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In the late 1980s, the toy store at the mall carried a section of model rockets and rocket engines, igniters... supermarkets carried cap guns and refills in rac

by dsr_ 4y ago

In the late 1980s, the toy store at the mall carried a section of model rockets and rocket engines, igniters... supermarkets carried cap guns and refills in racks just before checkout.

OJFord 4y ago
Can't you get actual guns at some US supermarkets, in the 2020s? Meanwhile I'm pretty sure you can get those combination cap/spud guns in the seasonal aisle at larger UK supermarkets, and almost all French^. Funny. (^when I was younger I remember being amazed by all the stuff you could get in French supermarkets, aisles and aisles of school supplies, summer toys/beach items, clothes, etc. - seems they were much earlier in that trend, and still seem to lean further into it, though it's been a few years since I've been.)
- adventured 4y ago
  Most of the mainstream chain supermarkets in the US don't sell guns (Kroger, Target, Whole Foods, Costco, Albertsons, Ahold, Publix, Sams, HEB, Meijer, Aldi, et al.). Walmart is the primary exception there. Overwhelmingly that's now handled by independent gun stores, or a select few sporting good chains (eg Dick's Sporting Goods - the largest sporting goods chain in the US - which sells a restricted set of rifles and a few shotguns; they came under pressure not long ago to get rid their guns and they capitulated and reduced what and how they sell [1]). Big corporations in the US are drastically more sensitive today to gun issues and the related bad PR that goes with selling guns (even Walmart has rolled back their selling of guns). [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-dicks-sporting-goods-decided-to-stop-selling-guns-ceo-231006766.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-dicks-sporting-goods-deci...
  - krater23 4y ago
    WTF?! You really have Aldi in the US? As a german I never supposed that.
    - the_only_law 4y ago
      Lidl as well (albeit less widespread)
    - fragmede 4y ago
      Fascism as well (albeit less widespread)
    - andyferris 4y ago
      We have lots of Aldi's in Australia, too. > Internationally, Aldi Nord operates in Denmark, France, the Benelux countries, Portugal, Spain and Poland, while Aldi Süd operates in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Switzerland, Australia, China, Italy, Austria and Slovenia. Both Aldi Nord (as Trader Joe's) and Aldi Süd (as Aldi) also operate in the United States with 1,600 stores between them as of 2017,[11] and the U.S. is the only country to have both Aldi companies operating outside of Germany. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi
    - dsr_ 4y ago
      We have Aldi and we have Trader Joe's -- which is owned by the family of Theo Albrecht (Aldi Nord). Trader Joe's sells all house-brand products aimed at a higher quality and price point.
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by dsr_ 4y ago

In the late 1980s, the toy store at the mall carried a section of model rockets and rocket engines, igniters... supermarkets carried cap guns and refills in racks just before checkout.

OJFord 4y ago

Can't you get actual guns at some US supermarkets, in the 2020s? Meanwhile I'm pretty sure you can get those combination cap/spud guns in the seasonal aisle at larger UK supermarkets, and almost all French^. Funny. (^when I was younger I remember being amazed by all the stuff you could get in French supermarkets, aisles and aisles of school supplies, summer toys/beach items, clothes, etc. - seems they were much earlier in that trend, and still seem to lean further into it, though it's been a few years since I've been.)

adventured 4y ago
Most of the mainstream chain supermarkets in the US don't sell guns (Kroger, Target, Whole Foods, Costco, Albertsons, Ahold, Publix, Sams, HEB, Meijer, Aldi, et al.). Walmart is the primary exception there. Overwhelmingly that's now handled by independent gun stores, or a select few sporting good chains (eg Dick's Sporting Goods - the largest sporting goods chain in the US - which sells a restricted set of rifles and a few shotguns; they came under pressure not long ago to get rid their guns and they capitulated and reduced what and how they sell [1]). Big corporations in the US are drastically more sensitive today to gun issues and the related bad PR that goes with selling guns (even Walmart has rolled back their selling of guns). [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-dicks-sporting-goods-decided-to-stop-selling-guns-ceo-231006766.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-dicks-sporting-goods-deci...
- krater23 4y ago
  WTF?! You really have Aldi in the US? As a german I never supposed that.
  - the_only_law 4y ago
    Lidl as well (albeit less widespread)
  - fragmede 4y ago
    Fascism as well (albeit less widespread)
  - andyferris 4y ago
    We have lots of Aldi's in Australia, too. > Internationally, Aldi Nord operates in Denmark, France, the Benelux countries, Portugal, Spain and Poland, while Aldi Süd operates in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Switzerland, Australia, China, Italy, Austria and Slovenia. Both Aldi Nord (as Trader Joe's) and Aldi Süd (as Aldi) also operate in the United States with 1,600 stores between them as of 2017,[11] and the U.S. is the only country to have both Aldi companies operating outside of Germany. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi
  - dsr_ 4y ago
    We have Aldi and we have Trader Joe's -- which is owned by the family of Theo Albrecht (Aldi Nord). Trader Joe's sells all house-brand products aimed at a higher quality and price point.
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