-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 07-21-19  20:05 <=-

 RH>>> The stores aren't as commom now as they were 30/40 years ago.
 RH>>> I think Lowe's bought them out in NC but do recall seeing
 RHf>> scattered thru the south. i think SC had one near Hilton Head.
 NB>>> I remember them from when we lived in Mississippi.... haven't a
 NB>>> clue as to whether they'd still be there or not.... 
 RH>> You can always Google to find out. (G) IIRC, they were the first
 RH>> store to have shopping carts and brown grocery bags.
 NB>> One could Google, anyway...  I'd've thought A&P likely to have
 NB>> had the first carts and brown bags, though.... I suppose they
 NB>> might have come up with them about the same time...   I don't 
 NB>> remember any major grocery stores without them, to be honest... 

 RH> I've always known them from the time I could remember.

So any knowledge of who might have been first would be from some store's
claims, not from actual knowledge... 
 
 NB>> I was still fairly young when we moved to MS... I remember roller
 NB>> skating down to the corner store in Crawfordsville IN, though...
 NB>> to pick up bread or such... I was no more than 5 there...  

 RH> I wasn't allowed to go to the store by myself until somewhat older but
 RH> the store was more of a distance from where we lived. Road (no
 RH> sidewalks until we got to town proper) wasn't condusive for skating
 RH> either, had we the skates. (G)

Mommy had 2-3 younger children (one an infant, if it were 3), and Daddy
off at the college... besides, the store was closer than the school I
walked to for kindergarten... we did have sidewalks, but, as I recall,
there was a bit of a hill, downhill to the store...  As to school, one
day I brought my 3-y-o sister with me (it was a special day when we were
encouraged to bring a family member, as I recall).... I had to cross one
busy street, there was a crossing guard/policeman there to get me across
safely... 

 RH> Had a mom and pop grocery store, A&P & Victory Market in town for
 RH> the longest time, then two were closed down. A&P was sold out to
 RH> another chain (Freshtown) some years ago, can't say the store is
 RH> much of any better for the change.

They all tend to be a lot alike, in most cases....    I have vague
memories at best of the specific stores, now... but then we were only in
IN for 2 years, and then in MS for 4... and Jackson MS was a pretty big
place, even then.... 

ttyl        neb

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