1950s grocery store

In the mid-fifties, one of the first "new-fangled" supermarkets opened in the UK in Finchley High Road. This is purported to be a shot of the interior, although it's difficult to say for certain after the passage of so many years. If it is the Premier Supermarket, there would have been a coffee bar on the left hand side, looking from the street, where they served beverages in malamine, unbreakable cups. Caffe Nero occupies the space as at 2018.

Take a look back at the kind of aisles, counters and checkouts American shoppers used to encounter at vintage 1950s grocery stores when shopping for food, toiletries and more!

While most of us grew up with supermarkets and shopping malls already existing; some of us remember the family-run grocery stores where your options were often limited. Others might even have had the chance to grow their own food, but once general stores grew bigger and became more convenient, there was no way back. Still, the consumerist lifestyle as we know it didn't happen overnight, and we got where we are now gradually.

I was surprised at the number of reminisces about "living in curlers" I came across when doing a few of the previous posts. These commenters typically remembered setting their hair the moment they got home from work or school, and leaving their curlers in till the next day. So what's "living in curlers" like? A typical home set in the `60s was done with brush rollers, with the most typical being classic black wire brush rollers. They are often itchy as well as prickly to wear, but are more…

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A 1950s grocery store sale advertisement.

Frozen foods aisle in 1981

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While most of us grew up with supermarkets and shopping malls already existing; some of us remember the family-run grocery stores where your options were often limited. Others might even have had the chance to grow their own food, but once general stores grew bigger and became more convenient, there was no way back. Still, the consumerist lifestyle as we know it didn't happen overnight, and we got where we are now gradually.

1950s family owned grocery store chain in Southern, CA. The chain was sold in 1996. This was a photo of the original sign and it was taken either in the valley or Eagle Rock, CA. Photo by Dave Bravenec

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Take a look back to see what food shopping used to be like in these photos of vintage 1960s supermarkets - scenes of shoppers, checkouts, storefronts & more!