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By 1925 – twentieth century
The national chains reached Fort Wayne's grocery trade in the 1920s. A&P stores appear across the city in the 1925 directory listings (1014 and 2008 Broadway, 2443 Broadway, 1306 and 1936 South Calhoun, among others) and traded into the 1960s–70s. Kroger appears by 1930 at numerous addresses, several of them former locations of the local Hoosier Stores chain (Hoosier store No. 1 at 1324 South Calhoun and No. 5 on Broadway were Kroger by 1930), and ran supermarkets across the city through the century — the Northcrest Shopping Center store traded 1960–1987. Piggly Wiggly also appears in the 1925 listings. The local chains that succeeded them — Rogers, Maloley Bros and Scott's — belong to the current record.
Sources:
- Groceteria.com, "Fort Wayne Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925–2015" (directory-compiled) — A&P and Piggly Wiggly listings 1925; Kroger from 1930 and the Hoosier successions; the Northcrest Kroger, 1960–1987.