From Soup to Dessert and Beyond - Quality Market Food Ads, 1968
From soup to dessert and beyond, quality market food ads, 1968
A glance at the Quality Markets advertisement of September 19, 1968 is enough to make a modern Union City food shopper go on a diet!
In the meat department, Sugardale Hams were 63 cents a pound and center cut ham slices 89 cents a pound. Ham Loaf was two pounds for $1.59. Lean, tender, shoulder pork steaks were 53 cents a pound. Semi boneless pork roast was 49 cents a pound.
Fish outside those caught in French Creek were also reasonably priced. A shopper could buy a one pound package of Haddock, Cod, and Ocean Perch for 59 cents.
Beef was just as reasonable. Lean boneless beef stew was 73 cents a pound. Fresh ground beef, veal and pork were 59 0cents a pound, bologna brought 59 cents a pound and meat Coney hotdogs were 59 cents a pound.
The coffee drinking shopper fared just as well. A two pound can of Hills Bros. Coffee, regular, drip or electra perk grind could be had for 99 cents a pound with a coupon available in the advertisement. To quench a thirst with something other than coffee, a shopper could buy a quart bottle of orange drink for 19 cents or a quart can of Awake Dr
With This coupon
Hills Bros. Coffee
Reg. drip & Electra Perk
2 Lb. can 99C
Without Coupon $1.19
Quality Mkts. Inc.
Expires 9-21-68
Campbell’s Chicken Noodle and Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soups were on sale featuring four No. 1 cans for 59 cents. The Heinz variety of Vegetable Beef soup was also on sale for the same price.
Vegetables and fruit were also included in the sales pricing. A twelve ounce package of cooked squash went for 19 cents and fresh Louisianna (yes, Louisiana was misspelled in the advertisement!) Yams were two pounds for twenty-five cents. Home grown crisp celery sold for 19 cents a stalk. A three pound bag of yellow cooking onions could be bought for twenty-nine cents. Sweet as Sugar Honeydew melons were each 69 cents and Thompson seedless white grapes were 19 cents a pound.
Desert lovers were covered. Duncan Hines Cake Mixes were twenty nine centers for an 18 ½ ounce package and 37 ounce Mountain Top Apple Pies were seventy nine cents each.
Quality Markets also provided for clean up jobs- both dishes and people. A shopper could buy a 22 ounce bottle of “No Greasy Dishes” Liquid Lux for 59 cents or a 32 ounce bottle of “Kind to Your Hands” Liquid Joy for 85 cents. For the washing machine, a shopper could buy a giant package for Dreft with bleach for 85 cents and a one gallon bottle of “Saves you Money” Cold Water All could be purchased for $2.29 cents. A 33 ounce bottle of Final Touch Fabric Softener went for 79 cents and “For All Household Chores,” Top Job sold for 69 cents for a 28 ounce bottle. An essential item, Pampers, sold for $1.69 for a package of thirty.
The Quality Markets Advertisement focused on: Get a Head Start on Christmas, and informed shoppers that they could get a significant head start on their Christmas shopping with Quality’s low prices plus – S & H Green Stamps!
The Quality Markets S & H Green Stamp Advertisement
850 Extra S & H Green Stamps
Take this list to your Friendly Quality Market For Bonus Green Stamps!
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50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of Boneless Beef Roast
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of any Wilson Canned Meats
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of half Semi-Boneless Hams
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of 3 lb. Ground Beef or 2 lbs. Ground Chuck
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50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 8-oz pkg. Downey’s Reg. or Cinnamon Honey butter
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one jumbo bag Troyer Corn Puffs
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one pound of Mrs. Filbert’s Soft Margarine
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of four No. 303 cans of Land O’Lakes Peas
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of two 46-oz cans Keystone Tomato Juice
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 1 lb. box Kraft Velveta
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of two pigs. Kleenex Boutique Tissues
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one pkg. 200’s soft napkins
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 40-oz Snow Bowl Cleaner
100 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 24-oz bottle Scope Antiseptic Mouthwash
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 18-0z jar Red Wing Grape Jelly or Preserves
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 7 -oz Bottle Ban Spray Deodorant
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of 1 lb. pkg. Nabisco Graham Crackers
Valid Through Saturday, September 21st
Quality Markets
In the winter of 1917, the first Quality market store in Union City opened at 26 North Main Street between the hotel and the bank. Herb Hodgins wasn’t the original manager, but he managed this store for many years.
In 1923, another store opened at 98 South Main Street with George Ottaway as the first manager. In 1929, a third Union City store was purchased from the Witkop and Holmes Company of Buffalo.
In 1949, the original down town store was moved to newer and larger quarters across the street and became Union City’s first supermarket. Keeping pace with the supermarket revolution, this store again moved in 1963 to a new building at 19-21 East High Street next to the post office. In the meantime, the two smaller stores were closed and the business consolidated into the one larger supermarket.
Quality Markets enlarged the East High Street supermarket to more than double its former size and added and expanded many of its departments while offering household goods and food at low discount prices.
A glance at the Quality Markets advertisement of September 19, 1968 is enough to make a modern Union City food shopper go on a diet!
In the meat department, Sugardale Hams were 63 cents a pound and center cut ham slices 89 cents a pound. Ham Loaf was two pounds for $1.59. Lean, tender, shoulder pork steaks were 53 cents a pound. Semi boneless pork roast was 49 cents a pound.
Fish outside those caught in French Creek were also reasonably priced. A shopper could buy a one pound package of Haddock, Cod, and Ocean Perch for 59 cents.
Beef was just as reasonable. Lean boneless beef stew was 73 cents a pound. Fresh ground beef, veal and pork were 59 0cents a pound, bologna brought 59 cents a pound and meat Coney hotdogs were 59 cents a pound.
The coffee drinking shopper fared just as well. A two pound can of Hills Bros. Coffee, regular, drip or electra perk grind could be had for 99 cents a pound with a coupon available in the advertisement. To quench a thirst with something other than coffee, a shopper could buy a quart bottle of orange drink for 19 cents or a quart can of Awake Dr
With This coupon
Hills Bros. Coffee
Reg. drip & Electra Perk
2 Lb. can 99C
Without Coupon $1.19
Quality Mkts. Inc.
Expires 9-21-68
Campbell’s Chicken Noodle and Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soups were on sale featuring four No. 1 cans for 59 cents. The Heinz variety of Vegetable Beef soup was also on sale for the same price.
Vegetables and fruit were also included in the sales pricing. A twelve ounce package of cooked squash went for 19 cents and fresh Louisianna (yes, Louisiana was misspelled in the advertisement!) Yams were two pounds for twenty-five cents. Home grown crisp celery sold for 19 cents a stalk. A three pound bag of yellow cooking onions could be bought for twenty-nine cents. Sweet as Sugar Honeydew melons were each 69 cents and Thompson seedless white grapes were 19 cents a pound.
Desert lovers were covered. Duncan Hines Cake Mixes were twenty nine centers for an 18 ½ ounce package and 37 ounce Mountain Top Apple Pies were seventy nine cents each.
Quality Markets also provided for clean up jobs- both dishes and people. A shopper could buy a 22 ounce bottle of “No Greasy Dishes” Liquid Lux for 59 cents or a 32 ounce bottle of “Kind to Your Hands” Liquid Joy for 85 cents. For the washing machine, a shopper could buy a giant package for Dreft with bleach for 85 cents and a one gallon bottle of “Saves you Money” Cold Water All could be purchased for $2.29 cents. A 33 ounce bottle of Final Touch Fabric Softener went for 79 cents and “For All Household Chores,” Top Job sold for 69 cents for a 28 ounce bottle. An essential item, Pampers, sold for $1.69 for a package of thirty.
The Quality Markets Advertisement focused on: Get a Head Start on Christmas, and informed shoppers that they could get a significant head start on their Christmas shopping with Quality’s low prices plus – S & H Green Stamps!
The Quality Markets S & H Green Stamp Advertisement
850 Extra S & H Green Stamps
Take this list to your Friendly Quality Market For Bonus Green Stamps!
--------Meat----------
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of Boneless Beef Roast
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of any Wilson Canned Meats
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of half Semi-Boneless Hams
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of 3 lb. Ground Beef or 2 lbs. Ground Chuck
--------Grocery------
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 8-oz pkg. Downey’s Reg. or Cinnamon Honey butter
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one jumbo bag Troyer Corn Puffs
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one pound of Mrs. Filbert’s Soft Margarine
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of four No. 303 cans of Land O’Lakes Peas
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of two 46-oz cans Keystone Tomato Juice
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 1 lb. box Kraft Velveta
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of two pigs. Kleenex Boutique Tissues
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one pkg. 200’s soft napkins
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 40-oz Snow Bowl Cleaner
100 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 24-oz bottle Scope Antiseptic Mouthwash
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 18-0z jar Red Wing Grape Jelly or Preserves
50 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of one 7 -oz Bottle Ban Spray Deodorant
30 Extra Green Stamps with the purchase of 1 lb. pkg. Nabisco Graham Crackers
Valid Through Saturday, September 21st
Quality Markets
In the winter of 1917, the first Quality market store in Union City opened at 26 North Main Street between the hotel and the bank. Herb Hodgins wasn’t the original manager, but he managed this store for many years.
In 1923, another store opened at 98 South Main Street with George Ottaway as the first manager. In 1929, a third Union City store was purchased from the Witkop and Holmes Company of Buffalo.
In 1949, the original down town store was moved to newer and larger quarters across the street and became Union City’s first supermarket. Keeping pace with the supermarket revolution, this store again moved in 1963 to a new building at 19-21 East High Street next to the post office. In the meantime, the two smaller stores were closed and the business consolidated into the one larger supermarket.
Quality Markets enlarged the East High Street supermarket to more than double its former size and added and expanded many of its departments while offering household goods and food at low discount prices.