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Bernard Heinrich "Henry" Kroger (January 24, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets. Kroger was a pioneering grocery innovator who introduced self-service shopping to the public in 1895.
1855 Michigan State University was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, becoming the first land grant university in the United States. 1861-1865 Michigan sent 90,000 men, nearly a quarter of the state's male population, to fight in state regiments in the Civil War .
Kroger will retain just over 20 convenience stores. Kroger's supermarket fuel centers are not included in the sale. [78] [79] [80] The sale was closed on April 20, 2018. [81] On April 10, 2018, Kroger announced plans to hire an estimated 11,000 new employees. An estimated 2,000 managerial positions will be filled by the new hires.
Kroger closed these stores due to Michigan's poor economy at the time, and failure to reach union agreements. [1] After Kroger closed all five of its Flint locations in 1982 for the same reasons, Kessel purchased them as well, followed by 13 Hamady stores after that chain filed for bankruptcy in 1991.
Major Michigan news stories during 1938 included: In a shift of the pendulum away from Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, Michigan's Republican party dominated the November 8 elections, including Frank Fitzgerald's victory over incumbent Governor Frank Murphy, a sweep of state offices, and control of 23 of 32 seats in the State Senate and 74 of 100 seats in the lower house.
Dunbar, Willis F. and George S. May. Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State, 3rd ed. (1995) the standard comprehensive textbook 1980 edition online; Farmer, Silas (1889). The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County. Farmer, Silas (1890).
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The Kroger Co., choosing to operate with one brand in the Arizona market, rebranded most Smith's Food & Drug Centers as Fry's Food & Drug Stores, [7] though Smith's Food and Drug Centers in Kingman, Bullhead City, and Lake Havasu City remained unchanged (perhaps because of their proximity to Nevada and the Las Vegas market, where Kroger ...