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Hi Pete, I guess that's why we both turned out so well.
John
Hi Pete, I guess that's why we both turned out so well.
John
Trading Stamps
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We didn’t have a choice living in the country. Safeway was the only game in town and they gave out Blue Chip Stamps, ditto with both the Shell and Standard Oil Stations. They gave the stamps, we took ‘em,licked ‘em and put ‘em in the books and traded ‘em for merch. It was just the way things were.
Eddie
Eddie
Anyone remember the small Red & White food store chain?
We had Red & White stores scattered around town, but they were primarily found in far flung less populated areas. I'm sure having a Red & White affiliation afforded mom & pop operations the benefits and lower costs associated with a larger entity's purchasing power. This would be useful for the disappearing mom & pop operations that are barely surviving in today's retail grocer environment. I don't know if United Grocers is still around. You knew a store was affiliated with UG if they offered the Bonnie Hubbard house brand, but the stores themselves kept their own names.
Here in the Bay Area, and perhaps other parts of California, we had Star and Bar gas stations that gave out their own house brand of stamps. I can't remember how they were redeemed, but Star and Bar stations were usually lower priced than those of the major oil companies. Star and Bar later became Regal stations, which I think retained the stamp policy and had the Regal Beagle as their mascot. I think the last Regal locally disappeared in the mid '70s and could have been a casualty of the 1973 Arab oil embargo.
Barry, to fold the chairs, you had to lift/unsnap the seat from the legs and hold it against the chair back while turning each leg inward 90 degrees, then drop the seat back down so it covered the folded-in legs. Weird, but as your mom's chairs demonstrate, they were very sturdy. It's possible my sister may have the four chairs that go with my table. I'll have to ask her.
Here in the Bay Area, and perhaps other parts of California, we had Star and Bar gas stations that gave out their own house brand of stamps. I can't remember how they were redeemed, but Star and Bar stations were usually lower priced than those of the major oil companies. Star and Bar later became Regal stations, which I think retained the stamp policy and had the Regal Beagle as their mascot. I think the last Regal locally disappeared in the mid '70s and could have been a casualty of the 1973 Arab oil embargo.
Barry, to fold the chairs, you had to lift/unsnap the seat from the legs and hold it against the chair back while turning each leg inward 90 degrees, then drop the seat back down so it covered the folded-in legs. Weird, but as your mom's chairs demonstrate, they were very sturdy. It's possible my sister may have the four chairs that go with my table. I'll have to ask her.
Red & White turned into Shop 'n Save and now is all Hannaford around here. They gave Top Value stamps in the old days.
I remember my mom collecting those stamps back when I was under 10 years old. Then after a couple years she stopped, and I never found out why. Now I guess it was because she found out it was a scam.
polkanut
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Gansky,
Your mom more than likely saved Betty Crocker coupons to acquire her flatware. A lot of housewives used this method to acquire their flatware, of which Oneida Twin Star was one of the most popular patterns.
Your mom more than likely saved Betty Crocker coupons to acquire her flatware. A lot of housewives used this method to acquire their flatware, of which Oneida Twin Star was one of the most popular patterns.
We also had Big Bonus stamps in Houston, they were pink, in addition to S&H and Top Value.
