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« Reply #198 on: June 25, 2019, 11:42:59 am »
Quote from: Weepy on June 25, 2019, 11:40:56 am
7/11 is still in WV but Sheetz is the big tine convience store here, based in Altoona, PA. Are they in your area of KY. I like Sheetz....
No, most of our convient stores are Minit Marts or run by Marathon or Shell gas stations. I don't really know of any that are just a convience store without the gas station around here.
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« Reply #199 on: June 25, 2019, 11:44:57 am »
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I seen the KFC thing too, I back PL. just because we are not as old as you are does not mean we do not know about those days...
Exactly,  all I have to do is ask people older than myself. Heck, my husband's aunt lived until last year and she was 102 when she passed away and was still very with it. One of the first University of Kentucky graduates with a degree in Latin as a woman
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« Reply #200 on: June 25, 2019, 11:46:22 am »
Huck's, Pilots and Loves are also big around here. Along with Casey's General Stores.
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« Reply #201 on: June 25, 2019, 12:00:16 pm »
Quote from: purplelady1040 on June 25, 2019, 11:42:59 am
No, most of our convient stores are Minit Marts or run by Marathon or Shell gas stations. I don't really know of any that are just a convience store without the gas station around here.

They all are gas stations here too. Marathon was big around here in the 1990s, very few still around. They used to be Ashland Oil Co before that.

I believe Sheetz exist in Eastern KY around Ashland ( yes the city Ashland oil was named after) and those places...
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« Reply #202 on: June 25, 2019, 12:01:10 pm »
Quote from: purplelady1040 on June 25, 2019, 11:46:22 am
Huck's, Pilots and Loves are also big around here. Along with Casey's General Stores.

I know pilot and Love's. Nearest one is in Wytheville, 35 miles away from here...
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« Reply #203 on: June 25, 2019, 12:52:30 pm »
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I know pilot and Love's. Nearest one is in Wytheville, 35 miles away from here...
Growing up we had two mom and pop stores. One was ran by a Jewish gentleman,  I believe. Both stores were staples in our community as it was a 10 mile trip one way into town. We also had the milk man and the bookmobile come and the health clinic back then would come and vaccinate the dogs for you for free. My grandfather did most of the doctoring of our animals.
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« Reply #204 on: June 25, 2019, 02:57:40 pm »
Quote from: purplelady1040 on June 25, 2019, 11:44:57 am
Exactly,  all I have to do is ask people older than myself. Heck, my husband's aunt lived until last year and she was 102 when she passed away and was still very with it. One of the first University of Kentucky graduates with a degree in Latin as a woman
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Sundog was my go to guy when I had questions regarding that era. He is 13 years older than me...
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« Reply #205 on: June 25, 2019, 03:44:58 pm »
Quote from: Weepy on June 25, 2019, 11:24:31 am
K-Mart was created in 1962 from SS Kresge (sp?) who had a store in Bluefield WV until Kmart came to that town..

DYK that Kmart, Walmart and Target were all created in 1962 and all were spun off from the five and dime and were positioned for the suburban shopper?
The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Bentonville, Arkansas, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. ... The company introduced its warehouse club chain Sam's Club in 1983 and its first Supercenter stores in 1988.

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« Reply #206 on: June 25, 2019, 03:48:12 pm »
Quote from: Realtime on June 25, 2019, 03:44:58 pm
The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Bentonville, Arkansas, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. ... The company introduced its warehouse club chain Sam's Club in 1983 and its first Supercenter stores in 1988.

Learn more at    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Walmart
It is a shame that the Walmart today was not how Sam Walton wanted it but greed does a lot to people and families.
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« Reply #207 on: June 25, 2019, 03:50:55 pm »
Quote from: Realtime on June 25, 2019, 03:44:58 pm
The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Bentonville, Arkansas, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. ... The company introduced its warehouse club chain Sam's Club in 1983 and its first Supercenter stores in 1988.

Learn more at    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Walmart

I know the history well. It moved from the five and dime in 1962, the first one in Rogers, AR that same year and called it Walmart Discount City. A lot of such stores moved from the five and dime in downtown to suburbs and plenty of retail space they could never get in the central business districts..
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« Reply #208 on: June 25, 2019, 03:52:37 pm »
Quote from: purplelady1040 on June 25, 2019, 03:48:12 pm
It is a shame that the Walmart today was not how Sam Walton wanted it but greed does a lot to people and families.

Sam Walton was responsible for today's Walmart, it was big just before he died and he had everything to do with ir..
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« Reply #209 on: June 25, 2019, 04:01:26 pm »
Quote from: Weepy on June 25, 2019, 03:52:37 pm
Sam Walton was responsible for today's Walmart, it was big just before he died and he had everything to do with ir..

Yes but I think he was more about customer service and helping customers.  They don't do that these days.
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« Reply #210 on: June 25, 2019, 04:04:17 pm »
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I know the history well. It moved from the five and dime in 1962, the first one in Rogers, AR that same year and called it Walmart Discount City. A lot of such stores moved from the five and dime in downtown to suburbs and plenty of retail space they could never get in the central business districts..
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« Reply #211 on: June 25, 2019, 04:12:41 pm »
Quote from: Weepy on June 25, 2019, 11:05:56 am
Wawa, the convinience store? Many people do not know the existence of that place, they are big in Maryland area I was born in...

They have gone downhill a little bit since they started selling gas. They're all over the place down here.
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« Reply #212 on: June 25, 2019, 04:14:09 pm »
Quote from: Weepy on June 25, 2019, 11:24:31 am
K-Mart was created in 1962 from SS Kresge (sp?) who had a store in Bluefield WV until Kmart came to that town..

DYK that Kmart, Walmart and Target were all created in 1962 and all were spun off from the five and dime and were positioned for the suburban shopper?

I didn't know that. What five and dime?   
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« Reply #213 on: June 25, 2019, 04:15:07 pm »
Quote from: Weepy on June 25, 2019, 11:39:08 am
I seen the KFC thing too, I back PL. just because we are not as old as you are does not mean we do not know about those days...

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« Reply #214 on: June 25, 2019, 04:18:20 pm »
Quote from: Realtime on June 25, 2019, 03:44:58 pm
The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Bentonville, Arkansas, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. ... The company introduced its warehouse club chain Sam's Club in 1983 and its first Supercenter stores in 1988.

Learn more at    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Walmart

Oh, that five and dime. Thanks
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