To All the Fry s I Loved Before: An Elegy for the Best Electronics Chain in the West
Good-bye, old friend: With the closure of Fry s Electronics, it s the end of an era for PC and tech obsessives. By Chris Stobing
27 Feb 2021, 4:13 a.m.
It s a lazy Saturday morning, and I m sitting in the passenger seat of my dad s restored 1965 Ford Comet on the way from one end of my hometown to the next. Getting onto the freeway, I look to my right to see the familiar One Infinite Loop, with the Apple campus looming at the end of the lane.
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RIP Fry’s Electronics 1985 – 2021
Posted on 02/24/2021
Fry’s Electronics is the decades-old superstore chain linked to TVs, stereos, hard drives, computers, computer chips, videos, and other types of media. KRON4 confirmed Fry’s Electronics is going out of business. Fry’s fell victim to internet sales.
Fry’s Electronics expected to post closure information on its website early Wednesday. There are 6 stores in Northern California, 8 in Southern California, 8 in Texas, 2 in Arizona, and one store each in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
According to the company website, Fry’s was founded in Sunnyvale in 1985 by the three Fry brothers – John, Randy, and Dave – and Kathy Kolder. Fry’s Electronics expanded to more stores throughout the U.S., particularly in taking over multiple defunct Incredible Universe locations. In 2008, the IRS caught Ausaf Umar Siddiqui, a vice president of Fry’s Electronics, in a kickback scheme that hid US$ 65.6