags are 10 cents each, you can bring your own of course, but what a hassle.

At the time, I don't believe they accepted debit/credit cards either. That was 2-3yrs ago, so things may have changed, but it is not my kind of store.

[TheArtist]

I am sorry, but I would NOT shop at some place called "Piggly Wiggly". How gauche. lol If one of those went into my part of town, I would move. Homeless shelter,,, fine. Piggly Wiggly,,,heck no. Reminds me of the "Shoe Carnival". Went into one of those when they first came into town. Dont know what possessed me in the first place with that name. But anyway, walked in the door and there was some guy on a podium with a mike and in a clown suit who yelled "Welcome to the Shoe Carnival!" I literally stood there shocked for a moment. then thought "Oh hell no." Then turned a round and walked right back out.

[joiei]

I grew up with the two choices for grocery shopping in town being Piggly Wiggly and Jitney Jungle.  Here is some info on Piggly Wiggly -
Piggly Wiggly was founded in 1916, in Memphis, Tennessee, by the American entrepreneur Clarence Saunders. It was the first true self-service grocery store, a concept patented by Saunders in 1917. Because customers could choose their products directly, packaging and brand recognition became very important. Other grocers soon adopted the self-service format.

Piggly Wiggly was the first to

provide checkout stands.
price mark every item in the store.
feature a full line of nationally advertised brands.
use refrigerated cases to keep produce fresher longer.
put employees in uniforms for cleaner, more sanitary food handling.
design and use patented fixtures and equipment throughout the store.
give shoppers more for their food dollar through high volume/low profit margin retailing.
franchise independent grocers to operate under the self-service method of food merchandising.

They serve a segment of the market just as all the others do.  They are not out to impress with razzle dazzle.  

I would much rather have an HEB than a Hyvee, I have shopped both and prefer HEB, parent company of Central Market.

[sauerkraut]

The "Piggley Wiggley" stores were mostly in southern states. I only know of one store in  Tulsa and that is on Admerial. I have no problem with the name. I liked the Tulsa store on Admerial it felt like a walk back in time, it reminds me a bit of the old A&P store on the corner of Ryan & 9 mile road in Warren, Michigan where my mother shopped when I was a tot back in the early 1960's. The post about Skags was intresting I remember a Skags on Collins road in Arlington, Texas in the early 1980's- they had a name change to Skags Albertsons and they were in business at that location as long as I lived in in Texas. I found it interesting to read the posts here about the histories of the stores. I did not know Piggley Wiggley was that old of a store.[}:)]

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by joiei

I grew up with the two choices for grocery shopping in town being Piggly Wiggly and Jitney Jungle.  Here is some info on Piggly Wiggly -
Piggly Wiggly was founded in 1916, in Memphis, Tennessee, by the American entrepreneur Clarence Saunders. It was the first true self-service grocery store, a concept patented by Saunders in 1917. Because customers could choose their products directly, packaging and brand recognition became very important. Other grocers soon adopted the self-service format.

Piggly Wiggly was the first to

provide checkout stands.
price mark every item in the store.
feature a full line of nationally advertised brands.
use refrigerated cases to keep produce fresher longer.
put employees in uniforms for cleaner, more sanitary food handling.
design and use patented fixtures and equipment throughout the store.
give shoppers more for their food dollar through high volume/low profit margin retailing.
franchise independent grocers to operate under the self-service method of food merchandising.

They serve a segment of the market just as all the others do.  They are not out to impress with razzle dazzle.  

I would much rather have an HEB than a Hyvee, I have shopped both and prefer HEB, parent company of Central Market.

That is interesting about Piggly Wiggly- and must of been a very modern thing back in 1916. Many stores from the flip of the last century and back into the 19th century had a clerk and all the goods behind a counter and you told the clerk want you wanted he grabed the items and he rang you up and sent you on your way, and he took the next customer. Sounds like Piggly Wiggly was one of the first stores to offer self-service and even it's own freezer section. That must of been very modern for it's time. The pictures I seen of old stores show them as small with everything behind the counter (almost as if the clerk was afraid of the goods being shop-lifted- nothing was self-serv). Piggly Wiggly should get alot of credit if they busted that old mold.[8D]

[bmuscotty]

IGA still around or still in businiess? Used to be one at 91st or 101st and Yale ?? Or Harvard...

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by bmuscotty

IGA still around or still in businiess? Used to be one at 91st or 101st and Yale ?? Or Harvard...

101st and Sheridan. It's a gym now.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by bmuscotty

IGA still around or still in businiess? Used to be one at 91st or 101st and Yale ?? Or Harvard...

They are still around but are getting harder & harder to find. [xx(]

[Who Cares]

Oklahoma will never get another big grocery chain until they change the liquour laws. That's where grocery chains make a lot of profit. Albertson's tried many times to get Kroger to buy its oklahoma stores, and they would not for this very reason. So thats why they were dumped on to AWG, which bid them out to its fellow members(Reasor's, Food Pryamid-Ramey's,and Homeland). This is also the Reason we will never see chains like costco and Trader Joes.

[Nick Danger]

I thought at one time there was a movement or a petition or something that was trying to change this law, but I know it had a lot of opposition from liquor store owners. Are they that powerful? I never heard what happened to the effort, or if it is still ongoing.

[sauerkraut]

As per the title of this thread "Double Coupons"- A chain of stores in Michigan called "Farmer Jack" (Metro-Detroit) almost always offerd triple coupons and they also took coupons from other stores and honored them. I don't know if they still do that. My mother shopped there alot and talked about the triple coupons offers. She died in 1997 and I'm not in Michigan any more. Michigan seemed to have alot of store "Coupon Wars"..[B)]

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by Who Cares

Oklahoma will never get another big grocery chain until they change the liquour laws. That's where grocery chains make a lot of profit. Albertson's tried many times to get Kroger to buy its oklahoma stores, and they would not for this very reason. So thats why they were dumped on to AWG, which bid them out to its fellow members(Reasor's, Food Pryamid-Ramey's,and Homeland). This is also the Reason we will never see chains like costco and Trader Joes.

I talked to someone who is a supplier for both stores and has visited almost every major location for both. He named several states where those chains did not sell liquor in the stores because they had laws similar to ours. The just put a side store and sold the alcohol out of the adjoining storefront.