{"id":4117,"date":"2009-06-22T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T00:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fadingad.wordpress.com\/?p=4117"},"modified":"2014-08-20T01:01:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T01:01:27","slug":"grand-union-arlington-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2009\/06\/22\/grand-union-arlington-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Union &#8211; Arlington, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/nepa\/hamlin_grand_union03.jpg?resize=500%2C747\" alt=\"\u00a9 Frank H. Jump\" width=\"500\" height=\"747\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/nepa\/hamlin_grand_union02.jpg?resize=500%2C335\" alt=\"\u00a9 Frank H. Jump\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/nepa\/hamlin_grand_union01.jpg?resize=500%2C335\" alt=\"\u00a9 Frank H. Jump\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/nepa\/hamlin_grand_union.jpg?resize=500%2C362\" alt=\"\u00a9 Frank H. Jump\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em>Grand Union started as the Jones Brothers Tea Company in 1872. By the 1930s it was one of the largest grocery chains in the United States.[ The name &#8220;Grand Union&#8221; was inspired by the desire to &#8220;unite shoppers with low prices in a &#8216;Grand Union of Value'&#8221; as described by company associate Elvin Sanders. Each aisle was named after a state, with Wisconsin representing the dairy aisle, Nebraska representing the corn aisle, and New York representing bagels, smoked salmon, and other Jewish foods. The store&#8217;s mascot was Abraham Lincoln wearing a deli apron, and most stores featured a costumed Lincoln to accomplish deeds, talk to customers, and proclaim the general splendor of the Grand Union, and to urge them to &#8220;Save the Union&#8221; when the company faced economic hardship. The company also operated &#8220;Grand Way&#8221; stores in Florida starting in 1960. These stores were similar to today&#8217;s super-centers as they combined a discount department store with a grocery store all under one roof. The grocery stores were later separated from the discount stores and sold to Winn-Dixie\/Kwik-Chek.<\/em><\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Union_(stores)\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groceteria.com\/stores\/grandunion.html\" target=\"_blank\">Groceteria<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Union started as the Jones Brothers Tea Company in 1872. By the 1930s it was one of the largest grocery chains in the United States.[ The name &#8220;Grand Union&#8221; was inspired by the desire to &#8220;unite shoppers with low prices in a &#8216;Grand Union of Value&#8217;&#8221; as described by company associate Elvin Sanders. 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