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

[underpants]

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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[BOSSHOG]

1. I worked for Walmart in 1970

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

[RazorbackExpat]

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

just down the road from Farmington

[BOSSHOG]

11. Hwy 71 South on the way to West Fork

[RazorbackExpat]

13. Since that was 1970, I think Highway 71

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]

14. North of Drake Field

[RazorbackExpat]

15. So that was still Fayetteville

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]

16. Oh Yeah

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.

[RazorbackExpat]

17. I fondly remember old US71 in the 70s

My high school clubs took many trips down there. Whether we were heading for Russellville, or Conway, or Little Rock, we'd invariably stop at the Dairy Queen at Alma. The school bus didn't have any facilities, so everyone was in a mad rush to get out of the bus once we stopped at the DQ. They did a very brisk business

[BOSSHOG]

18. A wonderful ride indeed

If memory serves, Alma was Exit 13. And a Cracker Barrel was on that Exit (at least ten years ago.)

Old 71 to Alma was unworldly.

[dweller]

2. Yeh ... that's the ticket

Thats why I shop there … 😬



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[Tree Lady]

3. I thought you were going to say Pot stores

all grown in America...

[underpants]

4. That is true.

[TalentAgency]

9. Depressing reality with that

Hopefully will change soon.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

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

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?

[dalton99a]

7. 80 percent of Walmart's merchandise is made in China.

https://www.americanmanufacturing.org/press-release/fact-sheet-walmarts-made-in-america-pledge/

[WhiteTara]

8. First they tricked American companies to bring their products to Walmart

and then they took the products and had them made in China. Big cheats.

[JoseBalow]

10. Look For the Union Label

(1:02)

[Marthe48]

12. Maybe go to antique and thrift shops

Lots of vintage made in America, and maybe no tariffs?