tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post7056547002417928033..comments2024-03-26T21:06:08.519-07:00Comments on Sky City: Retail History: Richway: The Discount Division of Rich's (Updated February 15, 2018)J.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208881715255029485noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-61678473064461546902018-02-15T11:38:36.010-08:002018-02-15T11:38:36.010-08:00Thank you for doing an update on this post. Your ...Thank you for doing an update on this post. Your dedication to this blog and retail is not underappreciated. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-10731095106708406102014-07-02T13:52:01.529-07:002014-07-02T13:52:01.529-07:00Some people on facebook were discussing discount s...Some people on facebook were discussing discount stores in the 60's and 70's around Atlanta and mentioned Sunshine. I don't remember them nor can I find anything about them Maybe they were before the 60's. Does anyone know?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-64782095053266509172014-01-10T07:08:24.198-08:002014-01-10T07:08:24.198-08:00Hey, Eric I also worked at Roswell left in 83How m...Hey, Eric I also worked at Roswell left in 83How many of the old ones do you remember?Just started looking for some of them the other day Should have a web page for RICHWAY 8 former employeesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-86667155439897445642013-09-14T06:50:45.925-07:002013-09-14T06:50:45.925-07:00I frequented a Grandma's Biscuits east of Deca...I frequented a Grandma's Biscuits east of Decatur on Ponce, I think. Delicious! I don't understand how they failed ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-77750157279558014682009-12-05T14:35:15.969-08:002009-12-05T14:35:15.969-08:00Great blog post - thanks for the memories. I lived...Great blog post - thanks for the memories. I lived in South Florida, and remember very well both the Richway stores (Used to shop the one in Plantation next to Broward Mall that converted to a Target, then was torn down recently and re-built as a 2-story Target with parking garage adjacent.) I also remember Gold Triangle - they had stores scattered across South Florida in the 1970's, and I remember the one in N Miami and in the older part of Plantation the most. (Broward Blvd and State Road 7 area). My folks used to take us there to buy sporting goods mostly - fishing rods, etc.) I am not sure when they closed exactly but they were mostly located in shopping areas that were bypassed with suburbs to the west and newer malls (except for the one by Dadeland in Miami, as it was probably the most visible of the stores near a major mall that stayed vibrant in the 80's+). I have found very little about them online, and would love to see more about them sometime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-65217180093047758542009-10-04T08:18:14.687-07:002009-10-04T08:18:14.687-07:00Came across your site after googling "Richway...Came across your site after googling "Richway" and you have done a fantastic job! This really brings me back. I loved Richway! Remembering my brother and I pooling our allowance to by 45's, staring at the tarantulas in the pet department, buying halloween costumes, parachute pants...the list goes on and on. Thank you for this post and your website. Keep doing what you're doing!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-76551309108195091342009-04-05T18:53:00.000-07:002009-04-05T18:53:00.000-07:00I wasn't aware that the Richway Stores in sout...I wasn't aware that the Richway Stores in south Fla. had the skylights.....I thought the hurricane zone precluded them.<br><br>I remember when Hugo went thru NC..the skylights didn't hold up well at all...lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-55382042695027841012009-03-21T16:01:00.000-07:002009-03-21T16:01:00.000-07:00The last Target that was in an original, "sla...The last Target that was in an original, "slanted-roof" Richway around here (South Florida) was torn down in 2008. Construction of a two-story Target continues in its place. Other originals are still around, but they are no longer Targets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-92100159779451261212009-01-18T16:51:00.000-08:002009-01-18T16:51:00.000-08:00#24 in Conyers is a LA Fitness now....(and there i...#24 in Conyers is a LA Fitness now....(and there is a Popeye's Chicken in the parking lot!)<br><br>Target moved further south on Hwy.20Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-48422971021763639422008-12-28T17:08:00.000-08:002008-12-28T17:08:00.000-08:00Eric H. I'm Mark and I worked at the Roswell...Eric H. I'm Mark and I worked at the Roswell Richway from around March to <br>August 1977, just before I started college. I was the skinny dude door checker--sat in a cubicle out front checking return packages and outgoing bags. In the rain the cube flooded, in the heat it sweltered. I had nothing in there but a fan and a fly swatter. (on boring days I'd kill flies and glue them to the drawer in the desk). <br>When you walked into the store, the first thing you saw was the poster of Farrah Faucet in that red bathing suit. <br>And can you remember the onslaught of Star War toys that overtook the toy department?<br>And the electronics store that sold CB radios long after the fad died--and those LED watches? <br>Do you remember the country ladies in receiving having to go home when they heard that Elvis died?<br> I had a good friend in the Music Department, David E., he and I and two cash register girls, Vicky and Renata met after work and went out to dance, eat and have fun. After that summer, we all went our seperate ways and I never saw any of them again. But I'll always remember meeting in the parking lot and heading out for some adventure. How good it was to be young and healthy and have all yoru choices yet to me made. FYI 31 years later, I still have my Richway badge.grothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01627674060358850940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-4968074139092685512008-11-05T19:13:00.000-08:002008-11-05T19:13:00.000-08:00I'm sure they've all gone on to bigger and...I'm sure they've all gone on to bigger and better things....Richway folks were that way, highly motivated.<br><br>I'll still keep in touch with several that I worked with at Richway.<br><br>and by the way....HEY Carol Ann!...you probably won't remember me but we went to school together (CGHS)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-24244133902084394422008-10-04T19:25:00.000-07:002008-10-04T19:25:00.000-07:00Wow! Just Googled "Richway Dept. Stores"...Wow! Just Googled "Richway Dept. Stores" and found this...I worked for Richway from 1975 until 1984(Roswell).<br>Started at the Gas Island, to Cart Boy, to Cashier, to Head Cashier, to Advertising (Downtown-Central- Atl.) I consider myself very fortunate to go through that phase of my life working and learning with such a well run organization. I could write a book about all of the drama that went on on a daily basis. Wonder what happened to all of my fellow Richwayers?...<br>Eric H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-63014253335336794602008-09-19T12:50:00.000-07:002008-09-19T12:50:00.000-07:00I was the manager of construction for Richway from...I was the manager of construction for Richway from 1981 till the chain was merged with Gold Circle.<br>There were 31 stores; I was part of the store planing team and opened Richway 22 and 23 in Chattanooga; Richway 24 Conyors; Richway 25 Snellville; Richway 26 Plantation FL; Richway 27 Deerfield Beach Fl; Richway 28 Tamarac Fl; Richway 29 Palm Beach Fl; Richway 30 West Palm Beach Fl and Ricway 31 Oakland Park Fl. One blooger is correct - we never opened a store in Birmingham - Actually the plan was to open stores from south Florida and move north and build stores from Atlanta south. We had plans on the books to open three in Macon (which of course never materialized. One other interesting point; Richway built (at the time) the world most automated distribution Center in Morrow Ga. The last time I was down there is now is a Mopar Distribution center.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-9662303906244592142008-06-30T18:33:00.000-07:002008-06-30T18:33:00.000-07:00Just stumbled upon this site and have been in a no...Just stumbled upon this site and have been in a nostalgia daze for nearly half an hour. My parents and I were frequent shoppers of the Richway on Old National Highway. I bought my first Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman action figures there! I must have been about six or seven at the time, bit I get misty-eyed remembering walking down that toy aisle at Richway and seeing an entire row almost filled with Six Million Dollar Man toys. I wanted everything on the shelves.<br><br>We also went to the old Grant's Department store in Forest Park just about every Sunday to eat at the restauant, The Bradford Room. Best turkey and dressing...EVER. Also in Forest Park...Treasure Island, Zayre and Lionel Playworld, which was Star Wars toy heaven. <br><br>Damn, I miss those stores.Collin Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-55519538256865838702008-05-17T18:13:00.000-07:002008-05-17T18:13:00.000-07:00I bought my first Led Zeppelin record at the Richw...I bought my first Led Zeppelin record at the Richway in Roswell in 1977. I used to walk there and talk to the guy that ran the sporting goods department. They always had a bunch of deer rifles that I coveted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-18767434645133481052008-05-09T11:20:00.000-07:002008-05-09T11:20:00.000-07:00Boy this brings back memories, I worked at Richway...Boy this brings back memories, I worked at Richway for almost 10 yrs, starting out at the store on Tara Blvd. as a cashier, then went to head cashier, then went to accts payable, which was out of the old Richs building downtown. Then moved on to the distribution center which was at first off of Fulton Ind. then we moved over to Morrow, near where the Sams club is now. I had many great times at Richway, and everytime i go into Value City in Jonesboro it brings back memories of working there. So many great firends were made, would love to find some of those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-36115722266046290892008-03-18T15:25:00.000-07:002008-03-18T15:25:00.000-07:00There was a Richway in Snellville on Hwy. 78. I b...There was a Richway in Snellville on Hwy. 78. I believe the shopping center was called "Fountain Square" and there was a Sears Outlet, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-91181626095614577422008-01-18T09:13:00.000-08:002008-01-18T09:13:00.000-08:00wow sure is a lot about Richway. Did about 5 year...wow sure is a lot about Richway. Did about 5 years starting at store#1 Covington Highway,ending up as a asst. buyer downtown. Worked with alot of Richs folks and people out at the new warehouse on Stone Mountain Parkway. Remeberwhen the store Manager at store #2 $1 Hwy was arrested for breaking the Sunday Blue law. So much more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-78413188065206527632008-01-08T23:18:00.000-08:002008-01-08T23:18:00.000-08:00wow...the Richway days!....there were a LOT of fin...wow...the Richway days!....there were a LOT of fine people working for Richway, it was probably one of my best loved jobs.<br><br>I was one of "Andy's handies"....worked in maintenance, so I traveled to a number of the stores (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 18, 19, 20)...those would be Covington Hwy, Cobb Pkwy, Old National, Jonesboro Rd., N. Druid Hills, Roswell, Tara Blvd, Tucker, Austell, and Marietta....wow, can't belive I remember those store numbers!<br><br>stayed on for a while with Target after they took over, but it wasn't the same...the spirit was gone I guess.....Target was just difficult to work for....maybe they are better now....I guess they had a lot riding on their entrance into the Atlanta market...management was always so nervous....made it difficult to do one's job.<br><br>I saw a mention of Grandma's Biscuits in one of the posts here....I worked there when I was in high school, at the one on Rainbow Dr....I made a mean batch of biscuits!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-78479880415935586502007-11-28T17:09:00.000-08:002007-11-28T17:09:00.000-08:00the old richway in gastonia, NC is still operating...the old richway in gastonia, NC is still operating as a target. I went in there and it still has some of that richway-ness. still has the wedge skylights too! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-32509158878127422072007-11-27T13:12:00.000-08:002007-11-27T13:12:00.000-08:00I wish I had some pictures, but I have many fond m...I wish I had some pictures, but I have many fond memories of working at the Richway on BushRiver Road in Columbia, SC. As best as I can remember, it was the original occupant of Bush River Mall when it opened, anchored by Kroger at the other end of the mall. Those we're fun times we had in shipping and receiving. I recall that we had an automotive repair shop and a snack bar in the front. I worked there from 1984-1986? and remember when we became Gold Circle. I did not care for the new look, etc. Too bad they demolished the building last year for a super Wal-Mart. Target was the last occupant that moved out several years ago leaving the mall empty. I'll always have fond memories when I drive into that Super Wal-Mart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-11777369050421615672007-11-12T09:27:00.000-08:002007-11-12T09:27:00.000-08:00I went to the Riverdale and college park richways ...I went to the Riverdale and college park richways all the time as a kid, in tow with my parents. Just the name Richway makes me smell popcorn ebcause of the snackshop. Richway's, at least the 2 large colleg park and forest park anchors, did sale groceries that would come out to your car via conveyor belt but that must have eneded in the 1970's because I was born in 73 and by the time I was going to Richway the grocery store was a big star or big apple, i can't remember which..then in the smaller Riverdale/arrowhead store the big star became a circus playhouse! (like chuck e cheese but better) The other main thing i remember about Richway was it had a huge fish and Bird department you could hear the birds all over the store sometimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-20282052648874185082007-07-27T19:44:00.000-07:002007-07-27T19:44:00.000-07:00I lived in Columbia S.C. and I remember richway/go...I lived in Columbia S.C. and I remember richway/goldcirle very well. The thing I remember the most were the skylights and the colorful clothes. If anyone has pics or flyers I would love to see them. I think I am having a moment(flashbacks about life when I was younger) back then things and life were simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-55830686619232160362007-07-01T11:19:00.000-07:002007-07-01T11:19:00.000-07:00Oh, and as to Richway in the Columbia, SC, area (w...Oh, and as to Richway in the Columbia, SC, area (where my partner and I now live), AFAIK there were three - one on Garner's Ferry Rd., and the "twins" in Bush River Mall and Decker Mall. <br><br>The Garner's Ferry location was torn down several years ago, and new Target was built as the anchor for a lifestyle center.<br><br>The Decker location still has the skylights and all the external trappings of Richway, but (like the one on Covington Hwy.) is now partially-occupied by a church. The rest of the store is gutted for a self-storage unit vendor.<br><br>The Bush River location was torn down a couple of years ago, and a SuperBorgMart just opened a couple of months ago at that site.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07516115783666125036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047095566316955789.post-43730285368432637982007-07-01T11:13:00.000-07:002007-07-01T11:13:00.000-07:00The Target @ Northlake (285 & Lavista)...there...<i>The Target @ Northlake (285 & Lavista)...there was never a Richway there. That spot used to be a car dealership. McNamara Pontiac-GMC to be exact. I remember the dealership's old white house building. You must be thinking of N. Druid Hills.</i><br><br>Well, there <b>was</b> a Richway/Target near Northlake Mall, but it died something like 10 years ago or more - I can only presume as a last-ditch attempt to keep the store at J.C and Lawrenceville Hwy. (<b>NOT</b> I-85) open.<br><br>The previous Northlake store was in the shopping center where Publix, Office Depot and Marshall's is, but I don't remember whether it's Publix or Office Depot that is sitting where Richway used to be. I <b>think</b> the Publix is occupying the space, but I couldn't swear to it.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07516115783666125036noreply@blogger.com