Audra Wolfe

There's some debate about when supermarkets actually started, but usually we pin it at around 1930.

There's some debate about when supermarkets actually started, but usually we pin it at around 1930.

There's some debate about when supermarkets actually started, but usually we pin it at around 1930.

I am the author of Supermarket USA, Food and Power in the Cold War Farms Race.

I am the author of Supermarket USA, Food and Power in the Cold War Farms Race.

I am the author of Supermarket USA, Food and Power in the Cold War Farms Race.

I argue yes. The easy answer is that the first declared supermarket was built in the United States. I think the broader answer is that what makes a supermarket a supermarket is the industrial agriculture system that enables the affordability of mass-produced foods.

I argue yes. The easy answer is that the first declared supermarket was built in the United States. I think the broader answer is that what makes a supermarket a supermarket is the industrial agriculture system that enables the affordability of mass-produced foods.

I argue yes. The easy answer is that the first declared supermarket was built in the United States. I think the broader answer is that what makes a supermarket a supermarket is the industrial agriculture system that enables the affordability of mass-produced foods.

So they didn't have fresh produce. They didn't necessarily have milk or meat or a bakery in-house. That's what a supermarket did, is it put all those food items, and often many other things, you could get auto parts... You could get your shoes shined in the early supermarkets. It was a kind of one-stop shopping and service emporium.

So they didn't have fresh produce. They didn't necessarily have milk or meat or a bakery in-house. That's what a supermarket did, is it put all those food items, and often many other things, you could get auto parts... You could get your shoes shined in the early supermarkets. It was a kind of one-stop shopping and service emporium.

So they didn't have fresh produce. They didn't necessarily have milk or meat or a bakery in-house. That's what a supermarket did, is it put all those food items, and often many other things, you could get auto parts... You could get your shoes shined in the early supermarkets. It was a kind of one-stop shopping and service emporium.

A&P, as of the 1940s, was the world's largest retailer by any measure, by sales volume, by number of outlets and so forth.

A&P, as of the 1940s, was the world's largest retailer by any measure, by sales volume, by number of outlets and so forth.

A&P, as of the 1940s, was the world's largest retailer by any measure, by sales volume, by number of outlets and so forth.

The original goal had been to use the supermarkets to drive down the cost of food for urban consumers.

The original goal had been to use the supermarkets to drive down the cost of food for urban consumers.

The original goal had been to use the supermarkets to drive down the cost of food for urban consumers.

I don't mean to deny the power and the might of these weapon systems that were deployed and the space race and all that. But fundamentally... This was a contest to demonstrate that either communism or capitalism was a superior political economic system.

I don't mean to deny the power and the might of these weapon systems that were deployed and the space race and all that. But fundamentally... This was a contest to demonstrate that either communism or capitalism was a superior political economic system.