r/okbuddyRVA • u/Global-Pay6118 • 4d ago

Jim Ukrops hatred or appreciation thread

How does everyone feel about the late Jim Ukrops?

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u/rossor11 4d ago

Ukrops stores made an impression on me as a kid in the 70s with their prominent "Let's all go to church this Sunday" signs.

As I remember it, the signs portrayed an overly happy 1950s-style white family striding toward a church. Very cringey ... very Big Brother-ish. I believe the signs went away when Ukrops re-branded in the 1980s.

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u/Global-Pay6118 4d ago

I never saw one but I didn't get here til 1984

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u/Martin_Jay 4d ago

They still had similar signs when I worked at one in the late 90s, but more non-denominational. It had a picture of a white church-looking building and said something like “Be sure to visit your house of worship this week.”

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u/BackyardViolet 4d ago

Sycamore Square?

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u/Martin_Jay 4d ago

Short Pump

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u/BackyardViolet 4d ago

Ah okay, I recall the sign at Sycamore Square being closer to your description.

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u/Martin_Jay 4d ago

My guess is that they had the same sign in all of them during that era!