Grocery Shopping in 1971

[bradfordwhite]

men only

Yes, I agree about the men only observations. Men shopping and men only working the register. No idea. I don't think it was planned that way. This seems more like an established neighborhood store vs. a newly built suburban shop.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

I’m often surprised at the number of men shoppers at the store I work at, then again, me and four other men work as checkout guys…

— Dave

 

[sudsmaster]

This thread reminds me.

 

I need to go grocery shopping on Monday.

 

Usually it's Costco. Sometimes Safeway.

 

Recently defrosted the chest freezer, and since then have been digging through it and am now working my way through older frozen stuff I forgot I had. Found a large ham in there, LOL.

 

I am hoping that egg prices after Easter will start to go down to more reasonable levels.

 

 

[petek]

Luckily we have a small/medium size ish grocery store built in the 50s about 3-4 blocks from our house and for that I'm thankful because I despise more and more having to trudge through a super size store . I want to get in and get out as fast as I can. Was watching this video last night... quite interesting

 

[jamiel]

This sounds like they're bewitched by Amazon...except the Amazon Fresh stores are failing badly. They're likely to write them off and close them up in the next quarter or so.

 

[bradfordwhite]

Safeway 1980 store

Guys in short shorts, ladies in colorful dresses,
food with bright color price stickers applied with a pricing gun,
and the Utz brand potato chips

 

[qsd-dan]

Short shorts, tube socks, and pornstaches. Soon to evolve into mullets, acid washed jeans, leather jackets, and mohawks. I remember those days (barely), they were weird for the most part.

 

For women, it would soon evolve into linebacker style shoulder pads and fried curly hair. The teenage girl style was just horrendous but some of the mid 20's to mid 30's women pulled off the mature/conservative look quite nicely.

 

 

 

[bradfordwhite]

#66

I know what you mean. I like the 80s but when I say that I really mean 1975 up until about 1987. After that, things just got ridiculous.

Big hair became HUGE angry hair. Music became louder but annoying. Movies weren't as interesting. Interior decor lost it's charm. The fun was gone. The class was gone. It was a time that was just big for the sake of being big....and corrupt.

And from there up until about 1993, it was a time of upheaval, war, and recession.

 

[bradfordwhite]

More scenes, Muzak and commercials for your shopping pleasure.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Well music that stores used to play and I go back a long ways and decades I must have spent listening through the womb before I finally hatched…

 

[phillymatt53]

I'll chime in here to add my amusing story.....
Back in 1980, when I was 28, I got my first apartment not far from my parent's home in northeast Philly.
There was a Thriftway, originally called "Penn Fruit" supermarket near me that I often went to.
One day, in the middle of November I needed to get toothpaste, and as usual if you go in the market for ONE thing, you're likely to buy some other stuff.

That day, it was pretty busy, about a week before Thanksgiving.
I'm standing, waiting in a busy line at the register, 3 people in front of me.
An extremely "large" black woman was getting checked out for some purchases, and she was wearing a huge colorful dress.
All of a sudden as she was about to leave, a big Butterball turkey dropped to the floor from under her dress! - with a loud Thump!
Well, the cashier called the security officer and they arrested her, screaming all the while!
The people nearby in the store saw that turkey drop and the laughter was enormous!.
And so did I!
You had to be there!

 

[phillymatt53]

Well music that stores used to play and I go back a long ways and decades I must have spent listening through the womb before I finally hatched…

I think I was weened on Patsy Cline and Connie Francis the same way.