Fred's, 2702 Emmanuel Church Road: June 2013 8 comments
To the best of my knowledge, I had never been to this part of town in the fifty plus years that I've had the opportunity. It's always interesting to see someplace new. However, this plaza, Platt Springs Center, at the corner of Platt Springs & Emmanuel Church Roads does not seem to be doing especially well.
As reported by commenter Andrew way back when, this Fred's closed in June of 2013, so that makes a full year without anything taking its place. here is a marketing PDF with a good picture of the place with Fred's in operation.
Just looking at the building, I feel sure this was a grocery store before it was a Fred's, but I'm not sure what its flagging would have been or when it closed.
(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)
8 Responses to 'Fred's, 2702 Emmanuel Church Road: June 2013'
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Jason
5 Jun 14 at 7:18 am
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I only shopped at Fred's one time. It was when they had a store in the Cedar Terrace Shopping Center.
I found it to be nothing more than an overpriced Big Lots.
Big Lots had a lot of the same stuff for a better price.
Then over the years I would check out their weekly add in the newspaper and saw many items that I knew I could purchase cheaper elsewhere. So I never went back.Rick
5 Jun 14 at 2:19 pm
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I shopped at the one on St. Andrews Rd. twice during the going out of business 'sale', never before. It was a trashy store and like Rick said, overpriced, even during the GOOB sale.
Homer
6 Jun 14 at 12:35 am
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Coming soon to this site: Treasure Island Flea Market
billing itself as indoors & in the cool!
Andrew
21 Aug 18 at 10:59 pm
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Today's The State had a blurb that Fred's is closing all of their stores (and I subsequently located a USA Today article confirming such)...
Andrew
12 Sep 19 at 10:42 pm
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Today's The State had a blurb that Fred's is closing all of their stores (and I subsequently located a USA Today article confirming such)...
Andrew
12 Sep 19 at 10:43 pm
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Well, I'm sorry to hear that as I liked Fred's as I think I mentioned in one of the closings. Sounds like they got caught up in the whole Walgreens/Rite Aid deal and it didn't work out as they expected.
ted
15 Sep 19 at 10:01 pm
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The Treasure Island Flea Market I mentioned earlier in this post has come and gone but now Stroud Supply has moved in (a window/door superstore) and the shopping center has been renamed Mission Springs Plaza...
Andrew
29 Dec 20 at 11:16 am
It was originally a piggly wiggly, back in the 90s. The pig closed when I was pretty young..before 2000 I guess. I don't recall if anything was there in between.