Comments on: Spooky Menards

By: Roger Nesje

Roger Nesje — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:20:24 +0000

The whole building was not razed when Menards remodeled the old Shoppers city site the South wall was taken out plus about 20 or so feet of the south side of the building. The rest was completely gutted out and an addition expanding out on the south side was added.
I do recall Shoppers city opening in May of 1962. I was there on opening day.

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:39:27 +0000

For info and photos of Shoppers’ City, check out this new post:

http://www.perfectduluthday.com/2009/12/01/shoppers-city/

By: Ken R

Ken R — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:59:54 +0000

I have lived in Florida for 35 years now but remember Shoppers City from my childhood in Duluth very well. Would love to see a picture if it circa 1970 or so…I remember the big neon sign and getting phtos made in the little booth for 25 cents…like someone said, a different world

By: tammy

tammy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:45:50 +0000

shopper city was such a lifetime ago….I remember being in there with my grandma when I was probably too young to even be remembering! Living in Duluth WAS a lifetime ago for me

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By: chris m

chris m — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:29:12 +0000

shop your local hardware-preferably Marshall’s of course.

By: Rae

Rae — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:32:31 +0000

I’m embarrassed to even know that much information on the subject. Consider it the longest 2 1/2 years of my life.

By: zra

zra — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:08:22 +0000

everything you wanted to know about Menard’s but were afraid to ask.

By: Rae

Rae — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:18:43 +0000

Menards has pre-existing building structures that are built to be complimentary to the building site. As Menards has grown in size the layouts of their stores have as well. Each store has a prototype #.

The store in Superior is a P3 store. Most stores built around the same time will be a P3 or possibly a P3-C (which means that the floor plan is reversed).

The Hermantown store and the West Duluth are both P-5 stores. (Which as far as I know, is currently their largest floor plan.) The Hermantown store used to be a P1C (which was one of the smallest besides small market stores like I-Falls) -- which included an adddition of their mezzanine area.

The inside layout of the stores are the same because all P-5 stores share the same plan-o-grams for their product merchandising. All this is a directive from their General Office in Eau Claire.

The St. Paul store was a beta store to test more urban markets which is why it has all the cool features like glass railings, grand pianos, a two story layout (to fit the small available foot print) and a cart escalator.

Does that clear things up?

By: Tim K

Tim K — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:13:10 +0000

Being a cheap “Menard’s building,” the Hermantown store was basically flattened and an entirely new and much bigger store was put up. I remember going to Sandy’s Drive-In on London Road.