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Originally Posted by edhans
Kroger was a grocery store. I think they did their own baking, but it's curious that they would issue a promotional card for only that segment in that store. I suspect the names are coincidental and there was an independent Kroger Bakery in Indianapolis. Great card, BTW.
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The collectors’ consensus is that these were tied with a string to loaves of bread — the 6 known copies all have that tear at the top. It’s a pretty great promo for being the only grocer with in-house bread.
It just seems like Cincy would’ve had a sports promo before Indy.
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