Fazio's Shopping Bag—also known as Shopping Bag Food Stores—was a supermarket chain located in

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History

Shopping Bag Food Stores began in 1930 as a single grocery store on

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, Los Angeles. In 1933, they opened their first supermarket, and in 1954 the company went public. In January 1960, Shopping Bag —with 38 stores at that time— and

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—with 28 stores— announced their merger, making it the second largest supermarket chain on the West Coast. The merger was challenged by the

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, and after two lower court victories for Vons, in 1966 the

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reversed the decisions and ordered the divestiture. In June 1967, Vons completed the sale of Shopping Bag Food Stores to E.F. MacDonald. This company later bought 31 A&P supermarkets in Los Angeles, converting them to Shopping Bag. In 1972, MacDonald sold the supermarket chain to

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, which rebranded the stores as ''Fazio's Shopping Bag''. In 1978, all stores were sold to

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