Hobby Lobby

Reviews

• AB

  Amy Burgess

  3 days ago
  5.0
  I love hobby lobby and the staff is always amazing
• CS

  Chris Sidock

  6 days ago
  4.0
  Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is a US-based arts and crafts chain founded in 1972 by the Green family. The Oklahoma-based company has over 1,000 stores across 48 states and incorporates Christian media and conservative values. In 2018, the chain had a volume of over $5 billion. History: David Green started the business in his garage in 1970, assembling and selling miniature picture frames. The business, originally called Greco Products, grew to a 300 sq ft store in Oklahoma City by 1972. Controversy: In 2009, the company was involved in the illegal smuggling of artifacts looted from Iraq. In 2014, the chain was involved in a US Supreme Court case. Family values: The Green family founded the chain to express their evangelical Protestant beliefs. In 1972, David Green opened the first Hobby Lobby store in northwest Oklahoma City. Green left his supervisor position with variety store TG&Y to open a second Hobby Lobby in Oklahoma City in 1975. He opened an additional store in Tulsa, Oklahoma the next year. Hobby Lobby grew to seven stores by mid-1982, and the first store outside Oklahoma opened in 1984. When Green expanded the scope of the business to include furniture and high-end cookware during the early 1980s, it led to losses as the economy slowed. He returned to an arts and crafts emphasis and by late-1992, the chain had grown to 50 locations in seven U.S. states.[4] As an evangelical Protestant-owned company, Hobby Lobby incorporates American conservative values and Christian media.[5][6] David Green, the son of a preacher,[7] declares on the Hobby Lobby web site, "Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles."[2] Similar to Chick-fil-A, all stores are closed on Sundays to "allow employees time for family and worship," according to signs posted on the front doors of their retail stores.[3] Hobby Lobby announced on September 14, 2020, that the company's full-time minimum hourly wage would be raised to $17 effective October 1, 2020, increased from the $15 minimum wage established in 2014.[8] It continued that trend by raising the minimum full-time hourly wage to $18.50, effective January 1, 2022, while increasing its part-time minimum hourly wage by 18% to $13. Hobby Lobby says it has raised its minimum wage twelve times over the thirteen years through 2021.[9]
• DH

  David Hutchinson

  6 days ago
  5.0
  The wife loves this place
• LB

  Lisa Bohne

  Dec 24, 2025
  3.0
  Its too far away from me, need a closer one. It was like every hobby lobby. Would like them to have more selections for polymer clay crafts.
• TN

  Tim Nooney

  Dec 21, 2025
  5.0
  Fun place to browse with the wife. Never buy anything unless it's on sale as the"regular price" is a joke.

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