100 vintage 1960s supermarkets & old-fashioned grocery stores

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Here’s what the food shopping experience — at least the ideal version — was like back in the sixties. From the store entrances to the checkout experience, we have collected more than 100 photos of grocery stores in the olden days.

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.

Vintage 1960s supermarkets & old-fashioned grocery stores

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Winn-Dixie grocery storefront in 1966

Food Giant signage/lettering in 1961

Vintage Food Fair supermarket storefronts in 1963, 1964 & 1968

The sign on an old Lucky supermarket in 1960

Safeway in the ’60s

These are Safeway stores: a variety of styles and sizes in various areas — big city, suburban shopping center, valley town.

While the theme is unmistakably “Safeway,” the architectural style varies to harmonize with local surroundings or to fit in with community development plans.

Also making for more variety than in the past is our use of the newer structural materials and techniques that are becoming increasingly available. These often simplify construction and save on cost while enhancing utility and beauty.

Besides being modern and attractive, our stores must be convenient, to make shopping in them a pleasant experience. This means the proper location in town and the right layout of building and parking lot.

Within the stores it means convenient and efficient arrangement of aisle space and merchandise, and modern checkstands providing fast and efficient service.

The vital nature of this objective is well understood. This is the front line; this is our lifeline. This is where we meet the customer and compete for her favor.

A&P store in 1967

Storefront roof includes a quaint weathervane

Vintage 1960s supermarkets: A&P in 1969

Fazio’s old grocery stores – 1969

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The entrance of an old Safeway store in 1964

What food shopping used to be like

Shopping the aisles and special displays

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