maxine wrote:
> On Apr 5, 8:35 am, "Jean B." > wrote:
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> "Arri London" > wrote in message
>>>> The original Walmarts were located where there weren't any other places
>>>> to shop. Might still be the case?
>>> You may be right is the south where they started. Not the case at all here
>>> in New England, one of the last areas they built. We still have plenty of
>>> stores if Wal Mart went away, just as we did before they came. Many chains
>>> have come and gone is the past 20 or 30 years though.
>>> Ames
>>> Bradley's
>>> Two Guys
>>> The Fair
>>> Lechmere
>>> Giant
>>> Jumbo
>>> Caldor
>>> Zayres
>>> Montgomery Ward
>>> Filenes
>>> Edward's
>>> Finast
>>> probably a bunch of others I've missed
>> Jordan Marsh...
>>
>> Your list brings back memories.
>
> Jean, you read my mind. A tad more local, but Almacs Supermarkets,
> Bread & Circus ( bought out by Whole Paycheck), Further afield, Steve
> and Barry's <?> a sports clothes store.
>
> maxine in ri

Oh, yes, B&C--we still call Whole Foods Bread & Circus.

That reminds me... Wild Oats (dirty trick...), and, hmm, what was
the very local little chain that got bought out by B&C/WF...
Nature's Heartland.

--
Jean B.