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underpants

(189,678 posts) Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:25 PM 19 hrs ago

Hey! I found a store in which everything is "Made in America"

Walmart 30+ years ago.
That was their big selling point when they went into hyper expansion. It was a staple at the end of every TV ad. It’s hard to find a picture of it now. 🤔 Gee, wonder why that is.

I did find this ad from the 90’s

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Hey! I found a store in which everything is "Made in America" (Original Post) underpants 19 hrs ago OP

I worked for Walmart in 1970 BOSSHOG 19 hrs ago #1

I'm guessing that was the Walmart on W.6th Avenue RazorbackExpat 18 hrs ago #5

Hwy 71 South on the way to West Fork BOSSHOG 10 hrs ago #11

Since that was 1970, I think Highway 71 RazorbackExpat 9 hrs ago #13

North of Drake Field BOSSHOG 8 hrs ago #14

So that was still Fayetteville RazorbackExpat 8 hrs ago #15

Oh Yeah BOSSHOG 3 hrs ago #16

Yeh ... that's the ticket dweller 19 hrs ago #2

I thought you were going to say Pot stores Tree Lady 19 hrs ago #3

That is true. underpants 19 hrs ago #4

Depressing reality with that TalentAgency 18 hrs ago #9

I stopped shopping at Walmart sometime in the 90s. PoindexterOglethorpe 18 hrs ago #6

80 percent of Walmart's merchandise is made in China. dalton99a 18 hrs ago #7

First they tricked American companies to bring their products to Walmart WhiteTara 18 hrs ago #8

Look For the Union Label JoseBalow 18 hrs ago #10

Maybe go to antique and thrift shops Marthe48 10 hrs ago #12

BOSSHOG

(41,791 posts)

1. I worked for Walmart in 1970

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:30 PM

19 hrs ago

Saturday Mornings we put out the Made in America signs by the front door and the cash registers.

RazorbackExpat

(439 posts)

5. I'm guessing that was the Walmart on W.6th Avenue

Reply to BOSSHOG (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:01 PM

18 hrs ago

just down the road from Farmington

BOSSHOG

(41,791 posts)

11. Hwy 71 South on the way to West Fork

Reply to RazorbackExpat (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 07:47 AM

10 hrs ago

RazorbackExpat

(439 posts)

13. Since that was 1970, I think Highway 71

Reply to BOSSHOG (Reply #11)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 08:43 AM

9 hrs ago

would have been College Avenue in F'ville
Maybe that was in Greenland? (Not the island, LOL)
Which side of Drake Field was that?

BOSSHOG

(41,791 posts)

14. North of Drake Field

Reply to RazorbackExpat (Reply #13)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:19 AM

8 hrs ago

RazorbackExpat

(439 posts)

15. So that was still Fayetteville

Reply to BOSSHOG (Reply #14)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:27 AM

8 hrs ago

I only remember going down that way once around 1970 or so. My uncle came down for a visit and he wanted to go to the Boston Mountains so he could buy a yellow watermelon. We went as far as the scenic overlook for Lake Fort Smith. He found his yellow watermelon and was happy as a clam

BOSSHOG

(41,791 posts)

16. Oh Yeah

Reply to RazorbackExpat (Reply #15)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 02:36 PM

3 hrs ago

Still in town. Grocery store next door and a Mr Quick Burger Joint across the Highway. Boston Mountains are a treasure. More so since the interstate reduced its traffic. There was a drive in movie on the location you mentioned before a WalMart in the early 70s.

dweller

(26,209 posts)

2. Yeh ... that's the ticket

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:30 PM

19 hrs ago

Thats why I shop there … 😬

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Tree Lady

(12,322 posts)

3. I thought you were going to say Pot stores

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:44 PM

19 hrs ago

all grown in America...

underpants

(189,678 posts)

4. That is true.

Reply to Tree Lady (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:53 PM

19 hrs ago

TalentAgency

(5 posts)

9. Depressing reality with that

Reply to Tree Lady (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:32 PM

18 hrs ago

Hopefully will change soon.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,641 posts)

6. I stopped shopping at Walmart sometime in the 90s.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:13 PM

18 hrs ago

I'd realized then that they were screwing American manufacturers, and wanted nothing to do with that.

I also kept on hearing about how crappy Walmart stuff had become, and I want to ask people if there is no other place to shop?