The Market Report

Adams Shore Super Market Opened: 2024 under current ownership; ca. 1972 previously Owner:  Arpan Patel Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  494 Sea St, Quincy, MA Photographed:  August 4, 2019 Foodliner isn't a brand we know anymore, but in the 1940s and 50s, as supermarkets developed, it was a nationwide name . It was, in fact, the brand name established for stores belonging to the Independent Grocers Alliance -- now, of course, that group simply goes by IGA. But despite the fact that the name is no longer in use (I remember reading once, though I don't know where, that it was inspired by streamlined trains, which could be called streamliners, and were relatively new at the time), there are still independent grocery stores across the country that happen to use the Foodliner brand because they simply never removed it. The Adams Shore Super Market, located in the quiet peninsula neighborhood of Adams Shore in eastern Quincy, is one such stor...

Boyer's Food Markets Owner: Dean Walker Opened:  ca. 1980s Previous Tenants:  unknown Location:  318 S Hancock St, McAdoo, PA Photographed:  November 29, 2019 For our first post back from summer break, we'll be checking out -- shocker -- a Boyer's in the Coal Region! We've seen quite a few Boyer's in the past few months, and there are a few more before we move on from this area. It's not clear who built this store, but we know that definitely from 1977 to 1988 (plus probably a little more time on either side) it was an IGA Foodliner owned by Nick Zukovich. At some point after that, Boyer's took it over (possibly when Boyer's was still IGA-affiliated, and they later switched to Great Valu before becoming completely independent). In fact, you can still kind of see the outline of the Great Valu lettering behind the Food Markets and Makes you feel so good! lettering. Heading in, this looks a lot like a lot of the other Boyer's of this generation we'...