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4. ACE Hardware in Golden Valley has a big sign in window: "My Pillow Sold Here!!!"

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2021, 12:19 AM

Feb 2021

Yes, with 3 exclamation points. Kuiper's Ace Hardware on Winnetka just north of Highway 55.

Wondering if ACE Hardware is owned and/or CEO'd by an asswipe, like Menards, or if it's just this fuckhead franchisee.

I posted this somewhere else. Someone responded that they are locally owned.

Still I'm just wondering about the head / owner of ACE overall, and whether it's worth writing to them or not.

It's the only hardware store within walking distance (about 1.5 miles away) and I don't have a car, sigh. Though admittedly there's another hardware store (also an ACE) a reasonable distance and time-and-effort by bus, though I'd have to learn where everything is.

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Did you see the full page "My Pillow" ad on page 3A of today's Strib? [View all] dflprincess Feb 2021 OP

Maybe they're hiring because employees are quitting The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #1

That crossed my mind too dflprincess Feb 2021 #2

I hear David Hogg may be hiring for his upstart Pillow company. aeromanKC Feb 2021 #3

ACE Hardware in Golden Valley has a big sign in window: "My Pillow Sold Here!!!" progree Feb 2021 #4

Pretty sure that most if not all the stores are individually owned. mn9driver Feb 2021 #5

What kind of idiot buys their bedding products from a HARDWARE store? Blue Owl Feb 2021 #7

And what's more, they are fairly small, even for an ACE. They clearly don't have space for progree Feb 2021 #8

I wanted to save a trip to crowded WalMart & the long wait in line to make a quick trip yaesu Feb 2021 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Seinan Sensei Mar 2022 #15

Ace is a cooperative; the stores are individually owned and operated. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #10

But like any franchisee, there must be some corporate rules and guidelines progree Feb 2021 #11

Probably start with the local owner; ask why they are selling The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #12

I'm just not buying it, sorry. progree Feb 2021 #13

It might do some good at this point, now that Lindell is becoming a pariah The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #14

Ace hardwares vary greatly iemanja Mar 2022 #16

Have been there for the past several days. Glad that they are helping the strib question everything Feb 2021 #6