Penn Traffic: Difference between revisions

Penn Traffic traces its origins back to the 1850s, when it was a trading post in [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Over the years, Penn Traffic evolved first into a general-merchandise department store and later a large [[retail]] and [[wholesale]] [[supermarket]] company. In 1922 it established Johnstown's first radio station, [[WTAC (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)|WTAC]],<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxhh8g&view=1up&seq=1259 "New stations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', December 1, 1922, page 3.</ref> which was licensed until early 1926.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763060&view=1up&seq=257 "Strike out all particulars"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', January 30, 1926, page 7.</ref> Riverside, founded in [[Brookville, Pennsylvania]] in 1928, became part of the Penn Traffic family in 1962, and began developing the Bi-Lo format in the 1980s (not related to the [[BI-LO (United States)|chain]] in the Mid-Atlantic). Penn Traffic operated 43 supermarkets under the Bi-Lo trade name across Pennsylvania, and also distributed food to 51 franchised and independent supermarkets from its [[DuBois, Pennsylvania]] distribution facility. Quality Markets, founded in [[Jamestown, New York|Jamestown]], [[New York (state)|New York]] in 1913, joined the Penn Traffic family in 1979. Penn Traffic operated a total of 34 supermarkets under the Quality trade name in southwestern New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.

 

 

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