Memories about growing up in:

Anyone else remember a grocery store called Thriftimart on the southwest corner of Shaw and West? Not to be confused with Thrifty Drug and Discount Store, which was in the same strip mall, I think this was a minor chain that had other stores in Southern California, but this was the only one I know of in Fresno. Not sure when it closed, but it was a few decades ago.

Was Thriftimart the store that took a long time to open? I remember something about a Union issue. Not sure. They finally did open. It was a nice store. Was Pardini's out there too? Those were the good old days.

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I honestly don't remember that controversy. I was pretty young at the time. I think there is a Party City there now. Pardini's is a little west of there.

I loved that Thift-T-Mart. Mom used to shop there. The neighbors (who had a better income) shopped next door at Alpha Beta. Thrift-T-Mart used to carry the Iris soft drinks and other “store brands”. When The Mart folded, my understanding is that they were absorbed by Smart & Final. I don’t recall S&F taking over that location though.

A few of my best buddies lived in the neighborhood behind these stores. There was a giant, empty field between the two forever. In the mid-eighties, we would sneak out at night, cross through the field and head up to the 7-Eleven on the NE side of Shaw and West. I think both grocery stores were defunct by then.

Wasn’t it next to Montgomery Ward?