Talk:Western Supermarkets

Needs work

Well, this article is not a stub, but it needs work on the early history. I found The Birmingham News published obituaries of co-founder Inos Allen Heard around his death on March 7, 1996, but I don't have access to the full text from here. --Lkseitz 11:24, 11 December 2006 (PST)

Gardendale Western

The Western in Gardendale converted to a Food Depot in 2009. See the Jun 17, 2009 NJN issue for more info. I _think_ they may still be owned by Western Supermarkets, but I'm not sure & don't have time to research it. FWIW, the Gardendale store originally opened in 1961. --Robert Matthews (talk) 14:26, 9 August 2016 (PDT)

• My first search for Food Depot found a chain in Georgia at myfooddepot.com. Then I found the Gardendale and Pelham stores at myfooddepot.net. I couldn't immediately figure out the current relationship to Western, but I thought the fact that both the Western and Food Depot web sites use the same web designer might be telling. Then I got confirmation by selecting "Corporate Office" on the Western site. The feedback form makes you select a chain and Food Depot is one of the choices. --Lkseitz (talk) 05:57, 10 August 2016 (PDT)
  • Great info! Thanks for researching it. I had always wondered if there was a connection between the two stores, but hadn't ever taken the time to figure it out. Robert Matthews (talk) 07:59, 10 August 2016 (PDT)

Vestavia Western

• There used to another Western in Vestavia Hills back in the '70s & '80s. I don't recall when it closed, but it was probably sometime in the late '90s or early 2000's when they rebuilt the shopping center where it used to be in the old section of Vestavia. It was located in the Vestavia_Hills_Shopping_Center. Robert Matthews (talk) 20:18, 10 August 2016 (PDT)
• Also, the one that's located on Morgan Drive used to be in the shopping center across the street from the 1970s-'90s. Robert Matthews (talk) 20:29, 10 August 2016 (PDT)