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A. J. Gerland founded the Gerland's Food Fair chain in 1967. [2] The first store was located in the Spring Branch area in northwest Houston. [citation needed]Following the success of the Weingarten's and Randall's supermarket chains in Houston, Gerland's added bakery and delicatessen departments to its stores in the late 1970s.
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[4] [5] A second store opened in 1920. Advertising "Better Food for Less," Joseph Joe Weingarten pioneered self-service and cash-and-carry shopping. Weingarten's chain of stores in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana grew by 1926 to six; by 1938 the company had 12 stores; by 1951 there were 25 stores; and by 1967 the chain operated 70 stores.
"We have 2,000 to 3,000 people a day in this one store," B & E Salvage grocery owner, Hugh Hartford says. B & E Salvage sells items that have been taken off the shelves of main markets.
In 1992, Houston restaurateur Ghulam Bombaywala acquired one million shares, or 5%, of National Convenience Stores. [7] In 1995, there were 660 Stop N Go stores, with all of them in Texas, including 396 Stop N Go stores in Houston, making it the largest convenience store chain in the city. At that time, 250 people worked in the company ...
The first Foodarama location was opened in 1973 by Carrol Cox. He had gained grocery-store managerial experience in Arizona and Utah before moving to Houston. [5] [1] In 1993, after AppleTree Markets put many of its stores up for sale, Cox's Foodarama acquired one. [6] Foodarama acquired the 1805 Ella Appletree, [7] currently Foodarama #4. [8]
AppleTree Markets was a supermarket chain in Texas formed in 1969 when Safeway opened its first stores in Houston, which were spun off under the AppleTree name in 1988. The division once had 100 stores in Greater Houston and Greater Austin .
Here is a look at this year’s Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair. ... Opening Day, Aug. 15: Tickets are $10 for ages 13-over, $3 for ages 6-12 and 5-under are free.