Smoking at Walmart/Kmart Snack Bars
Posted: 06 Feb 2011 00:51
Does anyone remember crowded smoking sections at Wal-Mart/Walmart snack bars as late as the 90's? I was surprised they had smoking in at least their "Radio Grill" cafes that were new in 1996, and replaced a few McDonald's. Very few of these are left. What is kind of ironic is that their stores built in the 70's had no snack bars, and I doubt smoking was allowed in the stores. These look like ashtrays on the Kmart restaurant tables, but this was 1976: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ei2Ik5quiI0/S ... t+1976.jpg
I suspect the very store pictured was a former Grant City, which would have just closed. This photo is actually from their 1976 annual report, when the company was still called SS Kresge. That would change the next year.
I suspect the very store pictured was a former Grant City, which would have just closed. This photo is actually from their 1976 annual report, when the company was still called SS Kresge. That would change the next year.