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FedMart was a chain of discount department stores started by Sol Price, who later founded Price Club.Originally a discount department store open to government employees paying a $2 per family membership fee, FedMart earned four times more than its investors had projected in its first year.
Gemco was an American chain of membership department stores that was owned by San Leandro-based Lucky Stores, a California supermarket company which eventually became part of Albertsons. Gemco operated from 1959 until closing in late 1986.
Whole Foods Market has an employee discount; while all employees are provided a standard base discount rate of 20% on all store purchases, higher rates, up to 30%, can be earned based on employee physical fitness health tests that are given yearly. [204] These fitness exams are taken at the option of the employee.
The first G.E.M. (Government Employees Mutual) store was opened in June 1956 in Denver by Ronald D. Evans, the former general manager of the G.E.T. (Government Employees Together) store in San Francisco. [2] The second GEM store was opened in Kansas City in July 1957 [3] followed by the third GEM store that was opened in Honolulu a few days ...
In 2015, the company converted three stores to the Cash Saver format. In this format, the retail price reflects the cost of the product and 10% is added on at the register. In September 2013, Homeland's parent company , HAC, Inc. expanded into Georgia by buying 11 of the Belle Foods chain stores; most of those stores bearing the Piggly Wiggly name.
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It was founded by 800 U.S. Post Office employees who wanted to leverage their buying power by purchasing goods directly from wholesalers, and eliminate the additional markup of a retail store. The Board of Directors, headed by Robert Kee, established the first store on Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles.
Gibson's Discount Center, also known as Gibson's, was a large discount store chain in the United States. There are a few Gibson's Discount Centers still operating under independent ownership; two in Texas in Weatherford and Kerrville , and two in Kansas in Salina and Clay Center .