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by retail_person_247
13 Jun 2024 17:36
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: KFC Chicken... being sold at other restaurants via a franchise
Replies: 4
Views: 782

KFC Chicken... being sold at other restaurants via a franchise

Apparently back in the early days of KFC, the Colonel allowed people to sell his famous brand of fried chicken... at other independent restaurant chains. The most prominent example that I could find of this is Kenny Kings, a former 'family restaurant' chain from Ohio (if I remember correctly), which...
by retail_person_247
12 Jun 2024 11:25
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?
Replies: 5
Views: 2213

Re: Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?

Here's a cool photo that I found on Worthpoint, showing various locations It would apear that near the end of the chains lifespand, they decided to remodel their restaurants with a coverd wagon design? (as seen in the middle photo) 1_6edaba509ccb01a4b04d681bac7b9a26.jpg Apparently the covered wagon...
by retail_person_247
12 Jun 2024 01:33
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?
Replies: 5
Views: 2213

Re: Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?

I thought that Kelly's went out of business in 1974, however I found this ad from 1976 that has the "KELLY'S" name on it https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/520852061/?match=1&terms=Kelly%27s%20East%20Washington%20Ave I put one of the building addresses from said ad into the search bar...
by retail_person_247
11 Jun 2024 23:46
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?
Replies: 5
Views: 2213

Re: Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?

Here's a cool photo that I found on Worthpoint, showing various locations

It would apear that near the end of the chains lifespand, they decided to remodel their restaurants with a coverd wagon design? (as seen in the middle photo)
1_6edaba509ccb01a4b04d681bac7b9a26.jpg
by retail_person_247
11 Jun 2024 23:25
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?
Replies: 5
Views: 2213

Re: Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?

The "Boulevard Burger & Brew" restaurant in Richmond, VA is still operating out of an original Kelly's Hamburgers building And according to pictures of the place that I found on TripAdvisor, they framed a grand opening newspaper ad from when the restaurant was still Kelly's https://www...
by retail_person_247
01 May 2024 08:57
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: West Castle Restaurants in Southern California
Replies: 2
Views: 11022

Re: West Castle Restaurants in Southern California

Back in the mid 1980s, I came across a White Castle clone in Long Beach, CA called "West Castle." I don't remember exactly where it was, but it was fairly close to the Douglas Aircraft Company and the Long Beach Airport. From what I remember, the building was similar to White Castles of t...
by retail_person_247
01 May 2024 08:53
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: West Castle Restaurants in Southern California
Replies: 2
Views: 11022

Re: West Castle Restaurants in Southern California

Back in the mid 1980s, I came across a White Castle clone in Long Beach, CA called "West Castle." I don't remember exactly where it was, but it was fairly close to the Douglas Aircraft Company and the Long Beach Airport. From what I remember, the building was similar to White Castles of t...
by retail_person_247
28 Apr 2024 16:36
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?
Replies: 5
Views: 2213

Kelly's Hamburgers / Kelly Jet System ?

Has anyone ever heard of this chain? Apparently were actually a somewhat decent sized chain before disappearing sometime in the early to mid 1970's. https://www.flickr.com/photos/64900616@N04/8639327042 https://danielebrady.blogspot.com/2013/03/kellys-jet-system-hamburgers-1963.html https://defunct-...
by retail_person_247
30 Mar 2024 16:47
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 24
Views: 16498

Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

K B Toys used to have stores inside of Sears From what I could tell these were done in the early 2000s as a seasonal thing and not a year-round thing. I'm more interested in regional departments... So Macy's wasn't the first with Toys R Us... Montgomery Ward had a full sized Toys "R" Us i...
by retail_person_247
28 Mar 2024 21:43
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years
Replies: 24
Views: 16498

Re: Sears store-within-a-stores over the years

Did anyone mention the Bell Phone Centers yet? They were a chain of stand alone phones stores operated by the Bell System before having some short-lived departments (around 3 years) inside of select Sears locations, All of them were converted into AT&T Phone Centers, which included the Sears dep...
by retail_person_247
26 Mar 2024 15:57
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Super Rite
Replies: 4
Views: 6689

Re: Super Rite

BatteryMill wrote: 28 Feb 2022 15:51 Was this chain ever folded into Richfood (later SuperValu and UNFI)? I recall there were some exchanges with Shoppers of Washington, D.C. as well.
Richfood acquired Super Rite in 1995
by retail_person_247
26 Mar 2024 09:59
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Super Rite
Replies: 4
Views: 6689

Re: Super Rite

Apparently "Super Rite" was never a chain of grocery stores rather, a food distribution company. Rite Aid didn't start the company either. From what I've heard, when Pantry Pride went out of business, Rite Aid acquired one of their food distributors, changed the name of it to "Super ...
by retail_person_247
22 Feb 2024 15:01
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Kroger Family Centers
Replies: 126
Views: 134663

Re: Kroger Family Centers

retail_person_247 wrote: 22 Feb 2024 14:50 Kroger appears to have also tried out the Family Center format with their Henke & Pilot stores:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1585986/
Better quality image:

https://www.newspapers.com/article/lake ... 109375350/
by retail_person_247
22 Feb 2024 14:50
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Kroger Family Centers
Replies: 126
Views: 134663

Re: Kroger Family Centers

Kroger appears to have also tried out the Family Center format with their Henke & Pilot stores:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1585986/
by retail_person_247
10 Jan 2024 19:08
Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Old ServiStar Hardware signs still up?
Replies: 2
Views: 6227

Old ServiStar Hardware signs still up?

Does anybody remember ServiStar? They were a chain of franchised hardware stores, merged with Coast To Coast in 1990 (though both chains still operated under their own respective names), merged with True Value in 1996, all 3 stores went under their own name until 1999 when both ServiStar & Coast...