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

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

g$

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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