Tag: Lifestyle

This photo of Lee Brown with Ernie the Safeway Super Chicken was obviously taken in the 1980s. However, since there aren't any photos of Lee Brown, who was Mayor of Houston in 1999, with Safeway executives welcoming them back to town after the Randalls' buyout, this photo will have to do. (Photo source: The Portal to Texas History)

25 & Still Alive: The Silver Jubilee of Safeway’s Buyout of Randalls

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Editor’s Note: Today’s post is a guest submission from HHR’s good friend Anonymous in Houston.  I am not a communications or marketing person, but I’ve heard it said before that organizations try to announce news which might be viewed as being unpopular on Fridays since the public is more concerned with their weekend plans and will be less likely to ruminate over the unpopular news. Well, July 23, 1999 was a Friday. It was the …

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Lifestyle v2 with spotlights and X-lights (Courtesy of Albertsons Companies.)

Ingredients for Survival: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Safeway’s Lifestyle Concept

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Editor’s Note: Today’s post is a guest submission from HHR’s good friend Anonymous in Houston.  Many thanks go to Northwest Retail of the Northwest Retail Blog and to Mike from HHR for supplying the photos for this post. Last year, during The Year of Kroger series here at Houston Historic Retail, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Kroger Signature format. The Kroger Signature format dramatically improved Kroger’s position in the Houston market. In this …

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