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Jun 29, 2006 · It's a shame that the Alpha Beta was torn down but all is not lost. The shopping center that replaced the store has been done in a 21st century interpretation of the classic Palm Springs variation of the Mid-Century Modern (MCM) style with features similar to the chevron overhangs you see in front of the Alpha Beta.
Feb 8, 2009 · Alpha Beta Stores, Full List of Locations, 1973 From The Alpha Beta Story. Updated on 26 November 2022. One thought on ...
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Alpha Beta Shopping Center built, designed by Albert Frey and Robson Chambers. 1960. ... Palm Springs Desert Museum opens, designed by E. Stewart Williams. 1978.
Feb 25, 2001 · Frey designed this Ralph's supermarket, left, in 1960, when it was called the Alpha Beta. While the store awaits the bulldozer, Palm Springs preservationists are trying to stop demolition. Shop -- or protest -- in your silk trench coat, $540. At BCBG Max Azria, 770 Madison Avenue, or call (888) 636-2224.
Feb 2, 2009 · Posted on February 2, 2009. Alpha Beta began as a merchandising concept rather than as a store name. Albert and Hugh Gerrard had been operating food stores in Southern California since 1900 and had been early adopters of a self-service system in 1914. Their Triangle Grocerteria (at 329 West Second Street, Pasadena) began arranging groceries ...
In Tucson, Alpha Beta-branded stores changed to ABCO-branded stores around 1989. Some Alpha Beta stores carried more than the customary supermarket merchandise. For example, in 1980, a Cupertino, California, Alpha Beta store sold Bohsei color TVs for under $200 (~$740.00 in 2023), Atari 400 and 800 computers, and other goods.
Photograph was edited for publication purposesPhotograph caption dated January 21, 1963 reads, "At the Supermarket Institute Mid-Year Conference held in Palm Springs Jan. 14, 15, and 16, the British Consul in Los Angeles met Alpha Beta Management personnel to review the Wedgewood & Co. Ltd. English Dinnerware promotion. From left are John R. Park, Acme Markets, Inc.; Claude W. Edwards, Alpha ...
