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Restaurants and Food => Current Restaurants => Topic started by: Mobil on October 20, 2008, 03:26:35 PM

Title: My McProblem
Post by: Mobil on October 20, 2008, 03:26:35 PM
I used to live in The Woodlands, Texas, and then Houston. There was a Wal-Mart in Tomball of the 1987-1995 design. It had a Radio Grill snack bar. When the store was expanded to a Supercenter in 1998, the Radio Grill was redone. But in 2000, it closed and became a McDonald's, even though they already have so many in the area.

In 1998, a large Texaco opened in Tomball TX, complete with Church's Chicken, Pizza Inn, and Blue Bell ice cream shop opened. Pizza Inn, however, closed in 1999. I moved to PA in 2001. The station has since become Shell. Both other restaurants have also been closed for a McDonald's. Ditto for a similar Texaco down the road, but with Church's and Baskin-Robbins.

Shell AND McDonald's are both very big in this area. In fact, Shell, which is a Dutch company, has been headquartered in Houston since 1971. Texaco, Church's, and Blue Bell all started in Texas.
Title: My McProblem
Post by: NJxxJon on October 20, 2008, 04:28:01 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil
I used to live in The Woodlands, Texas, and then Houston. There was a Wal-Mart in Tomball of the 1987-1997 design. It had a Radio Grill snack bar. When the store was expanded to a Supercenter in 1998, the Radio Grill was redone. But in 2000, it closed and became a McDonald's, even though they already have so many in the area.

In 1998, a large Texaco opened in Tomball TX, complete with Church's Chicken, Pizza Inn, and Blue Bell ice cream shop opened. Pizza Inn, however, closed in 1999. I moved to PA in 2001. The station has since become Shell. Both other restaurants have also been closed for a McDonald's. Ditto for a similar Texaco down the road, but with Church's and Baskin-Robbins.

Shell AND McDonald's are both very big in this area. In fact, Shell, which is a Dutch company, has been headquartered in Houston since 1971. Texaco, Church's, and Blue Bell all started in Texas.

The monoply promotion this year blows. No prizes. No cars. Foot locker coupons and I have NO FOOTLOCKER 15 MILES NEAR me. Yes, toooooooooooo many of them near me as well.
Title: My McProblem
Post by: Jonah Norason on October 21, 2008, 04:43:03 PM
Funny, the McDonald's in MY Wal-Mart became a Radio Grill, which is now a Subway.
Title: My McProblem
Post by: Mobil on October 21, 2008, 09:34:40 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Jonah Norason
Funny, the McDonald's in MY Wal-Mart became a Radio Grill, which is now a Subway.

Both Radio Grill and Wal-Mart McDonald's were introduced in 1993. There was a Wal-Mart near me that opened in 2001 with a Radio Grill, but it was closed for a Subway in 2005. There is also a supercenter near me, opened in 2004 with a Radio Grill, that became a Dunkin' Donuts in 2007. :huh:
Title: My McProblem
Post by: mikey7290 on October 21, 2008, 09:43:44 PM
Our Wal-Mart in Ogdensburg NY opened in 1993 with a McDonald's, which closed a few years back when the owner had a disagreement with Wal-Mart.  The space became a Wal-Mart-owned snack bar of some sort (I don't think it was a Radio Grill).  This too, failed and the restaurant was never reopened.  Although there were rumors that the space was going to be renovated into a Stewart's Shops (which is kind of strange for a convenience store to be in a discount store), the space is now being used for seasonal items.  A friend who works at the Wal-Mart store here tells me that the company is waiting to see if it will build the new super center across town.  If not, then the space will most likely become Stewart's (with sandwiches only, though.)
Title: My McProblem
Post by: Caldor1999 on October 21, 2008, 11:26:45 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil
QuoteOriginally posted by Jonah Norason
Funny, the McDonald's in MY Wal-Mart became a Radio Grill, which is now a Subway.

Both Radio Grill and Wal-Mart McDonald's were introduced in 1993. There was a Wal-Mart near me that opened in 2001 with a Radio Grill, but it was closed for a Subway in 2005. There is also a supercenter near me, opened in 2004 with a Radio Grill, that became a Dunkin' Donuts in 2007. :huh:

ive nodiced that shop rite use to have Dunkin' Donuts  in alot of there stores and for some resion there alll gone now
Title: My McProblem
Post by: dmx10101 on October 22, 2008, 01:39:37 AM
Is there any Wal-marts left with Radio Grills?
Title: My McProblem
Post by: wwefan101 on October 22, 2008, 08:04:56 AM
all walmarts nare me got subway  i hare the oxford ma walmart might move to a new lot  to be a super walmart   ift not webster ma may get ther frist ever walmart supercenter
Title: My McProblem
Post by: C. Fontaine on October 22, 2008, 09:07:49 AM
Wwefan101, are you for or against the proposed mall off of Lake Parkway in Webster??
Title: My McProblem
Post by: wwefan101 on October 22, 2008, 12:16:11 PM
100 pecent fore it we neen more in town
Title: My McProblem
Post by: wwefan101 on October 22, 2008, 12:19:30 PM
i  whould love for it to have eather a super walmart or a target that will be soooooo cool the  more stores the more money the town can make
Title: My McProblem
Post by: videogamer75 on October 22, 2008, 02:07:02 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil
QuoteOriginally posted by Jonah Norason
Funny, the McDonald's in MY Wal-Mart became a Radio Grill, which is now a Subway.

Both Radio Grill and Wal-Mart McDonald's were introduced in 1993. There was a Wal-Mart near me that opened in 2001 with a Radio Grill, but it was closed for a Subway in 2005. There is also a supercenter near me, opened in 2004 with a Radio Grill, that became a Dunkin' Donuts in 2007. :huh:

ive nodiced that shop rite use to have Dunkin' Donuts  in alot of there stores and for some resion there alll gone now

There is a Shoprite near me that has a Starbucks....I don't think it ever had a Dunkin' Donuts. I think there are too many stores with Starbucks in them....
Title: My McProblem
Post by: Mobil on October 22, 2008, 05:31:19 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by videogamer75
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil
QuoteOriginally posted by Jonah Norason
Funny, the McDonald's in MY Wal-Mart became a Radio Grill, which is now a Subway.

Both Radio Grill and Wal-Mart McDonald's were introduced in 1993. There was a Wal-Mart near me that opened in 2001 with a Radio Grill, but it was closed for a Subway in 2005. There is also a supercenter near me, opened in 2004 with a Radio Grill, that became a Dunkin' Donuts in 2007. :huh:

ive nodiced that shop rite use to have Dunkin' Donuts  in alot of there stores and for some resion there alll gone now

There is a Shoprite near me that has a Starbucks....I don't think it ever had a Dunkin' Donuts. I think there are too many stores with Starbucks in them....

The only Radio Grills I know of that haven't closed MIGHT still exist. There was one in the Supercenter in Allentown, PA, which I have not been to since 2003. There was one in a Wal-Mart on FM 1960 in Houston. This store opened in 1987, Radio Grill was added 1993, and it moved to a Supercenter a few years back. I have not been since 2000, the old store. There was another Wal-Mart just down the road, identical to this one except it had a McDonald's. That store was expanded, not moved, to a Supercenter years ago.

And I never knew ShopRite had Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts.
Title: My McProblem
Post by: FearlessSwan on October 23, 2008, 07:05:46 PM
All Wal Marts in my area (Clearwater/St. Pete, FL) have different restaurants in them.

The Largo location has a Subway (was a Radio Grill until 2-3 years ago)

The Clearwater store has a Blimpie

And the Supercenter in Pinellas Park has a McDonald's
Title: My McProblem
Post by: Mobil on December 26, 2008, 06:44:57 PM
A picture of the Texaco as Shell before Church's closed.

http://www.landmarkindustries.com/images/4201.JPG