{"id":1772,"date":"2011-11-18T06:56:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T11:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/onlyyork\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2011-11-18T06:56:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T11:56:04","slug":"mail-call-questions-about-food-fair-supermarkets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/onlyyork\/mail-call-questions-about-food-fair-supermarkets\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail call: Questions about Food Fair supermarkets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s letter comes from Patty Hollander<\/b> of York Township. She had read the memories shared by Wayne Breighner<\/a> and called them “really an enjoyable read.”<\/p>\n

“I do have a ‘mix-up’ in my mind, though,” Patty says. “Mr. Breighner referred to the first Food Fair supermarket opening in the early fifties near W. Market St. and Dewey. Could one of your readers tell me what I have mixed up: I remember a Food Fair opening in the second block of North Penn St. before I graduated from William Penn in ’46. Having relied solely on Ma and Pas and the farmer’s markets (not open daily) this new supermarket caused quite a stir. I hope someone can tell me what I have mixed up!”<\/p>\n

Any ideas for Patty? I’d love to hear more about Food Fair in general, and in particular its earliest stores in the area. The Food Fair wikipedia page<\/a> mentions that it later became Pantry Pride, and that the chain opened in Harrisburg in the 1920s (!), and that the company later bought J.M. Fields<\/a> (double !). But not too much about its stores in our area, which is, of course, where you come in. Any ideas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s letter comes from Patty Hollander of York Township. 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