Fazio's Shopping Bag—also known as Shopping Bag Food Stores—was a supermarket chain located in
Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most populous urban ...
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History
Shopping Bag Food Stores began in 1930 as a single grocery store on
Wilshire Boulevard
Wilshire Boulevard is a prominent boulevard in the Los Angeles area of Southern California, extending from Ocean Avenue in the city of Santa Monica east to Grand Avenue in the Financial District of downtown Los Angeles. One of the prin ...
, Los Angeles. In 1933, they opened their first supermarket, and in 1954 the company went public.
In January 1960, Shopping Bag —with 38 stores at that time— and
Vons
Vons is a Southern California and Southern Nevada supermarket chain owned by Albertsons. It is headquartered in Fullerton, California, and operates stores under the Vons and Pavilions banners. It was owned by Safeway Inc. and headquartered in ...
—with 28 stores— announced their merger, making it the second largest supermarket chain on the West Coast. The merger was challenged by the
Federal Trade Commission, and after two lower court victories for Vons, in 1966 the
Supreme Court of the United States
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reversed the decisions and ordered the divestiture.
In June 1967, Vons completed the sale of Shopping Bag Food Stores to
E.F. MacDonald. This company later bought 31
A&P supermarkets in Los Angeles, converting them to Shopping Bag. In 1972, MacDonald sold the supermarket chain to
Fisher Foods, which rebranded the stores as ''Fazio's Shopping Bag''. In 1978, all stores were sold to
Albertsons
Albertsons Companies, Inc. is an American grocery company founded and headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
With 2,253 stores as of the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 and 270,000 employees as of fiscal year 2019, the company is the second-large ...
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References
{{History of Retail in Southern California
Defunct supermarkets of the United States
Supermarkets based in California
American companies established in 1930
Retail companies established in 1930
American companies disestablished in 1978
Retail companies disestablished in 1978