Elkhart Martin's

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Elkhart Martin's

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I was reading "Supermarket & Hypermarket Design 2" (great book full of great photos, the first one in the series is "borrowable" from archive.org), and there's a then-new Martin's Supermarket (not the one from Ahold) in Elkhart built around 1990 (give or take a year), which was said to be a former discount store. I assumed Kmart, but unless Bluepages is missing one, I couldn't find it there (they DID have a Kmart open in 1990 though...)

Is it possible it's one of the other obscure discount stores that died off by that time? (Kings, Cooks, Jamesway, Gold Circle)
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I think I have a print copy of that book at home. I'll see what I can run down. I only got as far as South Bend and Mishawka when I was mapping the area.
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Groceteria wrote: 12 Jan 2024 11:08 I think I have a print copy of that book at home. I'll see what I can run down. I only got as far as South Bend and Mishawka when I was mapping the area.
Sadly none of the stores had addresses, with only a few hints, and pretty much all of the stores shown have either remodeled years ago or closed down (or both).
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