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New Wrigley's Supermarket - 2350 W. Stadium Blvd, October 1951

New Wrigley's Supermarket - 2350 W. Stadium Blvd, October 1951 image
Year:
1951
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 27, 1951
Caption:
An open house for this new Wrigley Supermarket at 2350 W. Stadium Blvd. has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon beginning at 1 o'clock. No merchandise will be sold until the following day. Door prizes will be awarded. The store is modern in its design and equipment, with center "gondolas" that run diagonally, artesian-well water air conditioning, parcel checking, 168 lineal feet of refrigerated merchandising space, and parking areas on four sides of the building.

Larry Rollins Arranges A Passover Food Display At Great Scott Supermarket, March 1976 Photographer: Robert Chase

Larry Rollins Arranges A Passover Food Display At Great Scott Supermarket, March 1976 image
Year:
1976
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 28, 1976
Caption:
The ready availability of kosher foods processed under rabbinical supervision, like these being arranged by Great Scott Manager Larry Rollins, has greatly simplified the observance of Passover for modern day Jews. But the intricacies of the ancient tradition of 'kashering' still provide fascination - and confusion.

ENACT Member Joellen Ahlgren Presents Recycling Petition To Barbara Lutz, October 1970 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

ENACT Member Joellen Ahlgren Presents Recycling Petition To Barbara Lutz, October 1970 image
Year:
1970
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 4, 1970
Caption:
Petitions Bring Pressure - Petitions are one form of pressure Mrs. David Ahlgren, left, and other members of Consumers for ENACT (CFENACT) use. Mrs. Richard Lutz signs one to get reluctant supermarkets to stock returnable bottles. CFENACT also wants grocery stores to eliminate needless food packaging, particularly in their produce departments.

Construction Push Begins, January 1978 Photographer: Larry E. Wright

Construction Push Begins, January 1978 image
Year:
1978
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 16, 1978
Caption:
Detroit shopping center developer Richard Agree has begun work to lay a parking lot at the former Stadium Row shopping center project on W. Stadium Blvd., now renamed Boulevard Plaza. Masonry work to complete the center's partially-collapsed walls will begin soon and steel roof beams are due to go up in mid-February. City officials have set a March deadline for progress on the site, idle for four years. Agree says he'll meet the deadline to retrieve his $25,000 bond. A Farmer Jack supermarket is due to open in the center by early summer, Agree says.

Rising Food Costs Affect Local Families, August 1969 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Rising Food Costs Affect Local Families, August 1969 image
Year:
1969
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 17, 1969
Caption:
Mrs. Gary Powell, a local housewife, says she spends $10 to $20 more a week this summer than last for groceries. Although Mrs. Powell tries to shop for the "best buys" in the supermarket, she says that next summer she'll grow her own vegetables to save money. Accompanying her on the weekly shopping tour are her children, (standing) Shelly, 5, with Gary, 2, and Renae, 1.

Employes Held Hostage In Robbery at Stadium Blvd. Kroger Supermarket, February 1954

Employes Held Hostage In Robbery at Stadium Blvd. Kroger Supermarket, February 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1954
Caption:
They Could Smile Afterward: Although badly frightened, some of the employes of the Kroger Store at Stadium Blvd. and Jackson Ave. were able to muster smiles last night after five gunmen held up the store and got away with $4,500. In left foreground are William Carr and John Vunck, Behind them is Toshio Kimura. Lined up left to right are Arthur Frank, Dennis Moffat, Floyd Morris, George Gilligan, Charles Wright, Hershel Spencer and Max Hepburn. All but Gilligan were imprisoned in a small cold storage room by the bandits, as was Walter Moore (not pictured). Gilligan hid atop a meat cooler. The store manager, Kenneth Taylor (not pictured), was locked up in an empty truck trailer outside the store.

Safe Looted of $4,500 at Stadium Blvd. Kroger Supermarket, February 1954

Safe Looted of $4,500 at Stadium Blvd. Kroger Supermarket, February 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1954
Caption:
Police Examine Safe: Patrolman Hans Jens, Detective Sgt. Claude Damron, Detective John Walters and Patrolman Robert Cook (left to right) examine the Kroger store safe which was blown open with a rifle bullet and looted of about $4,500.

Kroger Storeroom Where Employees Were Held Captive By Burglars, February 1954

Kroger Storeroom Where Employees Were Held Captive By Burglars, February 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1954
Caption:
Room Used As 'Prison': This is the tiny cold room, used for storing cheese, in which 10 Kroger employes were "jammed like sardines" by the holdup gang. The cases of soft drink bottles at left were piled against the door by the gunmen, but the captives managed to force their way out.