1970-80s Era Save A Lot Food Grocery Stores Chain metal box cutter knife-SCARCE!

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Check it out...Here's a unique original 4" wide by 7/8" tall heavy metal box cutter knife from the 1970-80s Era Save A Lot Food Stores chain -The red & white knife reads: "Save-A-Lot Food Stores" on the front and is unmarked on the back- Knife designed to hold a razor blade inside the sliding sheath- What a great vintage item in very good condition with only light expected wear from age & normal use- This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 3.95 postage is required.
1970-80s Era Save A Lot Food Grocery Stores Chain metal box cutter knife-SCARCE!
1970-80s Era Save A Lot Food Grocery Stores Chain metal box cutter knife-SCARCE!
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Description
Check it out...Here's a unique original 4" wide by 7/8" tall heavy metal box cutter knife from the 1970-80s Era Save A Lot Food Stores chain -The red & white knife reads: "Save-A-Lot Food Stores" on the front and is unmarked on the back- Knife designed to hold a razor blade inside the sliding sheath- What a great vintage item in very good condition with only light expected wear from age & normal use- This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item!
Here's some history of the stores:
Save-A-Lot is an American discount supermarket chain headquartered in Earth City, Missouri, near St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The subsidiary of Onex Corporation comprises more than 1300 stores across 36 states in the United States with over billion in annual sales. While stores carry most typical grocery products, they feature less variety than conventional supermarkets. A typical Save-A-Lot is 15,000 square feet with items displayed in their cardboard shipping boxes.  Save-A-Lot was founded in 1977 by Bill Moran as an alternative to larger supermarkets. He opened the first Save-A-Lot store in Cahokia, Illinois, and remained with the company until his retirement in 2006. Moran oversaw the expansion of his company from the one Cahokia store to more than 1,000 locations across the country. He was succeeded as President and CEO by Bill Shaner, previously COO of Save-A-Lot. Shaner began his career at Save-A-Lot in 1999 after spending 15 years in the operations division at parent company Supervalu. In May 2011, Bill Shaner was replaced as President and CEO of Save-a-Lot by Walmart veteran Santiago Roces, who most recently served as senior vice president and general manager of Walmart's small format division. In September 2012, Supervalu announced it would close 22 Save-A-Lot stores in seven states. Several executive changes were made by Supervalu on March 4, 2013, including replacing Save-A-Lot CEO Roces with Ritchie Casteel. This came in the midst of plans by Supervalu to sell a number of its other grocery chains to Cerberus Capital Management. In October 2016, SuperValu sold Save-A-Lot to Onex Corporation. In 1978, General Grocer Company expanded the company's presence in the greater St. Louis area. Eventually, the store network grew to 30 stores by the end of the decade. At the root of company's growth strategy is its licensee relationship, in which Save-A-Lot acts as a wholesaler to its independent store owners as opposed to a franchisor. Smaller, independent grocery retailers soon found the limited assortment model to be an effective defensive strategy against the larger chain supermarkets. With help from new licensees, in 1980 alone Save-A-Lot added 50 stores in the Mid-South region, and a warehouse in Jackson, Tennessee.
Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 3.95 postage is required.
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However, if the items are heavy or require special packing / tracking, the postal rates might not be significantly reduced. We no longer ship overseas first class mail. We will only ship Internationally by Priority Mail, and that starts at .00. So please be aware that we NO LONGER SHIP FIRST CLASS MAIL INTERNATIONALLY unless seller agrees to ship by USPS Priority mail at an increased rate. Postage rates are non-negotiable and non-refundable. We pack every item professionally using new packing materials and appropriate mailing supplies. We send all items via US Postal Service.The U.S.Postal service rates change fairly regularly every year and we don't make money on postage like some other ebay sellers. I think you'll find that we're quite fair.
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Terms of Sale
I try and place a penny in every photo to help judge the size of the item, obviously it is there for size comparison and is not included with the item. The standard sized Lincoln head penny in the photograph is there for size comparison ONLY and is not included in the package. We're just trying to help you figure out how big the item is. We try and always be as accurate as we can in the item
description and will gladly answer any question about item size & description when needed. Please e-mail us with any questions BEFORE the end of sale and BEFORE placing a bid. Postage is determined by the U.S. Postal service and is never refundable. Many of the items are VINTAGE and although they are in very fine condition, they may not function as well as when they were made decades ago. So if you intend on using the old item, please be aware that we are selling it for collector value only. In other words, if you intend on using a 50+ year old letter opener and it breaks, don't get mad at us. It may be hard to believe, but we have received a couple negatives because people broke vintage items while trying to use them.
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Please e-mail us with any questions BEFORE the end of sale and BEFORE placing a bid. Postage is determined by the U.S. Postal service and is never refundable.
Please be aware of the postage rates BEFORE you bid! We pack professionally and do not try and make money off of postage.
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