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Safeway put its 18-year-old Houston division up for sale in 1988 in an effort to raise money to pay off debts from a $4 billion leveraged buyout in 1986. [1] On June 14, 1988, Safeway agreed to sell its Houston division to Texas Supermarkets Inc., a holding company formed by local investors Duncan Cook & Co. and the Sterling Group.
The apples went on sale for the first time in late 2019, beginning with a QFC store in University Village, Seattle, Washington, on December 1, 2019. [20] Afterwards, supply and demand both grew dramatically. [7] By the 2020s, the Cosmic Crisp has become one of the most cultivated and most sold apple varieties in the United States.
Entrance of the original store in Austin, Texas.. Central Market is an American gourmet grocery store chain owned by H-E-B Grocery Company based in San Antonio, Texas.Most locations also have a full-service kitchen, offer cooking and wine classes in their culinary school, and offer catering services.
Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the soursop and cherimoya.Common names include pond apple, alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple. [2]
Black Oxford Apple. The Black Oxford apple is an antique heirloom variety. It was first discovered in Oxford County, Maine in the late 18th century. The trees are long-lived (over 100 years) and ...
Cortland is a cultivar of apple developed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, United States in 1898. [1] The apple was named after nearby Cortland County, New York. It is among the fifteen most popular in the United States [2] and Canada.
Granny Smith is actually a real person. The delicious, light green Granny Smith apple was named after Maria Ann Smith , who, in 1868, found an apple tree seedling growing in her backyard garden.
Gravenstein flowers in Norway. The Gravenstein plant is a triploid; it requires pollination from other trees, and is a poor pollinator of other apples.The short stems and variable ripening times make harvesting and selling difficult.