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Bruno's Supermarkets, LLC was an American chain of grocery stores with its headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. [1]It was founded in 1932 by Joseph Bruno in Birmingham. During the company's pinnacle, it operated over 300 stores under the names Bruno's, Food World, Foodmax, Food Fair, Fresh Value, Vincent's Markets, Piggly Wiggly, Consumer Foods, and American Fare in Alabama, Florida, Georgia ...
In March 2010, two stores in Huntsville, Alabama closed for the same reasons. On October 5, 2010, Southern Family Markets announced the closings of the Food World stores in Trussville and Pelham (both in the Birmingham, Alabama area). [12] This made a total of 11 stores to close since SFM/C&S Wholesale acquired Bruno's Supermarkets in mid 2009.
In 2005, Ahold sold BI-LO/Bruno's to Lone Star Funds. [13] In order to concentrate on renovating older stores, building new ones, and investing in newer information technology, the new owners sold off 104 BI-LO, FoodSmart, Bruno's, Food Fair, and Food World stores in areas where the chain did not have significant market penetration.
A grocery store chain that flourished throughout Indiana and Ohio, eventually opening dozens of stores, Marsh Supermarkets filed for bankruptcy in 2017. Founded in 1931, it lasted for 88 years ...
Apr. 12—EAST COBB — Gilded sledgehammers and a mammoth excavator bucket came crashing through the walls of the former Bruno's grocery Monday, sounding the death knell of the long-suffering ...
A&P, short for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., was the nation's largest grocery store chain from 1915 to 1975. In 1930, it was the world's largest retailer with $2.9 billion in sales and ...
In December 2004, private equity firm Lone Star Funds acquired BI-LO Holdings, which included the BI-LO and Bruno's supermarket chains, from Ahold. [5] In March 2007, Lone Star spun off Bruno's, Food World, and Food Max stores from BI-LO. [6] By March 2009, BI-LO had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. [7]
Of the 14 states in which Walmart closed stores in 2023, six were led by Republican governors, six had Republican majorities in their state legislatures, and five awarded their electoral votes to ...