Well here you go. The internet is an amazing thing.

Apr 20, 2021
11:26:52pm

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King's Variety Store

King's Variety Store was a chain of discount stores founded in 1915 by M.H. King in Burley, Idaho. At its peak, King's had 27 stores in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming.A typical King's store ranged from 10,000 square feet (930 m2) to 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) and carried a wide variety of value priced merchandise. Most King's stores were located in smaller towns that only had a grocery store as its major retail store.

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Age yourself with a store

the_byu_flash

4/20/21 10:37pm

Kmart was my first employer.

CougCoug3

4/20/21 10:37pm

ZCMI

WJCougar

4/20/21 10:38pm

Ben Franklin

Division Bell

4/20/21 10:38pm

Grand Central

Jeff Spicoli

4/20/21 10:38pm

Fred Meyer

WJCougar

4/20/21 10:41pm

Fred Meyer still exists. It’s pretty prominent in the PNW. I go there a lot

Lieutenant America

4/20/21 10:54pm

Yep all Over Idaho, Oregon, Washington

cougarfann888

4/20/21 11:06pm

Alpha Beta

Cougar Jazz Fan

4/20/21 10:39pm

So Cal?

TXJason

4/20/21 10:39pm

Centerville, Utah was the one I was referring to.

Cougar Jazz Fan

4/20/21 10:42pm

We had one in West Jordan.

WJCougar

4/20/21 10:45pm

We sure did. It’s the first place I tried New York Seltzer. They had the refill

m0resn0w

4/20/21 10:57pm

Skaggs Alpha Beta

4/20/21 11:01pm

My first employer

AZ Coug

4/20/21 10:52pm

Lionel Playworld

Coog4Life

4/20/21 10:39pm

Gemco

PING Man

4/20/21 10:39pm

Sprouse Reitz

coastguardcoug

4/20/21 10:39pm

Blockbuster

Jay_L

4/20/21 10:39pm

Sounds Easy Video

WJCougar

4/20/21 10:41pm

Renting VCRs from there was one of the highlights of my childhood.

Brutus216

4/20/21 10:43pm

In the hard shell cases...😆

Bonoman

4/20/21 11:09pm

Sounds Easy Pizza

StantonMac

4/21/21 1:05am

Seconded.

TailgateU

4/20/21 10:44pm

Sears

stenso

4/20/21 10:39pm

Great catalog.

Malathion

4/20/21 10:51pm

King's

UNLVcougar

4/20/21 10:39pm

Was King’s a bigger chain? We had one in TF Idaho but I always thought it was

Rivers Cuomo

4/20/21 11:20pm

Well here you go. The internet is an amazing thing.

Rivers Cuomo

4/20/21 11:26pm

Jobbers Odd Lot

Mexicougazul

4/20/21 10:39pm

That was a short walk from my house. I loved that place.

Jeffacka

4/20/21 10:43pm

Kenny Rogers Roasters

Charles Darwin

4/20/21 10:40pm

I almost always eat at one in the Philippines.

Cougar Jazz Fan

4/20/21 10:44pm

Makati is the only place I’ve eaten at one of those

AZ Coug

4/20/21 10:53pm

There are several there. I’ve eaten at the Makati one probably 50 times.

Cougar Jazz Fan

4/20/21 10:57pm

I’m assuming you guys are there for work. I’m usually over there (in Pasig) at least twice a year but haven’t been to

specsauce

4/20/21 11:18pm

SM Megamall. There is some good food there.

Cougar Jazz Fan

4/20/21 11:40pm

Whoah... Kenny Rogers Roasters is still in business?? Wow.

kotacoug

4/20/21 11:21pm

Only in Asia I think.

Cougar Jazz Fan

4/21/21 10:32am

Circuit City

rivercitycoug

4/20/21 10:40pm

Allied

WJCougar

4/20/21 10:40pm

“If we don’t have it, you don’t need it.”

m0resn0w

4/20/21 10:46pm

Bought our live Christmas Tree there every year. Good memories

Bonoman

4/20/21 10:55pm

Pic’n’Save

StalwartBraveTrue

4/20/21 10:40pm

It just changed names to Big Lots...

Blue Ghost

4/21/21 12:14am

Toys R Us

4mack

4/20/21 10:41pm

Hammonds Toys

BlooCoog

4/20/21 10:41pm

Bon Ton...?

Radioactive Coug

4/20/21 10:42pm

Media Play

RealSimsShadY

4/20/21 10:42pm

Ernst

Brutus216

4/20/21 10:42pm

My mom would shot there in AF when I was a kid. The only thing I remember was

Duke Silver

4/20/21 11:19pm

Price Savers and Ernst

Kauai

4/20/21 10:42pm

Lionel play world in Orem. BEST in Provo.

(Private)

4/20/21 10:42pm

I remember when BEST was LaBelle's

STL

4/21/21 12:14am

😳😳😳

(Private)

4/21/21 7:10am

Sprouse Reitz

neboutefan

4/20/21 10:42pm

Are you an old lady?

WJCougar

4/20/21 10:46pm

Radio Shack is another.

Cougar Jazz Fan

4/20/21 10:43pm

Helm’s Bakery

Blue Print

4/20/21 10:43pm

Woolworth's

yahtzee

4/20/21 10:43pm

I’m a hack.

Rivers Cuomo

4/20/21 10:56pm

Montgomery Ward

braddahmike

4/20/21 10:43pm

Great catalog.

Malathion

4/20/21 10:51pm

Wow. Good one.

NorthernLight

4/21/21 12:15am

Whoa. For the win.

Stev_ie

4/21/21 1:09am

My mom worked for them at one time.

rebelCoug

4/21/21 5:14am

Bon Marche

Pimpin4Paradise

4/20/21 10:44pm

freakin rich CBers

yahtzee

4/20/21 11:03pm

Another good one. High end crap here. Remember the commercials?

Rivers Cuomo

4/20/21 11:22pm

Woolworth's in the mall as an elementary school kid

gaspasscoug

4/20/21 10:44pm

Keith O’Brien, Kings, Wolf’s Sporting Goods

neboutefan

4/20/21 10:44pm

Skaggs

SierraCoug

4/20/21 10:44pm

Osco Drug

braddahmike

4/20/21 10:45pm

They still have Osco Drug

2FarGone

4/20/21 10:54pm

Had my first job there, haven't seen one for a long time

braddahmike

4/20/21 11:03pm

Franklin covey retail

Cougarclaw

4/20/21 10:45pm

Big B's

Kugmo

4/20/21 10:45pm

Goodtime Video

Richard McCoy Jr.

4/20/21 10:45pm

Joe's Stand in Murray, Utah

Jeffacka

4/20/21 10:45pm

Skaggs, Grand Central

Zip

4/20/21 10:45pm

Frank's - 12300 S 900 E Draper

Kugmo

4/20/21 10:45pm

Loved that place! Cheapest candy around.

BigGulps

4/20/21 11:50pm

Kind of off topic, but I was trying to think of the name of the old music/CD store in the Red Cliffs mall. Before it

Pimpin4Paradise

4/20/21 10:45pm

You're reminding me of Musicland.

Jeffacka

4/20/21 10:47pm

Hmm...that one doesn’t ring a bell for me.

Pimpin4Paradise

4/20/21 10:48pm

Musicland became Sam Goody around the time I came home from my mission-1996

Jeffacka

4/20/21 10:55pm

Media Play was an old one.

byubyu

4/20/21 10:52pm

They went out not too long ago, maybe 15 years ago.

Jeffacka

4/20/21 10:56pm

Was that the video store that served pizza too?

Blue Ghost

4/20/21 11:46pm

Or was that Sounds Easy?

Blue Ghost

4/20/21 11:49pm

☝🏼This

Johsco

4/21/21 12:28am

Media Play?

SpotOnOpinionsGuy

4/20/21 10:53pm

Hastings?

Busting Coveys

4/20/21 10:54pm

Disco Round?

cougstyle

4/20/21 11:09pm

App Store?

jamalccc

4/20/21 10:46pm

I thought you had to be over 18 to have a CB account 😉

Extra Biscuits

4/20/21 10:54pm

Stokes Brothers...for Utah CBs

Bonoman

4/20/21 10:46pm

Grand Central

Ssebo

4/20/21 10:46pm

Liberty House

Seasider

4/20/21 10:47pm

Pay 'n Pak

El Careeb

4/20/21 10:47pm

The 5 and dime

bald man

4/20/21 10:47pm

Frank’s grocery store in Draper

BluePassion

4/20/21 10:48pm

Eagle Thrifty

SierraCoug

4/20/21 10:49pm

Rory Rodgers

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 10:49pm

Mervyns.

brj8

4/20/21 10:49pm

Weinstock’s

SierraCoug

4/20/21 10:49pm

Tower Records

Tare

4/20/21 10:49pm

Wondered if that was gone. Figured it had to be. Good memories

bluelands

4/20/21 11:27pm

Raspberry Records

Bonoman

4/20/21 10:49pm

Incredible Universe

brazilcoug

4/20/21 10:49pm

One of my favorites

AF Cougar

4/20/21 11:00pm

Gemco

SierraCoug

4/20/21 10:49pm

Pace Warehouse

Cougarmayn

4/20/21 10:49pm

Western Auto

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 10:50pm

Totally Awesome Computers

CougarTailDevourer

4/20/21 10:51pm

lol...nailing birds with hang gliders

UNLVcougar

4/20/21 10:54pm

Owl had it coming allegedly

CougarTailDevourer

4/21/21 12:30am

Kay Bee Toy Store, Thrifty, K-Mart, 7-Eleven and the exact Circle K from Bill and Ted’s

2FarGone

4/20/21 10:52pm

Castleton’s

Hawk in the 303

4/20/21 10:52pm

Ultimate Electronics

Cougarmayn

4/20/21 10:52pm

Wolfe’s Sporting Goods

Brutus216

4/20/21 10:52pm

Loved wolfs

johnnybyu

4/20/21 10:59pm

Wolfe’s was a good store. I am trying to remember the name of the sporting good store that replaced it in Bountiful?

Busting Coveys

4/20/21 11:35pm

It was Sunset, then Herman's for a while.That might have been before Wolfe's.

chrisrenrut

4/20/21 11:43pm

Zinik's sporting goods at Cottonwood Mall.

Brisco

4/21/21 12:51am

Ah the Cottonwood Mall. Good days.

Trent

4/21/21 7:42am

You Totem

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 10:53pm

CompUSA

ebv

4/20/21 10:53pm

Miller's Outpost

Mississippi

4/20/21 10:54pm

Grand Auto

SierraCoug

4/20/21 10:54pm

Woolworth’s - any heard of it? We had one in Twin Falls ID early 80s

Rivers Cuomo

4/20/21 10:55pm

They had one in the Cottonwood Mall in Holladay

Bonoman

4/20/21 10:56pm

Yeah, right by Makoff’s, right?

Hawk in the 303

4/20/21 11:01pm

The Nuskin building sits on the site of the one in Provo

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 10:58pm

An anchor for Provo’s downtown in the 60s and 70s along with JC Penney

AF Cougar

4/20/21 10:58pm

Piggly Wiggly

Zaphod

4/20/21 10:55pm

There are many of those still operating all over the south.

rebelCoug

4/21/21 5:17am

We go there all the time

BR549

4/21/21 7:30am

Firmages

AF Cougar

4/20/21 10:55pm

Yellow Front and Coast to Coast

Malathion

4/20/21 10:56pm

Egghead Software, Electronics Boutique, Babbages, Software Etc

Jennerstein

4/20/21 10:57pm

Bobco's

777

4/20/21 10:58pm

Doves was another local grocery store from that era

STL

4/21/21 12:58am

Chess King

Murray

4/20/21 10:59pm

Oh man. Chess King. Now THAT’S a store I haven’t thought of in a LONG time.

m0resn0w

4/20/21 11:03pm

Tom Peterson's

Zooropa

4/20/21 10:59pm

Sambo’s

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 11:01pm

Artic Circle when they actually made good hamburgers. A&W when it was an actual

DodgerMike

4/20/21 11:02pm

Arctic Circle when it was still in the Northwest

Zooropa

4/20/21 11:07pm

Auerbachs

Bonoman

4/20/21 11:02pm

My dad was the manager of the Shoe department at Auerbachs

Murray

4/20/21 11:12pm

Fedco

BYUFBDAD

4/20/21 11:04pm

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Hawk in the 303

4/20/21 11:04pm

Remember the carpet store on Highland Drive that had the three animatronic guys?

m0resn0w

4/20/21 11:04pm

Phil, Dan and Andy. CarpeTowne, now Tres Hombres, still there just Mexican dudes

777

4/20/21 11:06pm

Kinney Shoes

SierraCoug

4/20/21 11:05pm

Clark’s in Provo, 39 West

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 11:05pm

Worked at Clark’s in college. The Clark’s are good people.

Bumpus Hound

4/21/21 4:22am

Blockbuster

JazzDad

4/20/21 11:06pm

Radio Shack

LPcoug

4/20/21 11:07pm

Fedco. Best. Silo. Castletons. wolfs.

idacoug

4/20/21 11:07pm

Food4Less

Oregano

4/20/21 11:09pm

At Food4Less you bag the savings. 😉

Trent

4/20/21 11:55pm

Part of Kroger. They just closed one in LA because of the hazard pay

Nat Gas Man

4/21/21 12:29am

Walden Books. Kaybee toys.

v1k0u6

4/20/21 11:09pm

I loved that store. I still remember buying a Luke Skywalker action figure there

UNLVcougar

4/20/21 11:14pm

Kaybee’s is a good one. We didn’t have one in Idaho but when we’d visit Utah

Rivers Cuomo

4/20/21 11:16pm

Yes, there was one in the mall in Idaho Falls

UNLVcougar

4/20/21 11:21pm

Used to hang at Waldens all the time, then I had a friend

SinkingQuffa

4/21/21 12:58am

J. Riggins

braddahmike

4/20/21 11:16pm

Safeways

Squirt

4/20/21 11:17pm

Lots of Safeway’s out there. Just different parts of the country

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 11:19pm

I live near several.

Jeffacka

4/21/21 7:09am

Blockbuster/Wherehouse Music, Oshman’s

GatorCoug

4/20/21 11:21pm

Pro Image

mobomanjoe

4/20/21 11:22pm

Storehouse Market

STL

4/20/21 11:22pm

Cant give a big enough thumbs up.

(Private)

4/21/21 7:12am

Mervyn's was first that came to mind. The Emporium in San Jose

bluelands

4/20/21 11:24pm

Greywhale

palangi

4/20/21 11:24pm

Copper Rivet, Stokes Brothers, Allied, Dees Hamburgers,

Peter Venkman

4/20/21 11:24pm

Also JB’s Restaurant. That was fine dining for us.

Rivers Cuomo

4/20/21 11:31pm

Copper Rivet...haha. I remember that place

palangi

4/20/21 11:37pm

KK (Kountry Korner) in Highland

Cougarrr

4/20/21 11:24pm

Zody’s

valcorger

4/20/21 11:25pm

Anyone remember Burger Chef? We had one when I was growing up, but it closed in mid-70s.

SierraCoug

4/20/21 11:33pm

Went to one in my town (New England) as a kid. Went outa business

SinkingQuffa

4/20/21 11:44pm

What year did it close?

SierraCoug

4/21/21 12:08am

It woulda been '76 or '77.

SinkingQuffa

4/21/21 12:18am

That was about same time the one I went to closed.

SierraCoug

4/21/21 12:23am

What state?

SinkingQuffa

4/21/21 12:25am

Nevada

SierraCoug

4/21/21 12:30am

Rhode Island to Nevada. Yeah, that'd be the vestiges

SinkingQuffa

4/21/21 12:46am

Only know it from Mad Men

STL

4/21/21 12:13am

RadioShack

SoValleyCOUG

4/20/21 11:35pm

The predecessor to The Creamery on 9th. Carson's Market?

Cougar Junkie

4/20/21 11:36pm

My MIL had a charge account there. Back in the 50’s and 60’s

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 11:39pm

I can just imagine it. That place was old school.

Cougar Junkie

4/20/21 11:42pm

I saw Lavell shopping there when I was a kid

STL

4/20/21 11:43pm

Builders Emporium

zerigke

4/20/21 11:36pm

Sam Goody, Miller’s Outpost, or Pup ‘n Taco

tjngirlz

4/20/21 11:39pm

Almax Grocery, A&P Food & Drug (death in the East).

SinkingQuffa

4/20/21 11:40pm

Goldwater’s if you lived in AZ

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 11:40pm

Columbia House 12 cassettes for 1¢

ochobeeguy

4/20/21 11:41pm

My buddy would subscribe to those deals under a pseudonym. He was a Twins fan,

Cougar Junkie

4/20/21 11:46pm

The Pop Shoppe

Loon to the Moon

4/20/21 11:44pm

Best Lime Rickey ever

m0resn0w

4/21/21 7:12am

Straw Hat Pizza

Blue Ghost

4/20/21 11:54pm

Video Vern’s - Holladay, UT

Trent

4/20/21 11:54pm

Chadders....RIP

Blue Ghost

4/20/21 11:55pm

Denver dry goods

zephyr

4/21/21 12:02am

Incredible Universe

El Presidente

4/21/21 12:22am

Der Ratskeller Pizza

STL

4/21/21 12:24am

Rax

STL

4/21/21 12:24am

Mmmm. Might to to Arbys soon and pretend I'm at the superior Rax.

Cougarrr

4/21/21 12:46pm

Piccadilly Fish and Chips

Nat Gas Man

4/21/21 12:38am

Golden Skone...but there is a new one South

Nat Gas Man

4/21/21 12:40am

Right by my house.

Jeffacka

4/21/21 7:11am

He is my Step brother's son. Dennis has always been a good kid

Nat Gas Man

4/21/21 1:20pm

I go there frequently. Great food. A bunch of kids from my ward work there.

Jeffacka

4/21/21 2:21pm

Vineyard Ward?

ugo1st

5/14/21 9:20am

Gibson's

Oceanographer

4/21/21 1:00am

KB toys

ThreatLevelMidnight

4/21/21 1:00am

Makoff Dept. Store, SLC. All-woods, Murray (bought 2x4s in 1973 for 88 cents). Zinik's Sports. Engh Floral, 3900 So. SLC

Brisco

4/21/21 1:05am

Oh, and Jimba's Restaurant in Provo. The Pressbox Restaurant in Provo.

Brisco

4/21/21 1:09am

Sil’s Seafood Grotto.

SierraCoug

4/21/21 1:12am

The Gay Blade

Tsisquan

4/21/21 3:39am

Sonic Style A&W drive ins

BeyondTheMark

4/21/21 3:40am

Farmer Jack grocery store in West Jordan

Conan

4/21/21 3:47am

I remember their commercials with the Osmonds.

Jeffacka

4/21/21 7:12am

The Training Table

J-Rod

4/21/21 4:25am

The Wherehouse or Lucky's

creameryon9th

4/21/21 5:52am

Anybody on here remember McCreery's department store?

rebelCoug

4/21/21 6:31am

kress in downtown slc

OC_Ute

4/21/21 7:52am

Kress in downtown Provo also Woolworths.

Oldcougfan

4/21/21 9:19am

Provo Craft and Novelty. Also, Bee’s Hardware

AF Cougar

4/21/21 12:27pm

I worked at Valley Discount while I was in HS.

85fan

4/21/21 10:21am

Westside Drug Store

valcorger

4/21/21 11:14am

I am from NoVa you wouldn't know.....Bob's Sport Shop or the Handy Dandy

BYU Grounds

4/21/21 12:35pm

Pedersons. In Bountiful Lakewoods, the perpetually going out of business

chrisrenrut

4/21/21 3:49pm

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