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- 28 Dec 2005 02:52
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: First supercenter
- Replies: 30
- Views: 24817
Are they still called Hypermart USA's or are they Wal-Mart Supercenters now in name? Some Wal-Mart Supercenters are around 250,000 sq. ft. already, the earlier ones were larger than the current ones. Wal-Mart isn't building any above 210K sq. ft. now, but their earlier stores were close to the 250,0...
- 28 Dec 2005 02:48
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears Candy Counters
- Replies: 19
- Views: 24406
The candy counter, as well as toys, HBA and stationery were all removed from Sears throughout the 1980's. Of course, toys returned in 2002 from KB Toys, and remained in a larger presence in 2003, Sears dealt w/their own toys in 2004, and had toys from Kmart upon the merger for 2005 during the Christ...
- 28 Dec 2005 02:44
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants
- Replies: 72
- Views: 116767
The Kmart that opened here locally in Cumberland, MD in 1981 had a Delicatessen in the front and a Cafeteria described like the others in the back. It had a cafeteria until about 1998, when that area was then used for sporting goods, then turned into a stockroom in 2000 during the Big Kmart conversi...
- 28 Dec 2005 02:37
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Old Target Interiors
- Replies: 32
- Views: 33384
Does anyone have any pictures of old Target interiors? My first visits to Target were in 1989 as they were inherited Gold Circles in NC, and for their own built stores, 1994, when they first opened in the Washington area. I don't know much of what old Target looks like, although old Wal-Mart and old...
- 28 Dec 2005 02:35
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: JCPenney and Drugstores
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10278
There were 3 Eckerd Drug chains: one that started in Erie, PA, one that started in Wilmington, DE, and one that started in Florida. These all ended up together eventually. The Thrift Drug chain mentioned before was headquartered in the Pittsburgh area (JCP bought that chain in the 1960's and expande...
- 28 Dec 2005 02:27
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Best Products
- Replies: 42
- Views: 34968
While this I have noticed with Service Merchandise and Best, there were Service Merchandise stores in Virginia. Manassas had a Service Merchandise (now a Dick's Sporting Goods, I believe), so did Woodbridge near Potomac Mills (unsure what it is now), and there was one in Chantilly (now a Lowe's on t...
- 28 Dec 2005 02:15
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Vintage Supermarkets in Movies and TV (Old Ones Only Please)
- Replies: 178
- Views: 164487
- 28 Dec 2005 02:08
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Dutch Square Mall, Columbia SC: A&P?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14286
- 28 Dec 2005 02:05
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: First supercenter
- Replies: 30
- Views: 24817
Hypermart USA was a Wal-Mart experiment in the 1980's that was done in Kansas and Texas, and it failed. It was the precursor to the modern Supercenter. Big Bear Plus would be another example of an early supercenter concept, as the store sold both food and general merchandise (although not nearly in ...
- 28 Dec 2005 01:59
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: KMart grocery stores before SuperKMart
- Replies: 76
- Views: 90475
SuperTarget is all run by Supervalu in the food areas, which would lead me to suspect that Archer Farms/Market Pantry merchandise is the same as Flavorite/Richfood brand merchandise sold at Supervalu chains here in the Mid-Atlantic. David's right on Gold Circle acquiring Richway (When I moved to NC ...
- 28 Dec 2005 01:47
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Retro Ingles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13758
Ingles was a chain that started late (in the 1960's), but I'm not sure if their orange and yellow stores (the ones they're most famous for) are acquisitions or not. I'd have to do research on Winn-Dixie in Western North Carolina, but I don't believe they divested any stores in that region in the 60'...
- 28 Dec 2005 01:40
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Charlotte NC 1988: Kroger/Bi-Lo Swap
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12083
The 1999 swap mentioned in the Triad region of North Carolina was between Kroger and Harris Teeter. It got both chains an increased foothold on their respective trade areas, and limited the playing field. Kroger left the Triad region of North Carolina, selling their stores to Harris Teeter, with Har...