Back in 2001? I lived in semi-rural Maryland and our grocery stores were open till 10, or midnight if you wanted to drive to the nearest “big town”, and there was a 24-hour Walmart about 45 minutes away. I can’t speak to Kmart - there wasn’t one in my area - but I wouldn’t be surprised if her stores stayed open later as well.
Edit: also, regardless of normal store hours, this was a couple weeks before Christmas, so extended hours could definitely be in play.
I’m in a pretty large town and the only ones that were open later were Walmart, from what I recall. I don’t think we even got 24h Walmart locations until the late 2000s.
But it has been 25 years, maybe age is getting to me…
Back in 2001? I lived in semi-rural Maryland and our grocery stores were open till 10, or midnight if you wanted to drive to the nearest “big town”, and there was a 24-hour Walmart about 45 minutes away. I can’t speak to Kmart - there wasn’t one in my area - but I wouldn’t be surprised if her stores stayed open later as well.
Edit: also, regardless of normal store hours, this was a couple weeks before Christmas, so extended hours could definitely be in play.
I’m in a pretty large town and the only ones that were open later were Walmart, from what I recall. I don’t think we even got 24h Walmart locations until the late 2000s.
But it has been 25 years, maybe age is getting to me…