[Gransonec]

I was just thinking about them today and decided to do a bit of online research on them. I went to the website of the Canadian company that owned them and I could swear it looks like they're still running National, just with different names. They have a chain called the Real Canadian Superstore. I remember we had a very large store from National called The Real Superstore in the late 1980's. I think the empty building is still there. This was way before we got anything here like Super Wal-mart or Super Target and the store was amazing. Even the symbol for their Dominion stores looks exactly like what I remember of the National symbol. I looked at the ad for The Real Canadian Superstore and the yellow labels on the no name brand private label stuff looks just like the off brand stuff I remember from the Real Superstore, when I was a kid. I'm just really surprised because I thought everything that had to do with National was dead and buried. Turns out, they just moved to Canada to escape the draft-

http://www.superstore.ca/default.aspx?chngProv=Y

[donnuncio]

I worked for Natco for 27 years in the New Orleans Division. I was there to the bitter end in 95. Turn the Loblaws "L" upside down and you have the National "N". I worked in the Canal Villere store in Morgan City La. I still pass the empty building every day. National was a great place to work.
don-nuncio

[koehl_j]

I worked for National Tea in the main office in Harahan, La. Does anyone know who I can contact to check on retirement benefits for non-union worker? Many Thanks. pls email @ koehl_j@msn.com

[koehl_j]

Originally Posted by donnuncio

I worked for Natco for 27 years in the New Orleans Division. I was there to the bitter end in 95. Turn the Loblaws "L" upside down and you have the National "N". I worked in the Canal Villere store in Morgan City La. I still pass the empty building every day. National was a great place to work.
don-nuncio

Do you have any contact information for employees of National Canal Villere. I want to check on retirement benefits & sent 6 emails to Loblaw in Canada without getting a response. I can be contacted at koehl_j@msn.com Thanks

[kevinkaas]

I worked for the National Tea supermarket in Mora, Minnesota in 1976. I believe it was built in 1960 and was our town's first supermarket. As a small child I can remember going there with my mom in the early 1960's and it was an honor to work there. Wilma Washburn was a cashier back when the store opened and she was still there when I got the job. I recently found my original name badge and my tie. It was a part-time job after school and was one of the best years of my life. Many fond memories generated there still take me back to better days. Interesting too....had to call the sheriff to take care of the skunk rummaging through our garbage, got to deliver groceries to little old ladies in my Pinto stationwagon, and was great fun working with some really great people. The building is now a Coast-to-Coast store, I believe, at least it is still being used and was not bulldozed. Our boss and store manager, Harold Frerich, was a really nice man, I wonder what he is up to these days.