The American Grocery Store - The Business Evolution of an Architectural Space

When people think of a grocery store, they have a multitude of images from a neighborhood shop on the corner to the modern-day supermarket. The grocery store has had a rich history, as business conditions have contributed to changes in both its economic and its architectural character. This book provides a history of the grocery store. Beginning with the public markets and general stores of our early cities and the general stores of small towns and hinterlands, this volume traces the evolution of the all-purpose grocery store with the advent of mass distribution, the growth of the supermarket, and the present-day convenience stores, co-ops, warehouse markets, hypermarkets, and wholesale clubs.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
The Public Market
From General Store to Grocery Store
The Chain Store Age
The Supermarket Evolution
The Supermarket Boom
The Grocery Store Parade
The Evolution of the Grocery Store Space
Bibliography
Index

About the author

James M. Mayo

Product details

• Authors: James Mayo, Mayo James
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.1993
• EAN: 9780313265204
• ISBN: 978-0-313-26520-4
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; USA, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, ART / American / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Retail and wholesale industries, Distributive industries, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, Business: History, Domestic or internal trade, Domestic trade