At the beginning of the show Red worked at a local auto parts plane in Point Place, Wisconsin. The plant soon closed during the show which left Red to begrudgingly work for his neighbor Bob Pinciotti’s store named “Bargain Bob’s”. After that store closed he worked as a manager of Price-Mart which was a chain grocery store. Due to Red’s insistent attitude he was able to grab the manager position when he was originally being considered for a stock boy position which his son Eric ends up working as. Red soon after had a heart attack which he proceeded to blame on his son who causes him so much grief and therefore decides to become a small business owner when the opportunity comes to open up a muffler shop which he names “Forman and Son” which
