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Zody's
Type Department store
Founded 1969, Los Angeles, California
Headquarters Arizona, California, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico
Key people Samuel S. Wurtzel, Alan Wurtzel (founders)
Industry Retail
Products Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics and housewares.

Zody's, also known as Hartfield-Zodys, was a chain of discount retail stores that operated in the United States from 1969 to 1986. The chain operated locations in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Michigan.

In 1972, Zody's acquired the Yankee discount department store chain of Flint, Michigan, briefly re-branding the stores as Yankee-Zody's, and later as Zody's.[1] The Michigan stores proved unprofitable, and were sold off in 1974 when Hartfield-Zodys filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[1] Zody's closed the last of its California stores in March 1986, with many locations being sold to Ralphs, a supermarket chain.

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[edit] Former locations

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[edit] Arizona

  • Phoenix - Maryvale Mall - later Target; mall converted to a school

[edit] California

  • 5933 Spring St. - now Pavilions Supermarket.
  • 2185 South St. - now Food 4 Less.
  • 437 S. Broadway - now American Mart
  • 4801 Venice Blvd. - now Orchard Supply Hardware
  • 5850 S. Vermont Ave. - now Kmart
  • Lynwood - 4050 Imperial Hwy. - became Ralphs Supermarket 1986, demolished 1990s for high school
  • Montebello - 2441 Via Campo
  • North Hollywood - 12727 Sherman Way - became HomeClub, later Home Base
  • Northridge - 10201 Reseda Blvd.
  • Norwalk - 10901 E. Imperial Hwy.
  • Oceanside - 2505 Vista Way
  • Oxnard - 830 Wagon Wheel Rd.
  • Pasadena - 900 North Lake - Now a CVS
  • Pomona - Indian Hill Mall - opened 1969, became Giant Supermarket 1985, later Ralphs; mall converted to Village Academy High School
  • Redondo Beach - 1413 Hawthorne Blvd. - Now a Ralphs Supermarket
  • Riverside
  • 3700 N. Tyler St.
  • 3900 Chicago Ave. - now Food For Less
  • 920 Blossom Hill
  • 375 N. Capital Ave. - Now a Mervyns

[edit] Michigan

  • 5350 Davison Rd. - now Cummings Harley-Davidson
  • S. Saginaw St. - later a bank, torn down
  • Dort Mall - former Yankee; later Sears Outlet, now Bargain Hunterz and Perani's Hockey World
  • 4841 Clio Rd. - former Yankee; later Hills, then Kessel Food Market, now Kroger

Muskegon,Michigan...Apple Ave.(currently KMart 2008)

[edit] Nevada

  • Las Vegas - 2120 S. Decatur Blvd.
  • Las Vegas - East Lake Mead & Civic Center (now a discount indoor swapmeet)

[edit] New Mexico

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Flinn, Gary (2004-02-20). Hamady Sacks and Yankee Hats. Flinn's Journal. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.

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