These next pictures come from the John Cook Collection
Alpha Beta 1969 GMC Astro with produce trailer unloading out the side door at Westminster,Ca 1973 ( These Alpha Beta trucks had a ten speed with a 318 Detroit)	Alpha Beta 6743 backed into Culver City,Ca store	Alpha Beta Corn Binder pulling a bakery load in Southern California 1973
	Alpha Beta Grocery set 1970's
Early 60's White Diesel 220 Cummings with 5 speed trans and a two speed rear pulling a grocery trailer for Grand Union Supermarkets in New York 1968	Ed Kiami sitting in a late 60's White 9000 at Grand Union Whse in Mt. Kisco.NY 1968	John Cook (at 22 yrs old) Old #66 pulling an early 60's Great Dane Refer loaded with meat At Grand Union Whse Mt. Kisco,NY
John Cook's old #66 At the grand Union Whse in Mt. Kisco,NY 1968	Old #66 with a grocery load (all grocery was thrown off on rollers) at a store in long Island,NY 1968	I was impressed with these photos of the Grand Union utility trucks from the late 1940's. This is from the Dave Aldrich Collection from his web site Pleasant Family Shopping.
Grand Union Markets used the Brockway in their Waterford, NY and Carlstad, NJ Distribution Centers.
Early 1960 Brockway favorite tractor of Grand Union Supermarkets.	From some old literature on a 1962 Brockway strait truck for meat delivery.	Grand Union Supermarkets last of the fleet before closing the MT. Kisco, NY Warehouse.
This is part of the Grand Union fleet just before the company closed the MT. Kisco, NY warehouse in 1998. Photo credit to Pete Homolya (former Grand Union driver).	This is a Grand Union Supermarkets truck around 1995 MT. Kisco, NY. Photo credit to Pete Homolya.	Grand Union Supermarkets last of the fleet before closing the MT. Kisco, NY Warehouse. This photo is credited to Pete Homolya, Pete was a driver at Grand Union until the closing of the MT. Kisco, NY warehouse.
1991 Freightliner when I drove for shop rite as a O/O John Cook	At the now closed Shop Rite center in Middletown, NY	I was a O/OP for Paul Schriebner at Shop Rite
	My Grandson sent this to me, GMC Astro 95 for sale in someone's yard in Yuma, AZ
Alpha-Beta #6696 GMC "Cracker Box" and Alpha-Beta mascot Dean Weeg Collection	Alpha-Beta mascot Dean Weeg Collection	Alpha-Beta #6696 GMC "Cracker Box" Dean Weeg Collection
Ralphs trailer rear view. Mark Cataline Collection	Ralphs Sterling. Mark Cataline Collection
Always fun delivering city freight with a three axle rental. JJ Imperial Collection.	ABF Mack from my friend in Southern California, JJ Imperial.	ABF Sterling. From ABF driver JJ Imperial Southern California, Orange County.

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