42°16′31″N 71°44′45″W / 42.27518°N 71.74593°W
| Industry | Discount retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1934 |
| Defunct | October 3, 2004 |
| Fate | Closed |
| Headquarters | 193 Boston Turnpike Shrewsbury, MA 01545 |
| Parent | Building 19 (2002-2004) |
Spag's was a discount department store on Route 9 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The store was considered an early pioneer of discount retailing and was notable for its longtime resistance to accepting charge cards (until 1992),[1] offering plastic shopping bags (late 1996),[2] and shopping carts (introduced in 1998).[3]
- ^ "Spag's takes charge". Worcester Telegram Gazette. October 7, 1992.
- ^ "Spag's offers bags for convenience of customers". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. December 27, 1996.
Amid the frenzy of holiday shopping, something was unmistakably different at Spag's.... Bags. Most shoppers streaming out of the store shortly before Christmas clutched them - large, free plastic shopping bags emblazoned with the Spag's 10-gallon cowboy hat logo and those of local advertisers.
- ^ "Spag's offers carts". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. December 3, 1998.
The discount store shunned shopping carts for many years and discontinued previous plastic trash bin "carts" after many were stolen. Spag's began using the new carts in early October.