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Great moments in food shopping.

Publication: Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News
Publication Date: 07-AUG-05 		Format: Online - approximately 1035 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Keven DeMarrais

Aug. 7--Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the supermarket, a uniquely American innovation that has become an integral part of our lives.

Created in New York during the Depression as an alternative to traditional corner grocery stores, the supermarket continues to evolve with the times.

That has been especially true over the last decade or so, as the industry has gone through radical changes in size, scope and services. In doing so, it has expanded on the unique offerings of self-service, low prices and great variety that were the hallmark of the first supermarkets.

Key to the early success of these new types of stores were the shopping cart, introduced in 1937; the automobile, which expanded stores beyond Main Street; free parking lots, and mechanical refrigerators in the home and store, the Food Marketing Institute says.

So let's honor the nation's first supermarket -- a King Kullen that opened Aug....

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