Oct.14-20 Small Business Week
- Thread starter Jace
- Start date
dilettante
Well-known Member
- Location
- Michigan
While they last. Battling both big chain and big box competition and the building is being eyed for razing and gentrification like so much else in this block. They've been here or close nearby for a very long time.
Old-timey inside, staff know their stock and how to use it. Very knowledgeable and helpful. They carry some oddball stuff and can order things they don't have and get the right thing. They can make keys, mix paint colors, sharpen lawnmower blades and good scissors, even axes and saws.
Aunt Bea
SF VIP
- Location
- Near Mount Pilot
The shop where I take my vehicle for service.
They have been in the same family and in the same location since 1929, a real old fashioned garage that provides a dozen or so real jobs and provides a valuable service to the locals as well as the folks that commute in from the suburbs for work.
My car is there today having an annual safety inspection, routine maintenance, and getting my snow tires mounted. I’m waiting for the call to walk over and pick it up.
They have been in the same family and in the same location since 1929, a real old fashioned garage that provides a dozen or so real jobs and provides a valuable service to the locals as well as the folks that commute in from the suburbs for work.
My car is there today having an annual safety inspection, routine maintenance, and getting my snow tires mounted. I’m waiting for the call to walk over and pick it up.
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dilettante
Well-known Member
- Location
- Michigan
Sad. I wonder if any of the franchised stores can find a way to go solo?
That Lady in PA
Senior Member
True Value is being sold to Do It Best Corp
officerripley
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- Location
- Porlock, Calif
Yes, it's called Postal Plus and they can do almost everything the U.S. Post Office can plus they sell some nice gifts.
RadishRose
SF VIP
- Location
- Connecticut, USA
Murrmurr
SF VIP
- Location
- Sacramento, California
It was Bargain Town up until Goodwill Industries took it over.
There was also a family-owned bakery I frequented. This Mom & Pop started selling super-yummy baked goods out of their kitchen back in the late 60s, converted their garage into a little bakery shop in the 70s, and their kids took it over and built an expanded area onto it in the 80s.
In the early 2000s, the city started getting on the family's case about licensing and zoning and taxes, and the shop closed in 2018. The grandkids apparently went on to bigger careers anyway, so it worked out alright. I sure miss the old lady's breads, pastries, and pies, though.
There was also a family-owned bakery I frequented. This Mom & Pop started selling super-yummy baked goods out of their kitchen back in the late 60s, converted their garage into a little bakery shop in the 70s, and their kids took it over and built an expanded area onto it in the 80s.
In the early 2000s, the city started getting on the family's case about licensing and zoning and taxes, and the shop closed in 2018. The grandkids apparently went on to bigger careers anyway, so it worked out alright. I sure miss the old lady's breads, pastries, and pies, though.
debodun
SF VIP
- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
