you used to shop in...or were around when you were a child that went out of business?

Here are some that I remember...

Two Guys
Woolco
Woolworth
JM Fields
Pantry Pride
Caldor
Strawbridge and Clothier
Clover
Merry Go Round


~Lisa

Woolsworth (had a soda fountain in it)
Treasery (it was HUGE store with everything! A Target and a Mervyn's went into the old building)
lots of mom & pops
BEST

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Gold Triangle
Luria & Sons
Service Merchandise
Jordan Marsh
Richway
Jeffersons
Burdines (now Macy's)
Food Fair
Mervyn's
Grant's

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Wow - I love this thread!

Fayva - for shoes - I LOVED Fayva!
JM Fields - We loved this store! I still remember their going out of business sale - I stocked up on satin shorts! LOL (disco era)
Caldor - great store
Bradlees - this was our main department store in town.
Merry Go Round - I was too intimidated to go into this store - all the sales people were on commission on the one near us - I thought they'd tell me I looked good, even if they really thought I looked wacky.
Billy4
Zayres and Aames
Amazing Stores - Owned by "Mr. Amazing" - you could by "Elvis Presley Love Me Tender" hand lotion here for .97

Ahhh - now I'm feeling nostalgic...

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We lived in a very small town so not really any chain stores but I did love the dime store. It was called "The Five and Dime". Brings back memories...

Brandeis
Montgomery Wards
Service Merchandise
Hinky Dinky (grocery store)
Safeway (thy used to be here...but I know they're still around)

There's more...it just too early to think! LOL

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Woolworth
Montgomery Ward
TG&Y
Safeway (I know they are still around but no where around here anymore)
Woodwards (clothing store)

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Kresges
Ames
Big Wheel
Buckeye Mart
Pamida
Arlans

Those were the days!!

Woolworth! Aww I miss them

Caldor - reminds me of a nicer version of KMart
Child World - I used to love that place when I was a kid
Abraham & Strauss (A&S) - clothing
Service Merchandise
Finast - food
Consumers Distributing - I had to look up the name on google - it was a catalog showroom store - you'd place an order from the catalog and wait for it to be brought out. kind of like Service Merchandise but much less merchandise on display.

What ever happened to Caldor, that was like my favorite store.

Two Guys
Great Eastern
Corvettes
Woolworths
Ames
Crazy Eddies

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Gimble's (clothing)
Gertz (then Stern's now Macy's)
Bohacks (food store)
Korvette's (clothing)
Alexander's (clothing)

I remember Consumers, eiramnoaj, they sold EVERYTHING!

Mammoth Mart
Jamesway
Caldors
Benjamin Franklin(craft store)

Phar Mor
Montgomery Wards
Goldblats (I think only in Rockford, IL)

J.J. Newberrys (kinda like a Target but much cheaper quality stuff)
Montgomery Wards
Gemco (Target/Walmart)
Zodys (Target/Walmart)
Buffums (clothing - like Macy's)
Bullocks (clothing - also like Macy's)
Treasury (anyone remember how your groceries got put on a conveyor belt and you drove your car around and picked them up curbside?)
Market Basket (grocery store)
The Pantry (grocery store)
Ferrells Ice Cream Parlor
Anita's (small chain clothing store like Wet Seal)

Marshall Field's ::::sigh:::::

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Me too! You could find anything in that store that you needed. We had one when we lived in Hawaii...downtown Honolulu...1991...It was a two level store, which you don't see often...It had the best inexpensive souveniers! I had forgotten about some of the stores you all listed...

Korvettes, Benjamin Franklin (had that out in HI), Fayva, and Best! Another one I thought of just now was Upton's. They had them here in GA. When we first moved down here in 1996 I discovered them and loved shopping there! Are they still in business? ~Lisa

broadway
may company,

and my all time favorate for discounts was Fedco.

Woolworth's
Newberry's
QFI
Pink Elephant
City of Paris
Montgomery Wards
Gemco
Grocery Cart

and of course all the little stores, delis and stands that were locally owned and small businesses: hardware stores, candy & ice cream shops, hair places, etc etc etc.

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Dart Drug
A&P food store

How about fast food ? Remember Burger Chef & Shakeys pizza ?

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Winkleman's
Brooks
Circus World
Children's Palace
Alberts

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Tiedke's Department Store! (pronounced "TID-keys")

Rexall Drugstore - not sure if they went out of business or just moved out of the area where I grew up. Haven't seen one in years.

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Hinky Dinky, Safeway and Brandeis (Mrs B).........................I had to look where you are from. I grew up in Omaha, so I remember all of these.

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I miss several of the stores that have already been listed. I also miss Venture and Lionel Play World.

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wanamakers; strawbridges; gimbels; 2 guys; hechingers; farrells ice cream; bloomingdales; kidde city; Best catalog stores; dry goods; A&P

Oh yea, clover and mr. goodbuys..

alot of stores I forgot about until I read them here, I miss woolworth,sterns,steinbachs,gimbles,ames i'm sure there are a few more

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Gold Circle
Ames
Zayres
May Company
US Merchandise
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth (we called it 5 and dime)

I miss...

Venture
McCrorys
Bud's (Where they sold all of the returns from Wal-mart)

Resturants.....
I loved Burger Chef (remember Chef and Jeff)
and Shakey's Pizza (just saw one this past weekend in Warner Robins, GA...brought back lots of memories)

Two Guys
Woolworth (I use to LOVE these stores)
Teddy's Toy Town
Ames
Bradlees
Hess's
Orr's
Shop Rite
Pantry Pride
Food Fair
Acme
Phar Mar

I'm sure there's more but I just can't remember them.

TG&Y (the BEST), A & P, Woolco, Roses, Woolworth, Fred's. Man, those were the days. I remember when Service Merchandise went out of business, I was worried of where I would buy presents anymore. Now WalMart has taken over. How sad.

Treasure Island,Burdines,and I miss Uptons too!

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Perry Drugs.

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I remember Perrry Drugs. I met my DH there ,he was the pharmacist and I was a tech.

I miss
Winkelman's
Kresgees
Crowley's

Hill's. It was a Target type of Dept. store. They seemed to carry better named brands.

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Hudson's (bought by Marshall Fields)
Montgomery Ward
Marianne / Jean Nicole (similar to Fashion Bug)
Woolworth
Service Merchandise (I always laught when I think about the super old computer 'terminal' they still had for their gift registry when they closed)
Folands (similar to Service Merchandise)
Kresgee (that is where my mom always took me to buy brithday gifts for friends)
Northern Exposure (mall store with juniors and womens sizes in classic styles)
Rich's (bought by Macy's)
Party Giant / Party Max (similar to Party City)
Children's Palace (as a kid, I thought it was way better than Toys R Us)
Crowley's (my mom always bought us 'nice' clothing there and I got a nice cocktain dress for very inexpensive at their going out of business sale)
Happyland (probably not a chain, but a store at our local mall that sold only stickers -- anyone remember 'stickers by the yard'???)
AL Price & F&M (discount drug stores, may have been specific to Michigan)

For restaurants, DH & I ate at Chi Chi's quite a bit when we were dating. I also miss Grady's

Sarah..........mom to Jason & Devin

Are you orinanally from New England. I still shop in Market Basket(foodstore). I thought they were only on east coast. Its a store that also owns Demolisus which is a food store too.

I worked for childworld. That store was great.
Cummings (womans store)
Lerners (womans store)
Hit or Miss (womans store)
Richs Department store.
Jorden Marsh
Sparks
Filenes basement
Lechmere sales
chessman(mens clothing)

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Uptons (...just what you're lookin' for...)
Rich's
Hit or Miss
Stuarts ( was like Lerners)
Lerners ( which is now called New York and Company)
DH Holmes ( bought out by Dillards)
County Seat
Maison Blanche ( is this still in business in NO ?)
Accessory Lady
TG&Y ( toys, games and yoyyo's...or...TGyp & Y)
Bakers or Butlers shoes( these may exist, but I haven't seen them in years)

MONTGOMERY WARDS (MALL ONLY STORE )

WOOLWORTH ( MALL ONLY STORE )

ROSES( THE SAME AS A DIME STORE )

TG&Y( SAME AS A DIME STORE, I SHOPPED THE LAST STORE THAT WAS STILL OPEN IN MOBILE TILL THE LAST MIN THEY CLOSED THE DOORS FOR GOOD, SPENT NEARLY 5 HRS IN THERE GETTING THE MARK DOWNS )

A&P (FOOD STORE.. WOW THE GREEN STAMPS I USE TO COLLECT FROM SHOPPING THERE, HOW I WISH FOR THOSE DAYS AGAIN. ANYONE REMEMBER THE GREEN STAMPS ?? )

S.H.KRESS (MOM WORKED THERE FOR 10 YEARS, UP TO THE DAY THEY CLOSED THE DOORS THIS WAS LIKE A DIME STORE BUT WITH A LUNCH COUNTER.)

IGA (FOOD STORE )

DELCHAMPS (FOOD STORE AND THE LAST ONE TO DOUBLE COUPONS )

FOOD WORLD (OURS CLOSED A FEW YEARS BACK, THERE'S ANOTHER ON OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, TOO FAR TO DRIVE IT.)

AL'S 5 & 10 ( THERE'S 2 OF THEM OR WAS 2 . BUT ONE BURNT TO THE GROUND IN A FIRE 2 YEARS AGO, THE OTHER ONE THEY CLOSED BECAUSE THEY DIDNT MAKE ENOUGH MONEY AT IT BOTH OWNED BY SAME FAMILY. )

GAYLORD'S ( SAME AS A DIME STORE, OMG HOW I LOVED TO GO TO THAT STORE WITH MY MOTHER, I STILL CAN REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE BARBIE DOLLS FOR SALE , BACK THEM THEY WERE 1.00 AND HER CLOTHING WAS .25 EACH OUTFIT. )

FOOD FAIR ( FOOD STORE ,VERY DISCOUNTED FOOD STORE, THEY ALSO DOUBLED COUPONS AND SOMETIMES TRIPLE. THEY ARE NOW FOREVER CLOSED. )

7-11 ( GAS/ QUICK STOP, ONLY ONES I KNOW THATS STILL OPEN IS IN PENSACOLA, FLA )

DANNY'S ICE CREAM SHOP ( THIS WAS MY 1ST JOB I EVER HAD AS A TEENAGER, IT'S WAS A FAMILY OWNED PLACED LOCATED IN THE MALL )

COLONEL DIXIE ( FAST FOOD PLACE, OH LORD USE TO GET THE BEST DIXIE DOGS ALL THE WAY ) AND YOU COULD GET 3 HAMBUGERS FOR A 1.00, I BELEIVE THERE'S STILL 1 LEFT IN MOBILE ON HWY 90 ? )



I know there's a few more , but I can't seem to think of the names. have to sleep on it and hope the names come back to me.

What a fun thread Op, sure brought back some good years.

Ha Zoobie - I remember those!

Zodys
Gemco
Fedco
Woolworths
Ferrells Ice cream
Montgomery Wards

Hills-discount store similar to Ames
G.C. Murphy-the one where my grandma lived had an upstairs and downstairs
Super Duper-a grocery store, not sure if it was part of a chain. It was the best when we were little kids because it was the only grocery store that had LIVE lobsters in a tank in the meat department. We joke now that it was "Poor people's Sea World".

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Woolco
Woolworth

those 2 I remember oh yes & the big grocery store was IGA before HY-vee & eventually walmart came in I remember when IGA was the only grocery store really & we went to this one its now an empty building right by my house & they had the automatic doors well at about 3 I got caught in one!!! I also remember some old stores we had in town had elevator operators & spinning doors

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Some others also said Two Guys, when I was a kid that was the start of my favorite joke .
three men are in the waiting room at the hospital the nurse comes in and says "Mr Smith Congratulation you are the father of twins" He says t"thats funny, I work for Two Guys"
Soon the nurse comes in again " Mr Jones Congratulation you are the father of Triplets" He says "Thats funny, I work at 3M"
The third guy faints, they revive him and he says I work for 7Up!!!

Woolworth
Tops (grocery)

McCrory's
Luskins
IGA
Pantry Pride
A & P
Memco
Hutzler's
Stewarts
Korvette's
People's Drug Store
Dart Drug Store
Reed's Drug Store
Drug Fair
Montgomery Wards
Hoschild Kohn's
Bambergers
Airport
Sunny's Surplus
Cook's
Woodward & Lothrop
Harmony Hut
Hess Shoes
Earth Shoes Store
Ames
Zayres
Drink-Me-Pop Shop

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CR Anthony & Co.
TG&Y
Teners (sp?) Western Wear

Last I knew, there was still a Shakey's Pizza in Janesville, WI!

and we have 7-11's all over ChicagoLand. (I saw one in Lake Tahoe, I think, it was as well)

Woolworths

My first job was at Woolworths...I just loved that store. That is also where my husband and I met....

McCurdy's

I left Woolworths to work at McCurdy's when I was still in HS - loved shopping there!! lol

Hermans World of Sporting Good

My husband worked there when he left Woolworths and until he graduated from college.

Kind of scary that all of our retail jobs have ended in stores closing......lol

We got back from 2 weeks in Europe (Scotland, Ireland, Paris, Amsterdam) and there were Woolworths all over Scotland and Ireland. GO figure.