Globe: What happened to rock radio in Boston?

[Larry Weil]

On Jun 5, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote:

> In those days, in small--mostly rural--communities (at least in the
> northeast, but probably in the other parts of the country as well),
> there was a group of grocery stores (I would call them "markets," not
> supermarkets) known as IGA stores. I believe the IGA markets were
> individually owned but participated in group buying as a means of
> competing against the big supermarket chains of the day (A&P and First
> National are the names that come to mind). I believe that IGA stood
> for International Grocers Association. Since the IGA name contained
> the word international, I suspect that IGA stores were found in Canada
> as well as in the US.
> 

I know there was (and maybe still is) an IGA store in Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia.

Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH