When Did Beef Chubs Land on Grocery Store Shelves?

In the seventies, supermarkets were ubiquitous, and millions of Americans routinely took a weekly trip to their local "grocery store and more."

But what were those vintage 1970s supermarkets like — and how do they compare to today's shopping options? Take a look!

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Scenes from vintage 1970s supermarkets

Happy retro supermarket shoppers & employees in 1970

Six Safeway supermarket scenes of the seventies

Checking out package labels

Vintage bread in the Country Oven Bakery (1973)

Free samples!

Gifts & goodies in the hospitality center

The section of the supermarket that sold greeting cards, candles and gifts

Safeway grocery store in Denver, Colorado

"The broad expanse of colorful shopping area below is an interior shot of the largest new Safeway store…"

The '70s grocery store's fancy new tech: Barcode scanners

"Note checker's hands: she is passing the electronic scanning wand over identifying mark on package. At that point, computer takes over, flashes price on display panel, prints customer receipt (coming out of box on counter) and updates store sales data by item."

Safeway store in Portland

Village Cheese Shop – Vintage supermarket department from the '70s

Retro metal shopping carts aren't much different now

Wine & cheese, retro '70s style

Fazio/Fisher Foods wine "cellars"

Wines from around the world

Brown bags full of groceries from Safeway

Eco-friendly designs promoting conservation: Save water & Conserve energy

Vintage brown paper grocery bag from A&P

Canned goods in aisle 4

Vintage A&P grocery store frontage & produce department

The vintage meat & deli departments at an old A&P

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A&P store sign: Open 24 hours (1975)

A close-up look at the deli delights

Shopping for fruits & vegetables

Retro style shopping cart at the A&P

Oranges and other fruit on display

Retro packaged cookie brands on a supermarket shelf

Fig Newtons, Mayfair, Nilla Wafers, Bake Shop Oatmeal, chocolate-covered graham crackers, shortbread, Chips Ahoy, Chocolate Chocolate Chip cookies

Save! "Fight inflation with discount prices"

Love the kid sitting in the shopping cart

A vintage Dominick's grocery store sign & facade

Also Chef Fazio's delicatessen

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Please take a number: Vintage Take-A-Tab for a store bakery

Old-fashioned cakes, rolls, danishes and other treats

A woman with a full cart checking out the ol' dairy aisle (1970)

Dominick's vintage grocery store in the Chicago area (1971)

Meat and seafood at a '70s food store

Vintage Kantor grocery store: Fresh meats & Delicatessen

A busy Fazio's checkout, complete with baggers

Vintage '70s in-store bakeries

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Putting price stickers on frozen cans of juice concentrate

Scenes from vintage Fazio's grocery stores

Mother and daughter shopping in the snack aisle

Fresh poultry & meat section

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The butcher and fresh meats

A butcher restocking the meat

Hamburgers tonight?

Here's a huge package of ground beef

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The old-fashioned meat department at Safeway

Vintage 1970s Kroger grocery store produce department & deli

Winn-Dixie storefront: The Beef People

A&P Food stores: Garden center in Greenwich, Connecticut

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Deli meats, cheeses and bread at a vintage '70s supermarket

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Red Owl grocery store: "The Meat People"

Potato chips can keep fussy toddlers occupied

Vintage soda brands from the seventies

Includes Fresca, Shasta sodas, Schweppes, Vernors, Pepsi

Vintage pharmacy/beauty section at a supermarket

Selling gifts – cameras – film – jewelry

Pick up a pair of pants when you buy your butter!

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Cookware & kitchenware

Including pots and pans, woks, mugs, copper fish molds and a whole lot more.

Vintage frozen food brands in open cases

Old-fashioned produce scales

Weighing the lightest bananas in the world

Check out the retro-style plastic price numbers

Fun in the produce aisle

Celery & more produce at a retro grocery store

Mother and son in the vegetable section

Lots of loaves of bread in this old-school deli section

Lucky stores with the slogan, "If you only knew"

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Small A&P food store on a corner in New Orleans

The in-market drugstore section of a vintage supermarket

Retro laundry time at a vintage 1970s supermarket

See the old-fashioned laundry detergent, starch, fabric softener and more

Beauty products, then retro greeting cards & candles

So many bread brands

Checking out with store-brand Pantry Pride products

The checker has a great retro pink shirt as part of her employee uniform

Vintage grocery stores shopping scenes from the seventies

Fazio's storefront and sign – plus streamers

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Finding florist-fresh flowers for the family

Little kid with Chomp Chomp game

The good eating game, from Pantry Pride

A&P vintage 1970s supermarkets

A checker hand-keying a price on a bottle of wine

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Busy supermarket checkouts in the 1970s

Busy vintage 1970s supermarket checkout lanes (1973)

Old Red Owl supermarket checkout (1978)

Chips, pretzels and more for just $15.49!

An old-school A&P supermarket checkout

All bagged up and ready to go!

A fashionable '70s family at the Big Bear supermarket (1974)

This store was at Hart's Family Center in Arkansas

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