Ben Franklin

Waimea.

And that was years ago, and Tutu's house was by Ben Franklin.

So I was hearing the mo'olela earlier, when Noi Lani shared her little stories behind her background.

I could contend and say, yes, I remember those days as well.

standard storefront yeah the one he sent literally looks like the wall is about

to fall off so i got where he's coming from he also suggested how about ben franklin five and dime i remember ben franklin yeah yeah

that does sound familiar now

don't but okay yeah just goes to show you more of those brands we thought would be around and not anymore it probably wasn't a new york thing five and you know ben franklin didn't make it up into the manhattan region for you moe kind of turns toward george you

mentioned your

saturn you remember we talked about in the dead

It all goes into the plan and he expects to win.

Now one thing to keep in mind here, Sam's stores are all Ben Franklin franchises under the Butler Brothers Corporation.

And Sam, he's grown into one of their largest operators.

From the start, Sammy enjoys the Ben Franklin internal operating systems.

They already know how to buy goods.

They know how to move them, count money, keep the shelves full.

That is one of my favorite Sam Walton stories of all time.

Let's just say that spark in Don for Sam Walton grew into a small flame that day.

Yeah, go ahead.

My mom left me at Ben Franklin, the craft store.

I was quietly sitting in the fabric department.

I was four or five.

That might be actually a cool way to take this.

Where's the coolest place you were? Who has the best story of being left behind by their parents? They came back and you'd made friends with the staff and they gave you a bunch of treats.

Ben Franklin would be a cool place to be left behind.

They had all sorts of toys and stuff.

Sam Walton opened his first Ben Franklin store in 1945, and it was a brilliant success.

The sales volumes grew bigger each year.

The Christmas trade was large and profitable.

Then he straightened up and said, No Fred, I'm not whipped.

I found Newport and I found the store.

I can find another good town and another Ben Franklin.

Just wait and see.

This moment in time, it's a hinge that opens everything for Sam Walton.

So he was making his wife happy by opening his shop there.

So he settled on a franchise called Ben Franklin.

He was eventually forced to give up the store once his lease was up as a landlord saw his success and just wanted to pass it on to his son.

So the landlord basically told Sam, you know, thanks for proving that this land can make a lot of money now.

And he said that it was one of the low points of his life.

But on the positive side, this experience really helped lay the foundation for what would eventually become Wal-Mart.

While running Ben Franklin, he learned how to clone.

And so you could find him at his competitor stores regularly where he would inspect everything to see just how he could do things maybe just a little bit better.