Kmart

Pros: Out of state stores are very nice
Cons: Long lines, sale items do not exist, messy displays, no one to help, etc......

I was so disappointed when Caldor's closed down in our area. In that store, you were guaranteed to find what you were looking for, with a staff that seemed to care about you and their employee. Then Kmart took over. Let me tell you about this...

Pros: Had a HUGE selection of Corelle dishes.
Cons: Went out of business in our area.

Now I must confess when we moved from Oklahoma City to Magnolia I had my doubts. I really enjoyed having stuff open 24/7 and missed it when we got here but I ALWAYS thought I would have my Kmart. I was SO wrong!

First...

Pros: Has great sales papers
Cons: Stores are hot, sale items out of stock, computers extremely out of date

KMart is a general all goods discount store that is similar to Wal-Mart and Target with many exceptions -- all negative.

KMart comes in three "flavors" so to speak -- Regular, Big K, and Super K.

A Regular KMart has pharmacy,...

Pros: Close to home
Cons: Poor customer service

Have you ever thought you just had to have a small appliance just because it was the newest thing on the market? Well that was me, I just had to have a Hamilton Beach 6.5 Quart MealMaker Oval Slow Cooker after (which later I found I really didn't like,...

Pros: Low Prices, convenient locations and name brands
Cons: Minimum Wage employees and K-MART stigma

The year I graduated high school, 1981, I was excited about going to college and I needed money to maintain my old 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle. I applied for a job at K-MART and was hired that day! I remember that day clearly because it was a hot summer day....

Pros: 2 miles from my house
Cons: Dirty stores, not helpful, prices higher, over charged

I lived in a town called Clive, Iowa. It was a suburb of Des Moines the capital of Iowa. There are so many different places to shop just like anywhere else. However; I had a few favorites that I ended up visiting at least once a week. Kmart was less...

Pros: Some nice people to work with.
Cons: Over Worked

I have read a few opinions about K-Mart. All were negative.

I use to work for K-Mart. I had a total of about seven years. Two years in the late 1970's and five years between 1991 to 1996.

The company does have a problem. They will...

Pros: None
Cons: Terrible service, long lines at checkout, lack of in-stock items.

My daughter asked me to take her to Kmart tonight to shop for a long list of miscellaneous items for church camp. Due to physical limitations, I try to get my shopping done quickly and tend to buy everything I need at one store.

Our first...

Pros: Good prices, wider aisles since remodelling
Cons: Not as attractive as Target

K-Mart has been having trouble competing against the many big box stores recently. Our K-Mart is not as large as some newer stores, but they have reconfigured the departments with wider aisles, brighter lighting, and added some groceries.

I...

Pros: Good prices, nice variety of merchandise, good restaurant
Cons: Poor customer service, sale items not in store

I love Kmart. I have been going to Kmart all my life. My husband has fond memories of his mother taking him and his 4 siblings to Kmart for the day for the blue light specials. They'd sit in the cafeteria and eat and drink while waiting for the latest...

Pros: Low prices, scattered across the country
Cons: non-existant customer service, cluttered, unkempt appearance

I have been in both regular K-MARTs and the BIG K K-MARTs
in areas across the country in my years of wandering.

I've noticed several things that they ALL tend to have in
common.

Good
Low prices equal to...

Pros: Very close to home
Cons: Can't keep cashiers

K-Mart is only about four blocks from our apartment building. Because of the closeness, many residents walk there to look for the bargains. They have returned the "blue light" specials.

Our K-Mart has just remodeled to be a Big-K store. I...

Pros: Excellent prices
Cons: Poor service

I have shopped at Kmart for years and my brother and a friend worked for them. So, I know some insider info.

Cons First, people complain about poor service. For most, the starting salary was was minimum wage. When a person does get...

Pros: They have cleaned up their act, their stores and prices are competitive
Cons: Still work to be done, locations are spread out due to closings

Kmart – are they coming back? The following is purely my opinion and does not have any influence from/with/to my employer or the companies named in this review. Just something I thought needed saying and I wanted to put it out there for my fellow ...

Pros: Can save you a trip to the supermarket
Cons: Often out of stock on sale items

On Sunday mornings I like to relax with a cup of coffee and the newspaper. My husband takes the sports section and I take the store ads and coupons...what a great system we have :-)

The Bad
The K-mart ad is full of sales...