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1450 Summit Ave, Oconomowoc, WI. This store opened on November 17, 1988.
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Kitchenware section toward the pantry
SET 2 – Naifeh’s (former Kroger), Covington, TN
Glancing over toward the bakery now, with the kitchenware-turned-cheese shop wood-slat hanging sign again coming into frame here. I just couldn’t get enough of that thing, haha! So very cool to see this reused. These days, I’m not aware of very many Krogers that this décor piece survives in; in fact, I only know of one locally within the Memphis area, and even then its version is a later-stage one that isn’t quite identical to the one here in Covington. (For one thing, it has a slightly less outrageous version of the Jokerman-esque font, and for another, by then it was almost certainly fake-wood construction as opposed to real wood – we’ll see that store at some point in the far distant future in my photostream, and I’ll try to do my best to link back to this description at that time.) I’m also not certain if that store has since remodeled, so there’s actually a fairly good chance that this is the only such piece left within the Memphis area if not the entire Kroger Delta Division – and remember, too, that there’s no telling how many others of this piece actually still exist across the rest of the country, either, be they still in Kroger stores or in other retailers…
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Here's an overview of sorts from the previous kitchenware scene. I don't think that Fred's was known as a go-to place for such items, but even at only 20% off looks like word got around, at least as far as the liquidation was concerned!
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Fred's, closed Summer 2019, Shiloh Rd. near Harper Rd., Corinth MS
I bought these yesterday at the car boot, I really like old enamelware and kitchen tins, beautiful colours
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Actually found a piece of Pyrex today! A piece pretty high on my wish list no less! :)
Wouldn't this pattern make a great fabric? It looks very Alexander Henry to me!
Here’s a close-up of the manufacturer's marking on the base of a pretty rudimentary piece of 1940s aluminium kitchenware. I’ve no idea what it’s called – but throughout my childhood I remember my mother using it for squeezing excess water from cooked cabbage or spinach. It’s not a colander, it’s not a sieve… so what’s the correct name?
Well, whatever it may be, today it still occasionally carries out the same function, though this time I’m the cook, not my mum.
As you can see here, it’s fairly primitive; the handle is held to the ‘saucer’ by two pairs of rivets. It bears the legend ‘Long Life British made’ and between the first two words is a parrot. And that’s all I can tell you about it. I you’ve any ideas, I’d love to know!
This looks like an aisle where kitchenware once resided, but who can really know for sure!??
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Gordmans, 2006-built (reliquidated/closed circa mid-2020), Airways Blvd. near Nail Rd., Southaven MS
I believe kitchenware (redubbed as "kitchen place" in the Marketplace version of Kroger décor) ended up moving only an aisle or two over when all was said and done, probably only to make way for the expanded wine department.
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Kroger, 1988-built, Germantown Pkwy. at Trinity Rd., Memphis (Cordova)
I'm reasonably certain this is the back section of pet care, looking toward the front, with the familiar pet circle sign, and the more unfamiliar (at least for now!) kitchen place banners. Aisle numbers evidently go from smaller to larger, looking from the front toward the back, as you might expect. And per the previous photo, along the north side wall the numbers go from smaller to larger as you go toward the front of the store.
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Kroger Marketplace, 2014-built, Caraway Rd. at Wilkins Ave., Jonesboro AR
WEEK 43 – TM Relocation Revisited
Here’s a closer look at one of the aisles in the last photo. This store is narrow where the old one was wide, so a new layout was required here. It appears everything dining, from cookware to tableware to food itself, is in these front aisles. To the left is home décor. An office is in the front left corner, jutting out into the salesfloor kind of like the backroom you can see in the back right corner in this shot; furniture lies beyond the former.
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And here's a bit more kitchenware, and more classic signage (in the classic hallway)! And if I remember correctly, they did have more than one "restroom" here :P
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JCPenney, 1970-built(?), Cass St. near Hwy 72, Corinth MS
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WEEK 43 – Barnes Crossing Kroger, Post-Remodel (IV)
Speaking of the kitchenware aisle – yep, that’s exactly what Aisle 13 is home to :P (In addition to that clearance section, haha!) The kitchenware shelving looks particularly spiffy to me in this image; I wish I could definitively tell y’all if it’s new from the remodel or not. (I’m tempted to say it’s new, but then again I have zero clue what this aisle looked like prior to the remodel – so it’s possible this could have been here all along.)
Anyway, besides the shelving, you can also see the Aisle 13 marker, more of that ceiling border, and, off in the background, the fresh meat section’s word cloud that started our set off today (below the lower drop ceiling).
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WEEK 7 – Hdo Kroger Marketplace, Set III
Shifting our point of view slightly to the left, we come across the kitchen place department. As with several other non-grocery departments I’ve already shown you in this album, the old store did indeed carry some in the way of kitchen merchandise… but certainly not as much as the new store now has, that’s for sure! (For what it’s worth, though, the millennium décor *did* have a fairly similar fixture. Hernando in particular did not have one, however.)
Note also the large “Crocktober” promotional display… I get what they were going for with that name, but it still came out kinda weird, in my opinion :P
Oh, and by the way, #CrockPotIsInnocent
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Remodel, Week 18
Another new sight on this visit was this aisle of kitchenware placed alongside the (also relatively new) produce section. Kitchenware used to be located in another aisle elsewhere along this front wall of the store; this remodel seems especially concerned with rearranging the merchandise to give certain departments better visibility and cross-merchandised placements.
Previously, this area was home to the store's water, soda, and juice selection. Also notable is that this new shelving unit is much, much lower than the rest of their traditional units (seen in the background), giving this a much different feel.
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Going back home today I walked by a restaurant. The owner probably thought that could be nice to build a bench with unused pots and put it outside with colourful lights.
Perhaps I'd never enter in that restaurant, but I couldn't miss the opportunity for the shot!
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Shot on OnePlus 3T, edit in Lightroom Mobile for Android.
One of a kind hand-made and glazed ceramic bowl that kozy created for our exhibition "End of Summer Never Ends" at Giant Robot in Los Angeles. 4 inches tall by 13 inches diameter.
Bloomie's kitchenware department. Another fine example of 80s store design.
Bloomingdale's at the Gardens Mall, Palm Beach Gardens FL. Opened in 1990.
BOX DATE: 1998
MANUFACTURER: Mattel
PERSONAL FUN FACT: Surprisingly my motives for wanting a Sweet Treats Barbie growing up were not entirely based on her awesome kitchenware. It's no secret that both my sister and I are suckers for dolly food and dishes. But I was so obsessed with the doll herself, that this ended up being the reason I finally purchased a Sweet Treats Barbie. But that's not to say that this stuff didn't get tons of mileage...because boy did it ever! I used this outfit over the years on many of my favorite dolls. The skirt and sneakers especially were versatile for pairing with other items. The little kitchen counter was always in our dolly kitchen setups. I liked to store some of the big pots and pans in its opening compartment. Plus the shelves were handy for things like plants. For the first year or two, Colleen and I were also obsessed with making icing using this set. We quickly used up all the icing packets that came with Barbie. But we ended up making our own entirely from scratch with sugar and food coloring. We ditched the cookie cutters early on though. It was suggested that you cut the shapes out of soft bread...but truthfully that tasted gross. So instead, we bought cookies just for the icing. I remember all the fun, and very messy times we had in the kitchen with this doll. We used her bowl, mixer, and her other implements to mix the icing and spread it over the cookies. It always tasted sickly sweet, and it was a bit gross that we'd go and play with this stuff in the basement after we were done "baking." But I did always at least wash all the components before we used them again for making icing. Barbie always came upstairs with us, dressed in her original outfit, as a mascot of sorts. But not wanting her to get dirty from the sticky icing, I made sure to keep her well out of the way. I never had the heart to get rid of anything that came with Sweet Treats Barbie. Many times I opt to donate the "for you" accessories, like the cookie cutters, if I don't have a use for them (simply to save space). But looking at these things reminds me so much of all the fun we had, and poor Mom's face as she watched us slather nasty icing all over sugary cookies!
Roman imperial period.
From rubbish dumps of mid 1st-3rd cs. CE date found beside the Roman city walls of Torino/Turin, ancient Augusta Taurinorum (Pleiades; PECS-Perseus; en.wikipedia).
Museo di Antichità (alias Museo Archeologico Nazionale del Piemonte), Torino, Italy
Shopping in the past: the old “Maruni Shoten” Kitchenware Store. Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, Koganei. Tokyo, Japan. © Michele Marcolin, 2023. K1ii + MOG Trioplan 35+ 35mm f2.8.
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This is a household goods store built in the early Showa period (1926-1989). It wa soriginally located in 3-chome, Kanda-jinbocho, Chiyoda Ward. It features a front wall covered in small copper plates ingeniously combined, while the interior is a reproduction of how the shop was in the 1930s. Tenement houses have been moved to the back of the shop to produce the street atmosphere that existed in those days.