Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big Star Markets


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The result was keep. Feel free to discuss merge on the appropriate talk pages. Missvain (talk) 16:12, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Big Star Markets

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There is no significant coverage of this chain. Only trivial mentions noted that do not meet WP:CORP or WP:GNG. ~RAM (talk) 12:53, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep/merge This was a brand of David Pender's grocery business which was huge in its day with hundreds of stores. This also covered at Colonial Stores and so there's some scope for merger and perhaps retitling.  As their heyday was pre-Internet, sourcing isn't easy but there seems to be enough, including an entire book about about Pender and his business. WP:ATD applies, "If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page." Andrew🐉(talk) 16:04, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Keep or merge. There are numerous Newspapers.com articles about Big Star Markets. Here are several Newspapers.com articles and a book source I found:  The October 31, 1940, edition of the Daily Press contains multiple articles about Big Star Supermarket:Hostesses To Have Major Role In Opening of New Big Star Market HereWhite Blocks, Black Trim, Form Super Market FacadeCoffee Made At New StoreTrained Staff For Big Star</li><li>Beauties Check Packages at Big-Star Market</li><li>Car Offered By Big Star</li><li>Parking Lots Aid Shoppers</li><li>Food Variety At Big Star</li><li>New Big Star To Be Opened</li></ol> The articles are very positive but that may be how newspaper articles were written at the time.</li> <li> The August 18, 1938, edition of the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contains multiple articles about Big Star Supermarket:<ol><li>City's 5 Big Star Super Markets Please Shoppers</li><li>Buying Easy as Raiding Ice Box At the Five Big Star Markets</li><li>Big Star Markets To Please Tastes of Entire Family</li><li>Big Star Markets Sell Free Coffee</li></ol></li> <li></li> <li> The article notes: "Big Star's parent company, Grand Union Co., has closed 35 stores, including Charlotte Big Stars on East Independence Boulevard and North Graham Street. Locally, Big Star officials estimated the stores controlled 5.4% of the grocery market last year, compared with an 8.5% share a decade ago. A Knight Publishing Co. (KPC) marketing survey of independent food brokers and manufacturers, however, estimated Big Star's 1982 share at 3.4%."</li> <li> The book notes: "Book Star Food Stores. Big Star was a chain of grocery stores that began in 1937. Created as part of the David Pender Grocery Company, Big Star's South Carolina stores were sold to Harris Teeter in 1988."</li> </ol>Cunard (talk) 08:14, 23 December 2020 (UTC)</li></ul>


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