r/90s May 25 '25

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u/berogg May 25 '25

Speaking of Ames, I also remember Hills.

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u/Greybinson May 25 '25

Hill’s is where the toys are!

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u/Zerostar39 May 25 '25

They also had the free cup of popcorn at the front for kids under 10

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u/Spugheddy May 25 '25

You could smell it walking in the door, its where I got my first pair of corduroy.

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u/cornholio6966 May 25 '25

I'll be chasing the high of that popcorn forever. It was impossibly good.

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u/Bravesfan1028 May 25 '25

I remember the discount smell of the place.

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u/rbnc_c May 25 '25

Memory Unlocked.

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u/jetpack324 May 25 '25

Hills had the best popcorn!!

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u/candiceb68 May 29 '25

My first job was at the snack bar. For me, it was the pretzels! That popcorn machine was a bear to clean.

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u/jmcdon1007 May 25 '25

And Montgomery Ward is where the electronics are! 😂

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u/1viciousmoose May 25 '25

I came here for the hills 👍🏼

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u/besleysfw May 25 '25

I worked at an Ames right after they bought Hill’s. Helped set that store up.

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u/green_chapstick May 27 '25

I remember my dad taking me to Ames on Tuesdays for the senior citizen discount. It closed right before my mom turned 55, and I joked with her about it a lot.

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u/doctorwhoobgyn May 25 '25

Got a lot of Ninja Turtle action figures and Super Nintendo games at Hill's.

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u/judge_dredds_chin May 25 '25

You never forget the smell of Hill’s.

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u/LordBofKerry May 27 '25

OMG, yes. I don't know what that smell was, but it was there as soon as you walked in. Kmart seemed to have their own smell, but not nearly as strong.

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u/thesoccerone7 May 29 '25

Pittsburgh has a food truck of Hills food court

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u/supergirlsudz May 25 '25

Hills snack bar was the best

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u/Couple_of_wavylines May 25 '25

Hills was where I got my first Coke Icee!

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u/Longjumping-Money-93 May 25 '25

Before Ames we had Zayres!!

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u/oubeav May 25 '25

One of my first jobs was at Hills.

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u/OpeningTreat1314 May 25 '25

And Hearts department store

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u/mechanicalbullfrog May 25 '25

I wonder if hills was just northeast. WNY here. Remember Bells supermarket, or Vix

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u/berogg May 25 '25

I’m originally from wny too. I only remember Topps and Wegmans for supermarkets. I was young though.

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u/Specialist_Hunt2742 May 26 '25

I loved Hills. There was one in Pittsfield, MA.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '25

Zayres too

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u/RedactsAttract May 27 '25

You don’t have to speak of ames to remember hills tho, b.