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Corner stores – help wanted!

The City of North Battleford Historic Archives would like to create a record of all the corner grocery stores in the city for the past 110 years.
Wally’s Food Basket

The City of North Battleford Historic Archives would like to create a record of all the corner grocery stores in the city for the past 110 years.

Below are some of the stores that we would like to have the names of the store, address of the store, operators, employees, delivery boys or girls, telephone number, years operated under each name, picture of the store and any other pertinent information.

Please contact City of North Battleford Historic Archives at 306-445-1786 or email archives@cityofnb.ca with any information.

1701 - 91st St. — Ralph’s Red & White, Louis Red & White and Stangs

1291 - 97th St. — Strong's and Weedmark’s

1602 - 96th St. — Capital Grocery, John Odishaw, Lyle Trost and Janet Cunningham

1501 - 101st St. — La Borde, Star Grocer, Packards, Odnokons, Corney, Confield

1211 - 100th St. — Rex Grocery, Alex Burton, Len Cruickshank, Robert McClinton

1392 – 93rd St. — Chadwick's Grocery

1702 - 102nd St. — Hewer Grocery, Branters

1092 - 103rd St. — Carrs Shoprite, Leonard Griffths, John Penner

1101 - 101st St. — Fred Fawley

1591 - 99th St. — Victoria Supply, Tom Lonsdale – Cass – Boggust, Winfield, Matchett, McLeod, Christianson, Tom Butler

1054 - 104th St. — William Billington, Newsham Grocery

1292 - 106th St. — Cowgills

1302 - 107th St. — Greenslades, Evans Grocery, Harpers Grocery

1402 - 109th St. — Albert's Confectionary, Walls Foods

911 - 106th St. — Roy Strong, L.A. Prutton

1491 - 102nd St. — King Grocery

991 - 109th St. — Sunnyside Grocery, Sambos

1171 - 110th St. — Donald St. Grocery

751 - 102nd St. — Dicks Grocery and Confectionary

732 - 100th St. — Riverview Grocery, Hotvedt, William Billington, Lloyd Beckman, Bill Kostiuk

1402 - 104th St. — Roland Marcotte, Bandet, David Schnell

2402 - 99th St. — North Park Store, Larkin, Wilkinson

1845 - 100th St. — J & A Red & White, Jack Opheim and Alex Mantach

1833 - 100th St. — City Market, Butch Haubrick, North Town, Bill Goyan

1202 - 106th St. — Dicks Grocery, Dick Napastick

1102 - 107th St. — Wallys Food Basket, Van Cleemput, Sandys Confectionary, Hershel Cousins, Ed Waddell, Wally Dubnyk, Roman Nychyk

1034 - 102nd St. — May Foods Ltd, May Brothers Meat and Groceries

852 - 108th St. — James St. Grocery, Lazar, Emma Beirle

1491 - 100th St. — Veteran Service, Carl Sorge, Dons Royalite Service, Don Oliphant

1702 - 110th St. — Foodland, Ron Schumlick, Lehman, Don McInnis

1941 St. Laurent Dr. — Day & Nite Deli, Ron Schumlick

1082 - 104th St. — Newsham Grocery, William Billington

11th Ave and 101st St. – Craig's Shop Rite

1166 - 101st St. — Abe’s Fine Foods Ltd, Abe Caplan

1035 - 101st St. — Yorke Confectionary

101st St. — Olympia Confectionary

2001 - 100th St. — Red Rooster

Please help the City Archives preserve our city’s history. Thank you for your assistance.