Caldor

[storehistoryguy]

Have you ever noticed that people form New Jersey pronounce Caldor like, "Cowdoor"? What is with that?

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by storehistoryguy
Have you ever noticed that people form New Jersey pronounce Caldor like, "Cowdoor"? What is with that?

lol its how they speek this is how they say Bradlees brahees:insane:

[storehistoryguy]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by storehistoryguy
Have you ever noticed that people form New Jersey pronounce Caldor like, "Cowdoor"? What is with that?

lol its how they speek this is how they say Bradlees brahees:insane:

And Woolworth Woolswart.:insane:
Also they pronouce Hills like.... well Hills.
Heres an old Caldor somewhere in New Jersey.

[Caldor1999]

that Caldor is in Rodchester lol i think that one might still be there:holysh:

hears some more things they probvley say Searvice Merchandise

Service Merchdtwice

and Montgomery Ward

Montgomery Wade

[Caldor1999]

hears a news report about caldor in jan 1999:hurt::(    

Caldor Corp. dealt the final blow to its 20,000 workers yesterday, telling them they'll all be out of jobs by May as the big discount retailer closes its 145 stores.

Caldor's shutdown came even as rival Ames Department Stores appears to have weathered trade winds buffeting general merchandise retailers. Like Ames and another troubled rival, Bradlees, Caldor had struggled to emerge from bankruptcy but without success, and its failure sent a wave of sadness over employees and customers alike.

We're all a little teary-eyed," said Jane Nelson, a five-year employee standing outside the Caldor store in Brighton yesterday. "We all feel kind of numb that it's going to close." The decision, however, did not come as a total surprise. The $2.5 billion Norwalk, Conn.-based chain went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 1995. Earlier this month, Caldor stopped paying suppliers and halted the shipment of new merchandise. Burdened by heavy debt, weak sales of sometimes unpopular merchandise, growing competition and secured creditors pushing for liquidation, Caldor finally gave up. It plans going-out-of-business sales within three weeks, and then will close by mid-May. Caldor employs an estimated 2,400 workers in stores in Brighton, Braintree, Framingham, Weymouth, Saugus, Metheun, Malden, Burlington, Salem, Stoneham, Chelmsford, Westboro, Taunton, West Brockton, Pembroke and seven other Massachusetts communities. There was no answer yesterday at Caldor headquarters, where 1,200 workers were reportedly carrying out boxes stuffed with personal belongings at noon. Caldor said it plans to keep on most store workers through the going-out-of-business sales. Jim Fingeroff, an outside spokesman for the company, said "qualified employees" would receive some kind of severance payment, including an extension of medical benefits. Carl and Dorothy Bennett started Caldor in Port Chester, N.Y. in 1951, originally calling it Cardor, a shortened version of their first names, before settling on Caldor. Caldor thrived until recent years, when it faced increased competition from national retail powerhouse Wal-Mart's entry into a New England market already loaded with discount department stores. With the planned arrival in New England of another national giant, Target stores, later this year the writing appeared to be on the wall for Caldor. Investors say Target may be interested in some of Caldor's leases, which have attracted inquiries from numerous retailers, Fingeroff said. In the end, Caldor's performance did not allow it to overcome what Chairman and Chief Executive Warren D. Feldberg termed "vigorous opposition" to a reorganization from its secured creditors. Among Caldor's lenders, BankBoston Corp. recently agreed to extend $450 million in new credit to the company. "It's too bad," said June Maloney, 86, shopping yesterday at the Brighton store. "We do need some kind of department store here. I've been shopping here for the last six years." Caldor said it will seek a court order to proceed with sale of its real estate, including store leases.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by Caldor1999
hears a news report about caldor in jan 1999:hurt::(    

Caldor Corp. dealt the final blow to its 20,000 workers yesterday, telling them they'll all be out of jobs by May as the big discount retailer closes its 145 stores.

Caldor's shutdown came even as rival Ames Department Stores appears to have weathered trade winds buffeting general merchandise retailers. Like Ames and another troubled rival, Bradlees, Caldor had struggled to emerge from bankruptcy but without success, and its failure sent a wave of sadness over employees and customers alike.

We're all a little teary-eyed," said Jane Nelson, a five-year employee standing outside the Caldor store in Brighton yesterday. "We all feel kind of numb that it's going to close." The decision, however, did not come as a total surprise. The $2.5 billion Norwalk, Conn.-based chain went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 1995. Earlier this month, Caldor stopped paying suppliers and halted the shipment of new merchandise. Burdened by heavy debt, weak sales of sometimes unpopular merchandise, growing competition and secured creditors pushing for liquidation, Caldor finally gave up. It plans going-out-of-business sales within three weeks, and then will close by mid-May. Caldor employs an estimated 2,400 workers in stores in Brighton, Braintree, Framingham, Weymouth, Saugus, Metheun, Malden, Burlington, Salem, Stoneham, Chelmsford, Westboro, Taunton, West Brockton, Pembroke and seven other Massachusetts communities. There was no answer yesterday at Caldor headquarters, where 1,200 workers were reportedly carrying out boxes stuffed with personal belongings at noon. Caldor said it plans to keep on most store workers through the going-out-of-business sales. Jim Fingeroff, an outside spokesman for the company, said "qualified employees" would receive some kind of severance payment, including an extension of medical benefits. Carl and Dorothy Bennett started Caldor in Port Chester, N.Y. in 1951, originally calling it Cardor, a shortened version of their first names, before settling on Caldor. Caldor thrived until recent years, when it faced increased competition from national retail powerhouse Wal-Mart's entry into a New England market already loaded with discount department stores. With the planned arrival in New England of another national giant, Target stores, later this year the writing appeared to be on the wall for Caldor. Investors say Target may be interested in some of Caldor's leases, which have attracted inquiries from numerous retailers, Fingeroff said. In the end, Caldor's performance did not allow it to overcome what Chairman and Chief Executive Warren D. Feldberg termed "vigorous opposition" to a reorganization from its secured creditors. Among Caldor's lenders, BankBoston Corp. recently agreed to extend $450 million in new credit to the company. "It's too bad," said June Maloney, 86, shopping yesterday at the Brighton store. "We do need some kind of department store here. I've been shopping here for the last six years." Caldor said it will seek a court order to proceed with sale of its real estate, including store leases.

CAldor's prices were HIGH. MY CLOSEST CALDOR WAS IN BEDFORD NH. They were a cookie cutter Bradlees, Kmart and Ames. MY DAD NEVER LIKED CALDOR. I THINK CALDOR HAD NO IDENTITY, NOTHING THAT MADE IT STAND OUT!! Their stores were big and stylish. THOUGH I WENT TO AN OLD AND UNREMODELED ONE IN METHEUN, IT HAD ORANGE LETTERS and in the inside it was dark and dingy and the wallpaper was like orangeish.

AGAIN, DID THE CREDITORS PUSH FOR LIQUIDATION?? I heard that the creditors turned down a reorganization plan

I AM SURPRISED THEY WENT BEFORE BRADLEES. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. Bradlees and Caldor filed about the same time.

two weeks before they announced their going out of business, Caldor said they were not reordering more stock, and a week later it said Caldor would sell 64 stores to Kmart, Kohl's. That signaled the end.

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by Caldor1999
hears a news report about caldor in jan 1999:hurt::(    

Caldor Corp. dealt the final blow to its 20,000 workers yesterday, telling them they'll all be out of jobs by May as the big discount retailer closes its 145 stores.

Caldor's shutdown came even as rival Ames Department Stores appears to have weathered trade winds buffeting general merchandise retailers. Like Ames and another troubled rival, Bradlees, Caldor had struggled to emerge from bankruptcy but without success, and its failure sent a wave of sadness over employees and customers alike.

We're all a little teary-eyed," said Jane Nelson, a five-year employee standing outside the Caldor store in Brighton yesterday. "We all feel kind of numb that it's going to close." The decision, however, did not come as a total surprise. The $2.5 billion Norwalk, Conn.-based chain went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 1995. Earlier this month, Caldor stopped paying suppliers and halted the shipment of new merchandise. Burdened by heavy debt, weak sales of sometimes unpopular merchandise, growing competition and secured creditors pushing for liquidation, Caldor finally gave up. It plans going-out-of-business sales within three weeks, and then will close by mid-May. Caldor employs an estimated 2,400 workers in stores in Brighton, Braintree, Framingham, Weymouth, Saugus, Metheun, Malden, Burlington, Salem, Stoneham, Chelmsford, Westboro, Taunton, West Brockton, Pembroke and seven other Massachusetts communities. There was no answer yesterday at Caldor headquarters, where 1,200 workers were reportedly carrying out boxes stuffed with personal belongings at noon. Caldor said it plans to keep on most store workers through the going-out-of-business sales. Jim Fingeroff, an outside spokesman for the company, said "qualified employees" would receive some kind of severance payment, including an extension of medical benefits. Carl and Dorothy Bennett started Caldor in Port Chester, N.Y. in 1951, originally calling it Cardor, a shortened version of their first names, before settling on Caldor. Caldor thrived until recent years, when it faced increased competition from national retail powerhouse Wal-Mart's entry into a New England market already loaded with discount department stores. With the planned arrival in New England of another national giant, Target stores, later this year the writing appeared to be on the wall for Caldor. Investors say Target may be interested in some of Caldor's leases, which have attracted inquiries from numerous retailers, Fingeroff said. In the end, Caldor's performance did not allow it to overcome what Chairman and Chief Executive Warren D. Feldberg termed "vigorous opposition" to a reorganization from its secured creditors. Among Caldor's lenders, BankBoston Corp. recently agreed to extend $450 million in new credit to the company. "It's too bad," said June Maloney, 86, shopping yesterday at the Brighton store. "We do need some kind of department store here. I've been shopping here for the last six years." Caldor said it will seek a court order to proceed with sale of its real estate, including store leases.

CAldor's prices were HIGH. MY CLOSEST CALDOR WAS IN BEDFORD NH. They were a cookie cutter Bradlees, Kmart and Ames. MY DAD NEVER LIKED CALDOR. I THINK CALDOR HAD NO IDENTITY, NOTHING THAT MADE IT STAND OUT!! Their stores were big and stylish. THOUGH I WENT TO AN OLD AND UNREMODELED ONE IN METHEUN, IT HAD ORANGE LETTERS and in the inside it was dark and dingy and the wallpaper was like orangeish.

AGAIN, DID THE CREDITORS PUSH FOR LIQUIDATION?? I heard that the creditors turned down a reorganization plan

I AM SURPRISED THEY WENT BEFORE BRADLEES. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. Bradlees and Caldor filed about the same time.

two weeks before they announced their going out of business, Caldor said they were not reordering more stock, and a week later it said Caldor would sell 64 stores to Kmart, Kohl's. That signaled the end.

CALDOR WAS TEH BEST WHAT R U TLAKING ABOUT:mad::flaming:

They had more of a identie and they were around before BRADLEES AND AMES
so HOW can they bee a cookey cutter version of them:mad:

if anything Bradlees prices werwe high and bradlees had stores in such horrble locations there stores had no identie and they were boring caldor was eth best around hear and it was teh most well know regal disounter and THEY HAD MORE STORES TEH BRADLEES!!!!!!!

[Caldor1999]

Bradlees was a copy cat of Caldor and Caldor Came first beofre Ames Jamesway and Bradlees there stores were keep up to date and not all there stores were out dated they had evryeting u could ever need and BADLEES WAS TRASH compired to Caldor.

Caldor Staned out of asll the regnle discount chains they had syle witch ames dident really have
cheeper pices and more stores then Bradlees Caldor was alot like Target and dont tell me it was a horrble chain lol im sorry im snaping at u like this lol i just loved Caldor thats all but u have your opion onit im just showing u that uit was better then Bradlees i to though Bradlees was gonna cvlose before Caldor Bradles and Caldor filed for bankrupscie in 1995 bradlees in June and Caldor in September

[thedisneystore967]

there are 3 discount chains i would like to come back in the future, two from the past and 1 from the present.

they r:

1.Caldor Because i never got to see one....
2.Service merchandise:um...same as above....:insane:

and my chain from the present is target.....
i hate to say it, but i don't think ames should make a comeback.i think that beacuz i personally think ames was a really bad store. that's based on opinons from my mom and aunt....

sorry if i offended anyone, i just don't like ames...

[thedisneystore967]

Originally posted by Caldor1999
hears  the Caldor in the fair filed Mall Mass note these pictures were not takeing by me there from dead malls but from anouther page i cant remember Briend sent it to me but it has a bunch off cool stuff so most of the Caldor pics your gonna see are not mine

holy :P:P:P:P! where the heck did u get those pix from? i've seen the bradlees there but never the caldor!

Again, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by thedisneystore967

Originally posted by Caldor1999
hears  the Caldor in the fair filed Mall Mass note these pictures were not takeing by me there from dead malls but from anouther page i cant remember Briend sent it to me but it has a bunch off cool stuff so most of the Caldor pics your gonna see are not mine

holy :P:P:P:P! where the heck did u get those pix from? i've seen the bradlees there but never the caldor!

Again, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

well thats not my pictures i have nevre tooking a picture of a Caldor before these are pictures that my friend send to me
that Cald is now a Home Depot :mad:

but i have been t o Caldor in the past before i had meny memeroys of it u missed out on a good chain i know u were young when the chain went out

i had a Caldor in my town it now a Kohls:mad:

and about Ames i wasent a big fan of how Ames looked but they had alot of merchandise and there prices were cheep:yup:

But over all Caldor had the look it had the merchandise it aklways had what i wanted unlike Bradlees:P


and about Service Merchandise it was a great chin to anouther store i shoped at alot

funny how bouther chains Caldor and Service Merchandise places i went to alot never had a chance to get ouuta bankrupcie:(

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
another new logo for caldor

and yes it was inspired by Thiftway LOL

its a cool logo  i also like how u changed my drawing of my caldor into a cool picture too's

[Zayre88]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

lol thats a cool dizine u did Zayre can u make one of Caldor and Bradlees

Here's a common Caldor style, as requested !

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by Zayre88

Originally posted by Caldor1999

lol thats a cool dizine u did Zayre can u make one of Caldor and Bradlees

Here's a common Caldor style, as requested !

lol thats so cool how do u do these and trhanskk again Zayer:yup:

thats a common Caldor style they used back in 1992 and they stuck with that look till they closed

[thedisneystore967]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by thedisneystore967

Originally posted by Caldor1999
hears  the Caldor in the fair filed Mall Mass note these pictures were not takeing by me there from dead malls but from anouther page i cant remember Briend sent it to me but it has a bunch off cool stuff so most of the Caldor pics your gonna see are not mine

holy :P:P:P:P! where the heck did u get those pix from? i've seen the bradlees there but never the caldor!

Again, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

well thats not my pictures i have nevre tooking a picture of a Caldor before these are pictures that my friend send to me
that Cald is now a Home Depot :mad:

but i have been t o Caldor in the past before i had meny memeroys of it u missed out on a good chain i know u were young when the chain went out

i had a Caldor in my town it now a Kohls:mad:

and about Ames i wasent a big fan of how Ames looked but they had alot of merchandise and there prices were cheep:yup:

But over all Caldor had the look it had the merchandise it aklways had what i wanted unlike Bradlees:P


and about Service Merchandise it was a great chin to anouther store i shoped at alot

funny how bouther chains Caldor and Service Merchandise places i went to alot never had a chance to get ouuta bankrupcie:(

i know how much i missed out on caldor.... it's just that i was alive when caldor was gob, but their nearest location was almost 45 miles away from my house,:(so i never went to one.....

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
Caldor Plaza!

some plaza and shopping centers are still Caldor PlazA OR Caldor Shopping Center even if there is no Caldor there or if the Caldor has anouther store in it

[storehistoryguy]

Caldor Catalog 199?

[Zayre88]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
Caldor Plaza!

some plaza and shopping centers are still Caldor PlazA OR Caldor Shopping Center even if there is no Caldor there or if the Caldor has anouther store in it

Same with Ames:  many Ames plaza are still there with or without a former Ames...  In Barre VT, the road that leads to the plaza is named "Ames Drive" :P

http://www.redstoneinvestments.com/Barre/Default.htm

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by storehistoryguy
Caldor Catalog 199?

that catlog is from 1996:)

[Caldor1999]

and Caldor has made it to the 10th Page:bounce:

this picture looks like the Caldor in White Planes NY witch is now a Kmart aka Kamrt Prodo Type the store still has the Caldor look too:yup:

[Caldor1999]

cALDOR tIME lINE 1951 pORTCHESTER ny

[Caldor1999]

the inside of the first store

[storehistoryguy]

Did you get those pics from this Yahoo! site? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RemberingCaldor/?yguid=224081177

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by storehistoryguy
Did you get those pics from this Yahoo! site? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RemberingCaldor/?yguid=224081177

yea thats my sight i started well someone sent me these pictures did u join the sight??????

[storehistoryguy]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by storehistoryguy
Did you get those pics from this Yahoo! site? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RemberingCaldor/?yguid=224081177

yea thats my sight i started well someone sent me these pictures did u join the sight??????

I've been a member for a while. I'm madtvsbiggestfan.

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by storehistoryguy

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by storehistoryguy
Did you get those pics from this Yahoo! site? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RemberingCaldor/?yguid=224081177

yea thats my sight i started well someone sent me these pictures did u join the sight??????

I've been a member for a while. I'm madtvsbiggestfan.

cool thanks for joining


and in the 1960 Caldor started to grow and in 1962 they came out with this new logoi dont know if it was used on any of there stores but hear the pic

[Caldor1999]

in the 1970s and early 80's Caldor changed yet again with a new logo a brow orange and yellow rain bow verey 70;'slol but it was good for the times by then Caldoir had grown to 45 stores

[Caldor1999]

hear are some pics of how it looked back in teh early 80's

[Caldor1999]

these oics are from 1983


wich was the alast year caldor would use the rainbow as there logo

[Caldor1999]

Caldor also had a good range of pool supilys too