Who here in New Jersey doesn't know ShopRite? Despite that, their storebrand products are relatively rare to see in antique stores and the like. Here's a few products I've spotted. ShopRite Out in northeastern PA, I saw this somewhat water-damaged ShopRite brand cotton swabs box from, at the newest, the early to mid-1970s given the older logo on the package. Shop-Rite Supermarkets, Wakefern Foods, Elizabeth, N. J.! And of course 7-Up doesn't hold a candle to the delicious refreshing Up-Rite Soda... ...also distributed by our friends at Wakefern in Elizabeth. That's all I've found for ShopRite, but tomorrow, we'll take a look at some products from Grand Union!
Our third day of memorabilia features selections from Finast, Food Fair, and Foodtown! Finast The New England-based First National Stores chain later was folded into what today is Ahold-Delhaize. In fact, the Finast name remained on products well into the 1990s and possibly the early 00s. Much earlier, though, they had their own brands, such as this Copley Coffee, perhaps named after Copley Square in Boston (as the chain originated in Somerville). Read more on their history here . It's possible, too, that the Copley Coffee dates back to the time before Finast was Finast and when they were just First National Stores. Another spice tin, this time seen in front of another recognizable storebrand! And a pre-Finast "First National Stores" matchbook, probably from the 1950s or so... This somewhat redundant slogan reminds me of the jingle "count on Pathmark for savings that count, for savings that count, count on Pathmark." Food Fair Now on to Food Fair, which was enc