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Bfuqua,  Wow.  I remember Jumbo back in the 80's.  My parents used to pass by there.  It was there Fondren location though.  I believe Fondren and South Braeswood.

This Big Chief Foods was located on Hwy 6  in Santa Fe.  

I remember shopping there a couple of times when it was a Big Chief Foods.  This was back in the mid 90's.  It is now an Arlans.

12460 Highway 6 Santa Fe, TX 77510

ArchMemoH,  Great work!!!  Thanks a lot for the list.  :-)

I don't remember a Kroger at that corner.  There was one near West Airport Blvd on Fondren.

I passed by that area a couple of times with my brother and told him that it looks like a safeway used to be there.  Nice to know that it was.

Did you ever shop there when it was a Safeway???

brucesw.    gessner @ bellaire  not sure what was there.

Cool. Thanks. :-)

ArchMemoH,  I think I found the location.  Not sure though.  Is it where that Dollar Tree is located or is it where the Specs liquor is??

Arch MemoH, Do you know the exact address where the Safeway in Friendswood was?  I looked at the maps and coudn't see the old store and it's design.

I wonder if this was a Safeway at Fondren and Dashwood back in the days???  Looks like it.

brucesw.  Sorry, but I made a mistake.  There was no Jumbo on Bissonnet.  It was on Fondren near South Braeswood.  The two Food town store locations, Bissonnet @ Kirwood and Braeswood @ Fondren are both on the right side and confused me.  

The Food town on 11850  Bissonnet used to be a Kroger before it became an Albertson's.  Before that, the Kroger at that location used to be where that  99 cents only store is.  I also remember back in the 80's there was a big grocery store called Jumbo on the right side of the Food town.  If you look at google maps in street view to the right of the Food town, you will see an empty lot were a grocery store used to be.  It has a for lease sign.  That used to be a Jumbo food store.  I remember driving by that area with my parents when I was young and seeing that store.  Don't remember if I went in it though.  Don't remember a Safeway on Fondren and Braeswood.  I do remember a Weingartens used to be at the corner of Fondren and West Belfort.  It's Fiesta now.   

I checked that area on the maps and looks similar to the Safeway design kind of.  Not sure what was there before.  Nice to know what was actually there before Foodtown.  

I just checked google maps on bellaire and synott.  I had a friend that worked at that Kroger location at Synott.  It looks like from the building that it was an HEB after that.  It is now a My Hoa Food Market.  I remember a Kroger on West Fuqua @ Blue Ridge.  I used to go there when I was younger in the 80's.  After they shut that one down, they opened the one in Texas Parkway and Independence.  If you check google maps, you will see that exact same picture that I posted above.  It used to be a Safeway around 1983 or 84 and then changed to Appletree and then finally a Kroger.  I worked there when it was a Kroger.  

There was a Safeway at 2192 Farm To Market Rd 2234  between Texas Parkway and Independence in Missouri City.  I went to that grand opening back in 1983 I believe is when it opened.  It later changed to an Appletree store and then a Kroger grocery store.  I worked there when it was a Kroger.  The clientele changed and the Kroger eventually shutdown.  That design was the same as the one on Old spanish trail in Houston. The one on Old spanish trail was a Safeway (same design) then changed to Appletree and finally a Kroger.

I believe it closed before Appletree Markets.  I don't quite remember though.  It closed sometime in the mid 80's if I remember correctly.  There was no Appletree at that location.. 

I remember there was a Safeway and a Woolco department store back in the 80's. in that area.  I went to both of them a couple of times.  The Safeway was the building directly in the back and the Woolco was the building to the right.    HILLCROFT and SOUTH MAIN