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The company's expansion continued throughout the mid-20th century. In 1932, Jewel acquired the Chicago unit of the Canadian firm Loblaw Groceterias, Inc., then a chain of 77 self-service stores, [11] as well as four Chicago grocery stores operated by the Middle West Stores Company, and began operating them under the name Jewel Food Stores. [12]
Albert Eisner, Sr. (1851-1926), a Hungarian immigrant, incorporated Eisner Grocery Company in June 1906 in Champaign, Illinois. In 1919, he entered into a franchise agreement with Piggly Wiggly, the first self-serve grocery store, [1] and opened a few Piggly Wiggly locations in Champaign and the surrounding areas. Those stores would later ...
In June 1960, Jim Fleming Jr. and his father sold their 55 Flemings stores to Woolworths Limited for $10 million. In the early 1970s, Jim Fleming Jr. acquired Warman's Stores in New South Wales. Fleming gave it a new name, Jewel Food Stores, and pushed it into the same discount end of the grocery retailing business as Flemings. [2]
American Stores put Buttrey up for sale in May 1990 and, in August, sold the chain to an investment group (Buttrey Acquisition Corp) led by Buttrey's management and Los Angeles–based investment firm Freeman Spogli & Co. [2] American Stores received $184 million from proceeds of the sale and other agreements. [2] At the time of the sale ...
Sales at clothing stores decreased 0.2%. Grocery store sales also declined 0.2%. Sales at miscellaneous retailers, which include florists and gift shops, dropped 3.5%, extending the prior month's ...
Purchases climbed 2.3% at electronics and appliances stores and 0.7% at restaurants and bars. Though some of October's rise in retail sales reflected higher prices, it mainly indicated increased ...
Mi Tienda – Hispanic supermarket division of HEB Stores (two stores in Houston, Texas) La Michoacana Meat Market (Texas) Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market (Georgia) Numero Uno Market – Hispanic chain (Los Angeles area) - Now merged with Superior; La Perla Tapatía Supermarkets – (California) La Placita – Hispanic chain in New Orleans area
In 1984, American Stores bought Jewel, which had owned Osco Drug since 1961. American Stores was purchased in 1999 by Albertsons. In 2006, Albertsons was broken up and many standalone Osco stores were purchased by CVS Pharmacy. The Osco name remains in place as the drug store component of Jewel-Osco and Shaw's-Osco stores.