Talk:W. T. Grant

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My sister worked at the Oceanside store as a cashier in 1974-5. We remember the store, but even then my sister knew it was being terribly mismanaged. It was only a matter of time until it closed. Thanks for jogging my memory about the store - I think about it from time to time and used to remember the radio jingle for it - but it's kinda gone from my memory now. --avnative 19:18, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] We had one too

There was a store in the San Francisco area simply called Grant's. I think it closed in the late 1970s.

I agree with breaking this up into a disambiguation page. Interactii 01:57, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I worked for W.T. Grant Company during the dark days. The closure of the stores was announced during January 1976 (I forget the exact date) after 1975 Christmas sales fell below expectations. The stores were padlocked and a final inventory was taken during February 1976. During March 1976 Grant's had it's going out of business sale. The radio ad, which we had to hear during working hours over the building's sound system, ended with "because Grant's is going out of business (pause) FOREVER". Very sad for we employees.