Back then choices were pretty slim....no Walmart, no dollar stores.....even grocery stores were limited where I am. There was Big Star, Winn Dixie and A&P and that was it.
I never heard of Big Star, but I forgot all about A&P! Of course, we went there, too. Publix was the only one I liked, though the Winn-Dixie was the closest to us. Wait, the really closest one to us was a neighborhood IGA. It was just a couple of blocks from my home.