[Mick]

Darn -- did I miss a Going Out of Business sale?

Probably spent more time in that store in the past 30 years than any other non-grocery store--a great place to browse and learn

I believe the Palo Alto location closed a few years ago. Sounds like corporate stopped stocking shelves at the other locations awhile ago.

 

It's true.  I went into the Campbell store regularly, and inventory had not been restocked for months.  Sad.

Very interesting history.  Charles Fry started it as a supermarket in Contra Costa 1954.  it grew to 41 food stores in California, Arizona and Nevada by 1972, when Fry sold it to SaveMart that year.  He stuck around to help manage it until 1983.  When his family was fully out of the supermarket business, Fry's sons John, Randy and David opened the electronics store in 1985.

It's a good read:  http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-h...c-history/

This page (also a redirect from www.outpost.com, their online version) is sad:
https://www.frys.com/

Incidentally, John Fry

[Mick]

Darn -- did I miss a Going Out of Business sale?

Probably spent more time in that store in the past 30 years than any other non-grocery store--a great place to browse and learn

I believe the Palo Alto location closed a few years ago. Sounds like corporate stopped stocking shelves at the other locations awhile ago.

 

It's true.  I went into the Campbell store regularly, and inventory had not been restocked for months.  Sad.

Very interesting history.  Charles Fry started it as a supermarket in Contra Costa 1954.  it grew to 41 food stores in California, Arizona and Nevada by 1972, when Fry sold it to SaveMart that year.  He stuck around to help manage it until 1983.  When his family was fully out of the supermarket business, Fry's sons John, Randy and David opened the electronics store in 1985.

It's a good read:  http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-h...c-history/

This page (also a redirect from www.outpost.com, their online version) is sad:
https://www.frys.com/

Incidentally, John Fry