Hills Department Store 90's Memories
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- in 1957 Hills Department Store was founded, it grew in popularity in the 1980's and mid 90's due to its large selection of toys and low prices. until in 1999 it filed chapter 11 bankruptcy and was purchased by ames until 2002 . when ames also declared bankruptcy. these are my memories of the store and the smell of the snack bar or popcorn and corn dogs and of course slushies
I used to work at Hills. The management was amazing. They paid you every week and you could cash your check at the store. One strange thing is early 80s they would not accept credit cards. That's funny to think today. They were such a step above Kmart on every level.
We had one about 15 Min from me miss that store a lot so many great memories. Such friendly staff, clean stores. People took pride in their stores unlike Walmart who simply employ lazy people and let their store get filthy.
I was a Hill's employee in '82. Pay for hourly workers were made strictly in cash. I'll never forget waiting in line at the cash office window while the office girls counted each pay. Best retailer I ever worked for.
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@@popscola2574 No, but it would have been cool to have one of their popcorn machines. I was promoted up to Hill's Field Operations Headquarters in Aliquippa Pa. and stayed there until '93 when I saw their end coming.
What I remember of Hill's snack bar was that they gave out a free bag of popcorn to each child below a certain age . So that's one of the things I remember and missed once it closed down .
Hills was the best department store ever! I miss it!
That popcorn with a coke was the best fuckin combo ever from there
My first job was Hills snack bar.. I did like my job, though management there sucked.
I worked at Hill's in the early 90's. I worked in Housewears, and had to stock shelves and assist customers. I often had a feeling of having to be everywhere at once. It remains today, my most unfavorite job of my entire work experience.
I have a copy of super Mario bro’s 3 complete in box (opened of course) with the original hills price sticker on it which makes it ultra special to me always got games and gi joe figures there
That’s awesome I have several WWF action figures still in package with the Hills Sticker on them .
Hills was my favorite store all time next to childrens palace. I do wonder though if Hills would live up to its reputation today, or was it just a thing of youth and being a child with no responsibility. Even if Hills returned it would be filled with 2022s inventory. We wouldn't have the same toys, Nintendo systems and games, snacks, apparel etc. So itd essentially be a walmart and walmart blows.
I remember every trip to Hills my Mom would get me popcorn and an Icee !!!!! My sister always got the dill pickles.
Bought my Packers jersey there and also my Packers Starter brand jacket there.
I miss Hills 😭 I used to love their Snack bar!! I can still smell it!!
Nelphoto thanks for watching and hills was awesome such great memories from there, simpler times.
Hills was my favorite store as a child. It hurts knowing my son won’t get to enjoy Hills or Ames.
I miss Hills and Ames! We had one here in Roanoke, VA. So many Nintendo 64 and PlayStation games in my collection came from both places.
i remember finding my wwf green card hasbro set at hills. 123 kid, adam bomb, ludvig borga, smoking guns and yokozuna. i remember getting school cloths from hills also.
The Hills snack bar smell!
i live in ohio i always going to hills store every time i went inside i smell the butter smell of the popcorn and get very hungery
I suddenly remembered a bright red drink I think was sold at hills snackbar, it was early 80s, I barely remember it.... is this familiar to any1
trekker2366 they had red icy brand cherry slushees
It was their cherry slushy.. My first job was Hills snack bar.. It was a fun job and I liked my co workers I still remember them from 1995. Management sucked though
When I was a kid it was Hart's and Hill's . Hart's were owned by Big Bear . My first Nintendo was from Hart's . And I remember Hills like it was yesterday . Chillicothe Ohio is were they were located . Both of them had great snack bars . Hart's had great root beer floats and Pink Cow's and Hills had cotton candy . I'm glad I got to experience that time period .
Oh forgot about the great snack bar. We would get their popcorn and snacks and smuggle it in to the movie theaters.
I always wanted to go to Hills, but never get the chance bc I lived in MD. I lived in Harford County and we would get PA channels. I would see commercials for Hills. But Woolworths was great too
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I just went out and bought 6 Pittsburgh Dad Hills Snack Bar candles at Busy Beaver they were on sale for $9. My absolute favorite candle ever,its pure nostalgia in a jar they managed to capture all the scents of the snack foods. You can order them on Amazon as well
I remember Hill's customers were actually normal. It wasn't the hillbilly hang-out that you get in a Walmart today. Going to Hill's as a kid was a real treat.
I, too, miss Hills. (I just got a T-shirt that says "Hills is where the toys are"! That should say a *lot* about who I am, how old I am, and how much that jingle has stayed in my head all these years.)
Im from youngstown!!!! Born in 79. I never new hills, my favorite store was actually started in the YO! Youngstown!!! Lincoln knolls plaza was my favorite place to go after school with my friends on our bikes to play arcade games and by Atari games!! 😆 nostalgia!!!!!!
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When I was a little kid we moved to mentor Ohio from Boca Raton Florida . Even though We only lived in mantar for about 6 months I vividly remember The hills Christmas commercials of 1990. I remember the one with the old couple receiving a Chia pet from the kids in the shape of Ulysses S. Grant. It was funny as hell but we moved back to Boca in early 1991 before Hill's went under. I also remember this supermarket finest but I guess they will under shortly after we moved is well.
I'll never forget that Hill's commercial where the fat boy's buttons started to pop off his shirt.
Tango Whip?!?!....
Has anyone ever seen the recipe for it?
The Hills store in North Huntingdon, Pa. was the best! Loved the smell of popcorn and playing video games near the entrance!!
My grandmother worked at the Hills here. I remember one year I won a Christmas book giveaway.
Good times..
I used to work at Gold Circle in Akron Ohio as a teenager and then when Hills took over i was the snack bar dept head. I then worked for Ames as well until they went out of business....I worked in the same building for 16 years between the 3 businesses.
Carol Greathouse that awesome. Hills and Ames were such great stores, employees were always friendly and just all around great memories I have from them.
Please tell me where hills got their cheese sauce! Lol best nachos ever !
Aleksandar Ivanov omg, I worked at a Hills department store and literally lived on their nachos.the best cheese sauce ever! It came is a large food service size can. It was thinned out with milk and water because it was so thick. It was kept warm in slow cookers. I have yet to find a nacho cheese sauce that yummy. Always a perfect consistency! Thanks for bringing back that memory.!
Thank you everyone for watching it brings many great memories from my youth talking about hills
I was just telling my stepdaughter about Hills! She never knew about it! I remember when the Super NES came out and they were the only store to have one on display. Kids were lined up waiting to play it! They were on one end of the mall with Mcgommery Ward on the other end and Woolwarth's in the middle. Not long after Aims got Hills, the mall got shut down and demolished to make way for Walmart to go in its place.
Walmart has ruined the retail industry so much . So many great stores are gone because of them .
Hills is a place for kids!Im a 90s dude
I loved there toy displays.
Got my First star wars figure there in 77, best store ever, good memories.
I grew up in Youngstown Ohio. We went to Hills all the time. I worked there in 92. My 2 sisters in law worked there at the same time. One in la away and one in the snack bar. The soft pretzels were the greatest. Never found a good one since. Frozen Comes were my favorite. My Mom liked the popcorn. I worked in the women's dressing room. I remember the fireworks that Hills would have on the fourth of July. Good memories!
I miss it a lot such good memories going there with family . Holiday shopping etc
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Hills and Ames stores were staples of my youth growing up in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The smell of the hot dogs and freshly popped popcorn still comes to mind whenever I recall going to their stores. I didn’t get much of my wrestling merch there, as there were tons of places in my hometown that sold WWF toys, posters, t-shirts, and ice cream bars. The first piece of WWF merch that I remember getting was a first or second generation bend-em of Mankind from Family Dollar with the original ‘96-‘97 brown attire. I’d love to get another Mankind bend-em and possibly one of Owen to keep packaged for a display one day, however, they’ve been tricky to track down these days.
I distinctly remember going to my local Hills closing sale with my mom and loading up on Power Rangers in Space toys.
I worked at Hills and still miss it. I wish it could open again
i got my N64 from my local one and it closed in 1999 . 😭
Used to love an ICEE from Springfield , Ohio store. That is where we were every 4th of july. That's where the best fireworks were in my rural home town.
It truly was an awesome store , lots of good memories .
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Cole Bielefeldt thank you for checking it out appreciate it.
OMG my memory is the same.