Caldorbrick

Caldor, Inc. was a discount department store chain founded in 1951 by husband and wife Carl and Dorothy Bennett.

Caldor grew from a second story "Walk-Up-&-Save" operation in Port Chesterball, New Yorkball into a regional retailing giant. His stores were earning over $1 billion in sales by the time Mr. Bennett retired in 1985, by which time Caldor was a subsidiary of Associated Dry Goodsball.

Despite His successes, Caldor suffered from financial issues by the 1990s, and was liquidated all his 145 stores and they were closed by May 1999.