Pantry Pride 1988 TV Commercial

[jellison321]

When my mother took us shopping there, we went running next door to J.M. Fields to look at fishing poles.

[delorme9]

My mom used to shop there in Florida in the late 70's early 80's

[BIGPLAYCITYBABY]

I REMEMBER BUYING THE SUPERMAN 2 MOVIE BOOK HERE AND THEY HAD LITTLE MOVIE BOXES WHERE YOU PUT A DIME AND WATCH A LITTLE SHORT CARTOON...DAMN..THE OLD MIAMI..I MISS.

[rroget]

There was a Pantry Pride in P'burg NJ too.

[Mustang5Speed]

I love seeing historical stuff like this! Does anyone have any information on the Food Fair/Pantry Pride/Toy's R Us at Cottman and castor in philly? I am very interested in learning the history of the building (dates, architecture) Message me if you have info please

[MikeRambo]

@Mustang5Speed The Food Fair/Pantry Pride/Toys R' Us building was built in 1955 as part of a joint venture between Lit Brothers Department Stores and Food Fair Supermarkets

[cashpresley]

my parents used to shop at a Pantry Pride in Orlando, FL back in the 80's. when it closed, I believe it reopened as Florida's Choice.

[9jorge78]

I love this store I miss it alot when I was a kid I went to the pantry pride in miami beach they had some great stuff I love the pantry pride kool aid,,I miss this store alot.

[evilnub]

My grandmother used to shop at Pantry Pride in North Miami Beach, FL in the late-70s. Eventually that store closed & she became a Publix devotee.

[maocapoeira]

@evilnub my mom worked there years ago as a teen

[giggygina1950]

Oh yeah I remember Food Fair and also Pantry Pride, used to shop at one in Baltimore back in the late 60's. I think it was out on Perring Parkway near what was Korvettes. Ahhhhh thanks for the memories

[JIMMASTERSTV]

I remember Pantry Pride well. I believe they were wiher a part of or eventually replaced the Food Fair Supermarket chain in the 1970s. Anyone remember Food Fair?

[thewipsportsfan]

Pantry Pride started as a chain called Best Market in Philadelphia. Best market was bought by Food Fair in the sixties. Best's store brand was called Pantry Pride and Food Fair used the name for its discount supermarkets in the late 60s Later Food fair rebranded all stores "Pantry Pride" PP left Philly in 1979 (they were in Chapter 11 bankruptcy then) but contiued in Miami Florida, Richmond Virginia and a few other areas until the late 80s

[Buswaylocal]

The last ones closed down here in Miami around January 1994, they may have been the last ones left anywhere.

[info1177]

@Buswaylocal Pantry Pride exit chapter 11 in 1990 when they were bought out by Red Apple of New York and was renamed Wholley's Supermarket. Some years later to Hyde Park market and was all closed in April of 2000. I worked for them from 1981 thru 2000

[heine71]

Pantry Pride supermarkets were in the New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C./Baltimore, and North Carolina areas too!

[SesameSquirrel]

I seem to recall a commercial in the New York area for Pantry Pride, circa 1971, that featured a woman talking from a window with two open shutters. At the end of her pitch, she closed the two shutters with herself inside. Music played in the background throughout.

An older Pantry Pride logo resembled the open shutters, with a finial on top.

[thewipsportsfan]

they along with Publix and Winn-Dixie were Florida's prominent Grocers from the 1950s until the 80s when Ronald O Perleman ( of Revlon fame)owned and gutted it. (to buy Revlon)