Can you guess what time it is? “It is candy time…” as the sign in this 1930s photo of the candy display at Kresge’s 5 and 10 store, which was located on the southwest corner of Market and Monroe in downtown Grand Rapids.
A predecessor to the discount stores, five and dimes were popular in the early 1900s as items often sold for a a dime or a nickel. Kresge was founded in Detroit in the late 1800s and would eventually become Kmart in the mid-1960s. The company merged with Sears in 2004 but unfortunately it was not a successful merger with the new corporation closing stores. The last Kmart store in Michigan closed in 2021.
