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Associated Food Stores was founded in 1940 by Donald P. Lloyd, president of the Utah Retail Grocers Association along with 34 Utah retailers. Concerned with the effect that large corporate stores would have on small independent retailers, he felt the only way these small businesses could survive is if they united and faced the competition as one, therefore increasing their collective buying power.
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), 1910. Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) was an American department store chain. It was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 9, 1868, by Brigham Young. For many years it used the slogan, "America's First Department Store."
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The ZCMI Center Mall was a shopping mall in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, that operated from 1975 to 2007, before being demolished to make way for City Creek Center.The mall was developed and owned by Zions Securities Corporation, a for-profit entity owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Long-time leader John Ortell Kingston himself lived in a small dilapidated one-story clapboard house in Salt Lake City up until the time of his death in 1987. [9] [10] As Trustee, Kingston aggressively pursued a financially expansive agenda for the Cooperative [1] in the hopes of improving the financial condition of his followers. [9]
Heber C. Kimball said of the alterations, “Heard Joseph’s sermon Read, liked it better as revised.” Brigham Young also approved of the changes. [23] As Saints established homes in the Salt Lake Valley and surrounding settlements, formal meetings for women gradually emerged. A Female Council of Health was established in 1851. [24]
The mall opened to the public on August 2, 1980. [9] [a] Several dignitaries were present at the ribbon-cutting, including Utah governor Scott M. Matheson, Salt Lake Mayor Ted Wilson, LDS Church President Ezra Taft Benson and his wife Flora (she was a daughter of pioneer jeweler Carl Amussen, whose historic building façade had been saved and incorporated into the mall).
Long-time leader John Ortell Kingston lived in a small one-story clapboard house in Salt Lake City up until the time of his death in 1987. [20] J. Ortell Kingston aggressively pursued a financially-expansive agenda for the Davis County Cooperative Society Inc. [21] in the hopes of improving the financial condition of his followers. [20]