The only Worthington grocery store today is the Kroger at Worthington Square. The only grocery store in the City of Worthington anyway.
Hot dog here's an old ad for Home Market a Worthington grocery store. What a find a 1940 ad according to Don O'Brien who shared the ad (wrapping material) via his Flickr stream... Mr. O'Brien grew up in Worthington and has fabulous, "Old Worthington" photos on Flickr. Not Old Worthington like the neighborhood exactly but photos of what that neighborhood was like in the late 1930's and into the 1940's. That really was the Village of Worthington... at that point. He also has photos of the Worthington area back in the 1930's and 1940's too. Some of those unincorporated areas are now the City of Worthington. His photos are treasures on Flickr today.
... back to 1940 Worthington. Look at the top ad "Frankfurts"
Swift's Premium is certainly a recognizable brand.
Do you see "Birds Eye Frosted Foods" not frozen, but frosted
Old Worthington does not have a grocery store anymore. The Jubilee just south of North St. closed a few years ago when CVS gave them an offer they could not refuse. What's new in Old Worthington - the CVS. The Jubilee was the "Super Dooper" an IGA store when I moved to town, my office was right next door.
There is no grocery store in Linworth, has not been since the 1990's. I believe that was an IGA Super Dooper in Linworth through the mid to late 1990's.
The only grocery store in the City of Worthington is the Kroger at Worthington Square Mall on W. Wilson Bridge Road.
Look at those prices in the 1940 ad! This was the pricey locally owned grocery store. Mr. O'Brien wrote on Flickr:
"The Home Market was the locally-owned grocery in Worthington for many years. There was also an A&P and Kroger where grocery prices were cheaper. "
Another old photo of Don O'Brien's (Dok1 on Flickr) that I shared previously showed the Kroger on High Street and I believe the A&P in the background, a few doors up.
I wonder where the "Home Market" was in Worthington. I am assuming it was in Old Worthington because wasn't that really all there was to Worthington in 1940? Three grocery stores in the community. Of course they were all markets, not supermarkets.
Mr. O'Brien says of the ad "The Home Market at Worthington, Ohio ran this ad in the February 22 issue of the weekly Worthington News."
More about Worthington history
W. Wilson Bridge Road - Worthington History
Worthington's Mobile Homes - a lot of the historic structures in Worthington have been moved
Maureen McCabe Real Living HER Worthington
Visit Don O'Brien's Flickr photostream for lots of photos of Worthington in the late 1930's and into the 1940's. He also has lots of old advertisements, many from magazine, pictures of cars, pictures of his travels.
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