Greensboro Chain Grocer Addresses, 1931-1985

Notes:

This spreadsheet covers the Greensboro city limits only. Although some suburban locations may be included, it is not meant to cover all suburban stores in the area.
The spreadsheet is only designed for accuracy through 1980. Stores open after this date may not be included. The 1999 column is primarily for reference as to the current occupants and status of older stores, although some newer ones may be included.
Listings are compiled from Greensboro city directories, with various newspaper articles, property records, and personal knowledge as auxiliary sources.
Updated February 2007.

Number	Street	1928	1930	1935	1940	1947	1950	1955	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	1999	Notes
1023	Alamance Church														Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion
600	Ashe			A&P	A&P	A&P												600-604.
604	Ashe		A&P
824	Ashe			W&M
110	Asheboro						A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P							Built 1948.
416	Asheboro		A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P
422	Asheboro		Pender
500	Asheboro		Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly
605	Asheboro							Colonial	Colonial	Colonial		Bi-Rite	FoodRite					COL open 2/17/59.
1106	Asheboro		A&P	A&P														1106 (1930), 1108 (1935).
2031	Asheboro								Kroger	Kroger	Kroger	Kroger	Kroger	FoodRite				Open 2/2/60.
441	Battleground		Pender
1304	Battleground		Ivory	Ivory
1614	Battleground								Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie							Announced 1/21/55, to open in summer as Dixie Home.
1724	Battleground							Colonial	Colonial	Colonial	Colonial							Open 1951.
2437	Battleground									A&P	A&P	A&P	FoodRite		Fleet-Plummer Hardware	Fleet-Plummer Hardware	Fleet-Plummer Hardware	Open 8/19/63.
2803	Battleground										Bi-Rite	Bestway	Bestway					Open 9/30/69.
2965	Battleground												Kroger		Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter		Built 1979. Kroger relocated to 3357 in 1985. HT open 1987 or 1988. HT relocated to 3357 in 1999.
3357	Battleground													Kroger	Kroger	Kroger	Harris Teeter	Kroger open 1985. HT 7/99.
3780	Battleground															Food Lion
432	Bellemeade								Kroger	Kroger							County Offices	Open 6/28/55.
301	Bennett			W&M
2303	Bessemer E								Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	FoodRite	FoodRite		Autozone (2303)		Built 1954.
937	Best										Bi-Rite
1206	Bridford																Kroger	Kroger >> HT 6/30/99.
3401	Burlington								Clark's	Clark's	Clark's	Cook's
682	Cardinal Crossing															Food Lion
1911	Chapman S														Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion
1912	Chapman S										A&P	A&P	Food Town	Food Lion	Big Lots	Big Lots	Big Lots	Open 1968.
2011	Church N			Ivory	Ivory
2710	Church N																Kroger	Kroger >> HT open 6/23/99.
106	College								Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite		Built 1956.
609	College											Colonial	Big Star	Big Star	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter		Per Wayne Henderson.
706	College									Piggly Wiggly	Bi-Rite	Bestway	Bestway					Bi-Rite 1966. Closed 1981.
225	Commerce				A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P							First A&P supermarket. Opened 3/10/38, and reopened 6/16/47 following 7/46 fire. 221-225. Closed 2/21/73.
1421	Cone E										Zayre	Zayre	Zayre	Zayre	Zayre	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie
1471	Cone E									Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie		Big Lots	Open 1/17/61. Re-located to former Zayre within same center in 12/94.
2011	Cone E												Big Star	Big Star				Open 1976. Closed prior to 1988. Demolished early 2007.
102	Davie N		Pender
206	Elm N			Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly
212	Elm N			A&P														Vintage picture on file.
378	Elm N		Pender															Per Wayne Henderson.
388	Elm N		Ivory	Ivory	Ivory
390	Elm N		A&P	A&P
608	Elm N		Pender	Pender														Built 1929.
612	Elm N	Pender	Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly													Built 1929. 612 (1928-1935), 610 (1940).
2100	Elm N							U-Save-It	U-Save-It	U-Save-It	U-Save-It	U-Save-It	U-Save-It	U-Save-It	U-Save-It			Affiliated w/ Red & White 12/10/59. Vintage picture availalble.
332	Elm S		A&P	A&P														First A&P in Greensboro (1910) at 326.
516	Elm S			Pender														Built 1899.
518	Elm S			Ivory														Built 1899.
526	Elm S		A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P												Built 1925.
612	Elm S		Pender
872	Elm S		Pender
811	Florida W								Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie							Open 3/28/57. Planned as Dixie Home.
500	Four Seasons Mall											Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie
1205	Fourth							Big Bear										Built 1951. Open 9/15/55. Had been Proximity Mercantile. Closed 1959.
2017	Freeman Mill							Bi-Rite						Somewhere Else Tavern	Somewhere Else Tavern	Somewhere Else Tavern	Somewhere Else Tavern
3408	Freeman Mill										Bi-Rite							Same location as 2008 W. Vandalia.
600	Friendly Center								Colonial	Colonial	Colonial	Big Star	Big Star	Big Star	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter		Demolished 1996 for new Belk Department Store. Relocated next to Friendly Center.
710	Friendly Center									Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie		Open 1/9/62. Demolished 1999.
1607	Friendly W							Colonial	Piggly Wiggly	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	FoodRite	FoodRite	FoodRite			Jake's Billiards	Built 1938. 1607-1609. COL closed 1957? PW open 2/26/59. Bi-Rite open 10/4/62.
1618	Friendly W			Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly													Apparently demolished 1964. Check.
5605	Friendly W									Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie		Bestway	Fresh Market	Fresh Market	Fresh Market	WD open 10/29/62. Closed 1979. BW open 1980 or 1981. Closed 1984.
5705	Friendly W								Piggly Wiggly									5707 still standing, built in 1954.
1310	Glenwood		A&P
1320	Glenwood				Butler's	Butler's	Butler's	Butler's	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bestway	Bestway					Open 1938. Enlarged 1950. Enlarged/renamed 12/13/55.
1402	Glenwood			W&M
2208	Golden Gate									Kroger	Kroger	Food Town	Food Town	Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion	Open 3/16/61.
2268	Golden Gate Center									A&P	A&P	A&P	Bestway	Bestway	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter	A&P open 3/16/61. Bestway closed 1986.
900	Gorrell				Essa's	Essa's	Essa's	Essa's	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite							Open 1935. Renamed/enlarged 1955. Enlarged 1/22/59.
335	Greene N						Colonial	Colonial										Demolished 1990s
4364	Hicone															Food Lion
2924	High Point								Colonial	Colonial	Colonial							Open 1/28/59. Relocated to 3020.
3006	High Point							Ivory	Ivory	Piggly Wiggly								Built 1950. Ivory Store elarged 2/12/58. Red & White open 5/24/62. PW open 1963-1968.
3020	High Point											Big Star	Big Star		Burlington Coat Factory	Burlington Coat Factory	Office Depot	Open 1972. Orginally connected with Cook's Dept. Store. Operated briefly as Colonial. Relocated from 2924.
3604	High Point												Family Mart	Kroger	Kroger	Kroger		FM owned by A&P. Became Kroger 1987 or 1988. Kroger closed late 1990s. BBY address 3508.
3701	High Point										Zayre	Zayre	Zayre	Zayre		Buy for Less	Lowe's Foods	Open 1969.
3715	High Point											Big Star						Open 1969.
3841	High Point											Winn-Dixie						Open 1971.
3900	High Point												Memco					Open 1980. Closed by 1983.
4215	High Point												Kroger	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter		Food World as of 1984.
4607	High Point										Big Bear	Food World	Food World		Drug Palace	Drug Palace	Kerr Drug	Open 1969. Relocated to 4215 in 1984.
4703	High Point								Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Western Auto	Western Auto	Western Auto	Western Auto			Open 10/1/59. Had been Matlock's. Relocated to 4711.
4711	High Point											Bestway	Bestway	Bestway				Relocated from 4703. Closed 1986.
5710	High Point															Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter
3219	Holden S												Food Town	Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion	Open 1976.
3721	Holden S															Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie
2138	Lawndale						Ralph's Food Palace	Ralph's										Open 1948. Burned 1954. Reopened 3/23/55.
2190	Lawndale							Big Bear	Big Bear	Big Bear	Big Bear	Food World	Food World	Harris Teeter	Drug Palace	Drug Palace	Kerr Drug	Open 3/23/54.
3708	Lawndale										Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Fresh Market	Fresh Market	Fresh Market	Fresh Market	Listed as 3700 in 1960. Peeler's Bi-Rite open 9/26/57. Fresh Market open 1982.
3714	Lawndale												Food Town	Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion	Open 1976. Closed 2/8/07. To be demolished 2007.
4709	Lawndale														Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie		FL open 2/9/07.
431	Lee W		Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly
831	Lee W		Ivory
834	Lee W		Pender
901	Lee W		A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P											Relocated to 907.
907	Lee W							A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P							Built 1954. Relocated from 901.
1613	Lee W		Pender	Pender
1316	Lee's Chapel														Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion
259	Market E		Pender	Pender
614	Market E		Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly
721	Market E											A&P						Open 1967. Demolished late 1990s.
809	Market E		Pender	Pender
823	Market E		A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P
2316	Market E													Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion
220	Market W		A&P	A&P
708	Market W		Pender	Pender										O'Reilly's Bar	Fuzzy Duck's Bar	Kilroy's Bar	Fuzzy Duck's Bar
710	Market W		A&P	A&P												Sun & Wind
712	Market W			Ivory	Ivory
2024	Market W						U-Save-It	U-Save-It
3950	Market W											Kroger	Kroger		Aaron Rents Furniture	Aaron Rents Furniture	Aaron Rents Furniture	Open 1973. First Kroger Superstore.
4624	Market W													Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter		Open 1981 as Food World. Relocated to 4640 6/23/99.
4640	Market W											Kmart Food?	Food Town/Kmart	Food Lion/Kmart	Food Lion/Kmart	Food Lion/Kmart	Harris Teeter	Open 1972. Connected to K-mart. Relocated to 4655 late 1990s. Both stores combined to form Kroger, which became Harris-Teeter 6/23/99.
4653	Market W									Big Bear	Big Bear	Food World	Food World	Marshall's	Marshall's	Marshall's	Marshall's	BB open 3/3/64. 4649-4653
4655	Market W									King's	King's	King's	King's	Kroger	Kroger	Kroger	Food Lion	Kroger open 1984. Food Lion relocated from 4640, and Kroger relocated TO 4640, c. 1996.
120	Meadowview W															Food Lion	Food Lion
429	Meadowview W										A&P	A&P	Food World					Open 1967.
209	Paisley		A&P	A&P
1528	Phillips										Bi-Rite	Bestway	Bestway	Bestway				Built 1966.
2500	Phillips											Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie					Open 1971.
2521	Phillips													Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie
2509	Pleasant Garden												Bi-Rite					2509 or 2909. Open 1954.
2909	Pleasant Garden										Bi-Rite			Sav-Way (2509)		Country Mart		2509 or 2909. Open 1954.
2212	Randleman									Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	FoodRite	FoodRite	FoodRite			Open 11/2/61.
2321	Randleman															FoodRite		Built 1965. Check older occs.
2401	Randleman										Kmart Food	Kmart Food	Food Town	Food Lion	Food Lion			Open 1967.
2920	Randleman												FoodRite		Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter	FR closed 1984. HT open 1989. Closed 2006.
3002	Randleman													Big Star
3228	Randleman														Food Lion	Food Lion	Food Lion
1214	Spring Garden		A&P	A&P	A&P
1304	Spring Garden		Pender	Pender
1615	Spring Garden							Kroger	Kroger	Kroger	Kroger	Monnett Carpets	Monnett Carpets		Revco	Revco	CVS	Open 1952.
1837	Spring Garden			W&M
3011	Spring Garden								Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Winn-Dixie	Bestway	Bestway	Bestway	Hometown Cash & Carry	Hometown Cash & Carry	Hometown Cash & Carry	WD open 6/18/57. Bestway open as late as 1986, maybe longer. Listed as 3109 in 1960.
401	State			A&P	A&P	A&P												Built 1931.
Number	Street	1928	1930	1935	1940	1947	1950	1955	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	1999	Notes
235	Summit		A&P
407	Summit			Pender
412	Summit		A&P	A&P	A&P
505	Summit		Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly
509	Summit			W&M
944	Summit						A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P	A&P	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite		Advance Auto	Advance Auto	Open 1950.
1040	Summit								Big Bear	Big Bear	Big Bear	Food World	Food World	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter	Harris Teeter	Big Bear open 11/10/59.
330	Tate	Pender																Per Wayne Henderson.
403	Tate		Ivory	Ivory	Ivory				Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Sav-Way	College Mart	College Mart	College Mart	Built 1928. Combined with 405 sometime after 1935. New facade, mid 1970s. Drastic interior remodel mid 1980s.
405	Tate			A&P														Built 1928. Combined with 403 sometime after 1935.
2008	Vandalia W											Bestway	Bestway	Bestway				Same location as 3408 Freeman Mill.
610	Walker			Ivory	Ivory	Ivory	Ivory	Ivory	Ivory									612 (1935-1941). Built 1925. Relocated to 2121 in 1958.
950	Walker		Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly	Piggly Wiggly								New York Pizza	New York Pizza	New York Pizza	New York Pizza	New York Pizza	Was Talbert's in 1941, Matlocks' in 1948.
2113	Walker						A&P	A&P	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bi-Rite	Bestway	Bestway	Bestway	Bestway	Bestway	Bestway	2113-2115. Many interior pictures. Built 1947. A&P relocated from 2117-2119. A&P closed 1957.
2114	Walker				Ivory	Ivory												Built 1935. Ivory at least through 1948.
2119	Walker			A&P	A&P	A&P												Built 1921. 2117-2119. A&P relocated to 2113-2115 (1947). Ivory Store 2/12/58.
4125	Walker								A&P	A&P	A&P							Open 6/26/57.
330	Washington W		A&P	A&P
116	Washinton W				Big Star	Big Star	Colonial	Colonial	Colonial									Open fall 1937. Closed 1/15/63. Vintage picture available.
3109	Yanceyville												Kroger	Kroger	Kroger	Kroger		Open 1974. Closed c. 1996.