Talk:Big Bear Stores

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Who else has been updating this page?

My uncle Samuel Saporito who started at the #11 store in Newark was a pioneer in the principals of ordering, stocking and presenting beautiful produce presentations. At the end of his career he trained many companies on the wave of the future "Frozen Foods". Many of his concepts are used today by old Big Bear competitors. He started out in Produce in Newark and became a Regional Manager in Columbus, OH. No small task for a young boy who came from S. 6th Street in Newark. He Loved Big Bear and shed tears over its demise i.e., when Penn drove the company into the ground. So many great people destroyed by greed. A sad ending.

Yeah, lots of people that don't have accounts have been updating the store list. I found the store list, and lots of other stuff at the auction at #216 Chillicothe. I bought the big neon bear that hung in the glass atrium and put it on the side of my barn in Irwin, Ohio. Its sad that very little was saved from a once great company. JaredCMH 13:23, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I've mostly been updating this list. I'm trying to make a database of all the former Big Bear Stores with info about each one. If you have any more, let me know. (datrain021)


 * Are you guys just former customers, or former employees? Postdlf 03:41, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Im a former employee of store 212 (datrain021)
 * I was a front manager (and other positions before that) at #29; my main job through most of undergrad. I need to dig up some 1990s photos I have somewhere of that store's exterior; these were fun, but the mid-remodeling shots aren't very relevant to the topic. I also worked as a cashier for a several months at the Clintonville location on N. High St. Are we sure that was #69? For some reason I was thinking it was a three-digit number. Postdlf 06:36, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I too was a front end manager at westerville, although my main department was the service desk/C.O. How long did it take to remodel #29 and for how long was it shut down? Also I'm pretty sure Clintonville is a two diget number, I worked there for a few months when it became a Giant Eagle, and I heard it opened in 1986, which is before Penn Traffic took over. After they took over is when they went to numbers in the 200's. Let me know if you have any more pics of stores, I'm trying to make a collection of photos of all the big bear stores I can get. (Datrain021)

I just checked the list and #69 was 2801 N. High Street.. I can scan this 2 page document store list (it has manager and store director names on it! for anyone that wants it... Did you guys use the NCR 7000 POS/Checkout System? We used the one from #260 in my resale store I had for awhile in Dublin, and it worked great. JaredCMH 21:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure which NCR we used at #212, but I know it was an older system (older than the store itsel) from the 1980's. On average we had one register broken every few weeks. Althoug from my perspective, the system improved greatly when they added the 'you could have saved' part to the receipt, as I no longer had to spend 10 minutes going through the ad and figuring out how much we owed the customer. Also, I'll take a copy of that store list, with any other big bear stuff you might have.(datrain021)

Was the Harts location in Ashland, KY ever a Big Bear or Big Bear Plus store? I noticed Ashland was listed as a Big Bear location, but now it's been taken off the list! Thanks. The Punk 15:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure, i know it was a Harts location, and wasnt a Big Bear in the 2000's. It probably wasnt ever a Big Bear, but it could have been. Its currently a Krogers store. (See harts on wiki)

Store 270 in Newark wan't a Big Bear Plus. It also wasn't technically in Newark, but was in Heath, but that's just quibbling.

It was a mini plus. I tried to delete the mini pluses from the list but another guy put them back on. In terms of calling it Newark, I think it was just marketing- going with the lager maket, but if you have info saying it was called Heath Big Bear Id change it to that.

Is there anyone out there that used to work at a Big Bear Plus? I was wondering what the division of sales was in each dept, especially in furniture, garden center, and other things not found in a normal big bear store.

Other Big Bears?
Looking around I found a Big Bear Supermarket in Decatur, GA, a Big Bear Foods in Atlanta, GA, and Big Bear Food Mart in Canada. Do they have any relation to the Big Bear in this article or that their similar names one of those quirks that happen?--2606:A000:131D:4413:7804:982C:5DD7:96E8 (talk) 02:48, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

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Edit warring
Two editors have been reverting each other for days now regarding whether the list of former store locations should be included. I have protected the page to ensure this gets discussed here; the current version is not endorsed by me. I have suggested some possible ways to compromise, such as by listing the number of stores that were in each municipality/community, and/or giving information on the most important stores (the first, the largest, the last), but these are only suggestions; I voice no further opinion on the matter. But I do expect it to be discussed and discussed here. Postdlf (talk) 15:18, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I mean, really, what is there to discuss? It's unverifiable original research, and when you consider that there are so many places where there are question marks in the listing, that drives the unverifiable point home. SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:32, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The fact of the matter is you have two editors who have different opinions on what should be included, and they refuse to discuss it. The fact that the stores did exist and are verifiable nulifies the NOR claim, however independant sources for the additional information do need to be provided. I have been following this arguement for a while, and from the various referred discussions, I have come to the conclusion that this is not an arguement about NOR, this is an arguement whether lists of stores should be included in the article. Present your arguements, discuss it and get a consensus, rather than reverting each other repeatedly. Turgan Talk 08:53, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * We have already been over this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Retailing. I see no reason to repeat my argument here. SchuminWeb (Talk) 14:59, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I second what SchuminWeb said. Every single store list that has ever been to AFD has been deleted. Where on earth would you ever get a source that lists all of the stores anyway? Most store locators don't just have a plain ol' list that you can select from. And furthermore, how would you ever know if the list of former stores was complete? I know a website that has been building a list of former Ames locations ever since that chain went under in 2002 and still doesn't have a complete listing. I would agree that a good compromise is to note the first store and any other important stores, such as flagship/prototypes and the largest in the chain as long as that information is verified. I don't know how the precedent against store listings could be any clearer. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Many otters • One hammer • HELP) 15:55, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * "As long as that information is verified" being the key word here. SchuminWeb (Talk) 16:22, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Exactly. I can't think of a single chain where all the store locations could be quickly verified. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Many otters • One hammer • HELP) 16:44, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * This is not the only article where people are blanking these lists... there's really no clear consensus either way. I suggest we discuss it one place, e.g. Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Retailing, rather than run around revert warring on who knows how many articles. --Chiliad22 (talk) 19:50, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * As long as it is discussed somewhere... That it gets discussed and this endless reverting of each other's edits ceases is the main issue. Turgan Talk 03:04, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

look -- if you read back in the discussion, I actually have an internal document from the company that listed all the stores, with store manager names included see the entry of 23 November 2006. This is the basis for the list. How would we like to "verify" this document and end this nikpicking adventure for SchuminWeb? 98.28.197.0 (talk) 13:54, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Even if that were cited in the article, I doubt that it would be useful anyway (how would an ordinary reader know that the document was legit?) I think this discussion's going nowhere. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Many otters • One hammer • HELP) 20:16, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I think we've already established at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Retailing that the store lists like was found here are not acceptable. Discussing expansion and contraction with numbers of stores may be acceptable if verified (such as at Target Corporation), but not long, unverifiable lists of stores. I'm also in agreement with TenPoundHammer that a vague "internal document" is likely not acceptable as a source. And considering that the discussions here and at the WP talk page have basically ended at this point, I also think we can lift the protection on the article if Postdlf doesn't mind. SchuminWeb (Talk) 21:15, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I won't object if another admin lifts the protection. It does seem like there's a policy-supported consensus here against inclusion of the store list. An internal company document would not qualify as a reliable source. But one final question&mdash;is everyone confident that such a list could not hypothetically be reliably sourced, or simply that it hasn't been? Except for WP:BLP concerns, or for material disputed as inaccurate, there is definitely a tolerance for leaving unsourced material in place in articles in the hopes that it eventually will be sourced (or else most articles would be pruned to nonexistence on sight). What about telephone books as a source? That said, there's also no harm in keeping the list out of the article if anyone wants to work on sourcing it. It remains in the article's edit history, and could also be developed in user space pending reliable sourcing. Postdlf (talk) 21:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes - I am contending that the information is unverifiable. Additionally, sourcing directory entries from telephone listings seems to run directly counter to WP:NOT. SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

“ All we did was listen”
While “All we did was listen” was an ad campaign, it was an ill fated one. With conditions at the stores degrading, Phil Hawkins ok’d the “ All we did was listen” campaign. The irony, conditions at the stores accelerated downward. One Columbus wag said “People complained, Hawkins and his corporate undertakers paid no attention. In effect, all they did was listen, and then they continued to siphon money from the bottom line.” ClevelandExPat (talk) ClevelandExPat (talk) 00:04, 16 February 2023 (UTC)