Vintage photos of supermarkets and food stores in N.J. What would ... Harry Cohen was the owner of the National Family Store. He's pictured in front of his Hackensack business in 1965.

Who would have thought that grocery stores would have been something that has changed so much over the past century? It's just a place to grab some essentials for dinner, right? Well, while ...

If you wonder how much things have changed and stayed the same, here's what grocery stores have looked like over the years, from old-timey general stores to shiny modern supermarkets.

The Bay Area loves Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and other specialty grocery stores. But they all owe at least some of their concept to the original upscale San Francisco grocery store: Petrini's.