Prange Way

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Prange Way
TypeDiscount department store chain
FoundedAugust 14, 1962
Defunct1996

Prange Way, previously known as Prange Budget Center, was an American discount department store chain. Established as a bargain outlet of the H.C. Prange Company department store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Prange Way stores were primarily located in Wisconsin, with additional locations in Rockford, Illinois and Owatonna, Minnesota. The Prange Budget Center originated as a bargain basement department of the flagship Prange department store in Sheboygan, but the company joined in the trend towards modern big-box discount stores with the opening of its first full-fledged Prange Budget Center in Green Bay in 1962. After acquiring Schultz Family Stores in 1988 and splitting from its parent company in 1990, the chain's plans for further expansion never materialized, the company filed for bankruptcy, and all stores were shut down in 1996.

Locations[edit | edit source]

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Address City Opened Closed Previous occupant Next occupant Sources
Cherryvale Mall Rockford, Illinois 1974 December 1988
Machesney Park Mall Rockford, Illinois 1979 1990
Cedar Mall Owatonna, Minnesota November 1988 1996 Schultz Brothers
2315 Neva Road Antigo, Wisconsin July 1989 1996 Schultz Brothers
2700 West College Avenue Appleton, Wisconsin August 17, 1965 1996 [8]
Chippewa Mall Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin March 27, 1980 1996 [9]
London Square Eau Claire, Wisconsin October 8, 1971 1996 [10]
Forest Mall Fond du Lac, Wisconsin April 5, 1968 1996 [11]
1300 North Quincy Street Green Bay, Wisconsin August 14, 1962 September 7, 1982 Younkers distribution center [12]
East Town Mall Green Bay, Wisconsin September 15, 1982 1996 [13]
Green Bay Plaza Green Bay, Wisconsin April 15, 1968 1996 Topp's [14]
Geneva Square Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 1984 1996 Copps
1802 West Beltline Highway Madison, Wisconsin August 5, 1981 1988 Treasure Island [15]
53 East Towne Mall Madison, Wisconsin 1970 March 1994 Younkers [16]
Nakoma Plaza, 4585 West Beltline Highway Madison, Wisconsin July 25, 1974 February 1982 [17][18]
Sherman Plaza Madison, Wisconsin April 8, 1976 1996 [19]
36 West Towne Mall Madison, Wisconsin 1971 1988
7401 West Towne Way Madison, Wisconsin March 5, 1988 October 1994 Kohl's #223 [20][21]
Edgewater Plaza Manitowoc, Wisconsin April 5, 1979 1996 [22]
Pine Tree Mall Marinette, Wisconsin October 25, 1978 1996 [23]
1801 West 9th Avenue Oshkosh, Wisconsin September 25, 1984 1996 Copps [24]
Highway 23 East Plymouth, Wisconsin July 1989 1996 Schultz Brothers
Viking Village Reedsburg, Wisconsin March 1989 1996 Schultz Brothers
Sunrise Plaza Rhinelander, Wisconsin March 1989 1996 Schultz Brothers
830 East Green Bay Road Shawano, Wisconsin March 1989 1996 Schultz Brothers
3524 Kohler Memorial Drive Sheboygan, Wisconsin April 7, 1972 1996 Arlan's [25]
Cherry Point Mall Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin July 1989 1996 Schultz Brothers
Mariner Mall Superior, Wisconsin 1980 1996
825 Fulton Street Waupaca, Wisconsin March 1989 1996 Schultz Brothers
Riverside Plaza Wausau, Wisconsin April 5, 1974 1996 Arlan's [26]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Directory of Discount Department Stores, 1980, Lebhar-Friedman, via archive.org.
  2. ↑ "Prange Way buys Schultz stores", Oshkosh Northwestern, December 11, 1988, page B7.
  3. ↑ Maier, Harry. "Prange's grows bullish on expansion", Green Bay Press-Gazette, January 29, 1989, page B-10.
  4. ↑ Schmeling, Peg. "Prange Way readies new mall site", Green Bay Press-Gazette, April 11, 1989, page D-7.
  5. ↑ "Business Today: Prange Selling Discount Division", Racine Journal Times, May 16, 1990.
  6. ↑ Advertisement, Green Bay Press-Gazette, June 14, 1992.
  7. ↑ Advertisement, Green Bay Press-Gazette, June 11, 1995.
  8. ↑ "Prange Budget Center to Open on Tuesday", Appleton Post-Crescent, August 15, 1965, page B 7.
  9. ↑ "Prange-Way opens 21st store today in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa Herald-Telegram, March 27, 1980, page 3.
  10. ↑ Advertisement, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, October 7, 1971, page 13.
  11. ↑ Advertisement, Fond du Lac Reporter, April 4, 1968, section 2, page 1.
  12. ↑ Advertisement, Green Bay Press-Gazette, August 11, 1962, page 5.
  13. ↑ "Prange Way on N. Quincy to close; new store to open", Green Bay Press-Gazette, September 5, 1982, page C-9.
  14. ↑ "Prange's to Open West Side Budget Store Monday", Green Bay Press-Gazette, April 14, 1968, page C-8.
  15. ↑ Martin, Chuck. "H.C. Prange: a growing success story", Wisconsin State Journal, July 26, 1981, section 3, page 1.
  16. ↑ Lautenschlager, Scott. "East Side Prange Way to close by March 31", Wisconsin State Journal, January 14, 1994, page 7C.
  17. ↑ Advertisement, Madison Capital Times, July 25, 1974.
  18. ↑ "Prange can close its Nakoma store", Madison Capital Times, February 11, 1982, The Marketplace section, page 13.
  19. ↑ Advertisement, Wisconsin State Journal, April 7, 1976.
  20. ↑ Gaskill, Warren. "Prange Way gears for competition", Madison Capital Times, February 19, 1988, front page.
  21. ↑ "Prange Way closing store", Wisconsin State Journal, July 9, 1994, page 8B.
  22. ↑ "Prange-Way opens 'prototype'", Manitowoc Herald-Times, April 5, 1979, front page.
  23. ↑ Advertisement, Green Bay Press-Gazette, October 22, 1978, page D-14.
  24. ↑ "Prange Way closes, reopens in same year", Oshkosh Northwestern, February 17, 1985, page G2.
  25. ↑ "Prange-Way Opens New Discount Store Friday", Sheboygan Press, April 6, 1972, page 8.
  26. ↑ "Prange-Way has grand opening", Wausau Daily Herald, April 5, 1974, page 3.
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