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I've made some updates to my post about the Cowesett Corners Shopping Plaza

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Dairy Mart; The History, And What's Left

Dairy Mart the history, and what's left " Good People, It Must Be Dairy Mart !" Anyone remember Dairy Mart? No? I'd be kind of surprised if you did. From the 3rd largest convenience store chain in the U.S. behind 7-Eleven and Circle K, to pretty much nothing but an obscure, vague memory... what happened? Here's a brief history since there isn't really much left from this company; Dairy Mart began in 1957 when Charles Nirenberg (pictured here) opened his first store in the state of Massachusetts Throughout the 80's Dairy Mart began to quickly expand by acquiring other, smaller, convenience store chains, such as Sunnybrook Farms (who had 63 stores). Their biggest acquisition however, came in 1984 In 1975, U.S. based convenience store chain Lawson's opened their first store in Japan, they decided to operate there exclusively, selling all of their U.S. stores to Dairy Mart in 1984. This was a huge win for Dairy Mart, as at the time of the acquisition Lawso

When Home Improvement Met Electronics, The Forgotten Lowe's Department

When Home Improvement Met Electronics The forgotten Lowe's Department When you think of Lowe's, what's the first thing that you think of? Hardware, right? Tools, wood planks, fridges & stoves, garden supplies, maybe even some floor tiles? But what about televisions? Maybe some VCR's? You might find a lot of things for your house at Lowe's, but electronics is not one of them... anymore This Lowe's commercial from 1994 confused me the first time I saw it Sure, they start off by showing a Christmas tree, some hammers, and a large toolbox display, typical for Lowe's But "what's with the tv's" was my first thought when I originally viewed the commercial The commercial also features cordless phones and stereos? Yup, they sold those too apparently Game systems as well The Game Boy was released in 1989, but didn't arrive at Lowe's until 1991 Can't forget about the camcorders also Even though Lowe's is a hardware / home improve

Former Venture Store, Orland Park, IL

Former Venture, Orland Park, IL 15701 71st Ct, Orland Park, IL 60462 Doesn't seem like an old Venture store at first glace, But I can assure you, that it was Meijer did some painting over the building But most of the original Venture architecture is still in place The front of the store even still has the original stripes The building isn't painted black & white anymore, but you can still tell that it used to be Out with the old and in with the new Even if the old still shines through at times And yes, thats a Venture labelscar thats still showing, even with Meijer taking over and operating out of the building Edit: Thanks to the radio station Q98.5 for making a similar post on their website and giving me a small shoutout (lol) If you look to the bottom of their post there I am :) Thanks for reading All images are from Google Maps / Google Street View. I take zero credit for any of these photos

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