That iconic shape. Those vivid colors. The super affordable price! As we bid goodbye to Thrifty ice cream counters amid the Rite Aid chain shutdown, we wanted to take a moment to allow people to process their very deep feelings about this fateful event.

Many of you have cherished childhood memories of cold icecream in hot summers, family visits, bygone birthday treats, or more recent must-have drop-ins. So we've gathered together what people have been saying in different places, online, on LAist 89.3's AirTalk, and among the LAist staff as a form of farewell.

“Back in the 80s and 90s, the whole store was called Thrifty. My local Thriftys were converted to Rite Aid in 1996, but the Thrifty ice cream counter was kept.”

- Carlos Gonzalez on Instagram @relicsofretail

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