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Continental Grocery Store

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:10 am
by mrduck77
Hello there. Does anyone remember Continental market (grocery store) on Blackstone. I think it was replaced by Vons later on. Me and my dad would go shopping there a lot. They used to have a turn-style on the right side when you walked in. In front of that (east side of store from entry point) was a bunch of Sale bins with canned food, ect. I believe the meat section was on the east side wall of it as well. Frozen foods was in the middle? I think the floor was like a greenish tile and, of course, the had a couple candy machines near the front door. Best place to grocery shop (and Dad loved their big pies there). Anyone have pics or fond memories of this place?

Re: Continental Grocery Store

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:35 am
by dulcie
Here's a great research site to find the exact location of a favorite old store:

http://www.groceteria.com/place/califor ... 1925-1999/

Re: Continental Grocery Store

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:18 pm
by Big J
I remember it! The Vons that remains there did indeed replace it. Great store. My family mostly went to Gong's on Fresno and Ashlan, but Continental was a neat old store too.

Re: Continental Grocery Store

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:41 pm
by christone
I remember Continental, too. Mom shopped there when I was a child. For Fresno, it was somewhat upscale.

Re: Continental Grocery Store

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:18 pm
by Roadhouse
Yes,,,,, it was an Awesome store... The store Owner\Manager was my neighbor in Fresno. George. Great person and awesome cook. Miss the store and his family. Anthony

Re: Continental Grocery Store

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:51 pm
by sjvalleydave
After Continental shut down, Vons came in and now Von's is gone. An Oriental Market went in after Vons, but now they are gone and it is empty...

Re: Continental Grocery Store

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:22 am
by Rosalyn22
Yes! I was JUST talking about this store last night! I had a random flashback of the bins in the store and could not think of the name, but remembered it was the previous store to Vons. I tried explaining it to my brother since he remembers quite a bit. Low and behold I look online again and see this post! Thank you for helping me remember the name!

Re: Continental Grocery Store

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:25 pm
by Osandad
An aunt lived there on Glenn and recall shopping at Continental. My first Burger King and Weinerschnitzel experience was there. I recall Red Carpet Car Wash too!

Re: Continental Grocery Store

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:30 am
by Michael3314
I worked at Continental Market all through college. What a great store. Lots of friends made there. Lots of good memories. I’ll have to look and see if I can find my photos from back then.