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In 1887, he attempted to purchase a share of his employer's store; after this proved unsuccessful, he founded his own store on October 4, 1887, with his sister Eliza, and brother-in-law, J. H. Bitter. The 3,300-square-foot (310 m 2) store located in Sheboygan was called H. C. Prange. Unlike his local competition, the store offered lines of ...
Italian immigrant Alfred Angeli founded Angeli Foods in 1917 at 402 W. Adams St. in the growing mining community of Iron River, Michigan. [2] [3] It was the first self-service grocery store to open in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the first to offer a frozen food locker, and the first to offer a five-day workweek. They were also the Upper ...
The store was expanded later in the 1950s, just as Glen's became affiliated Spartan Foods (now SpartanNash). Stores in Kalkaska and Grayling opened in 1956 and 1959. [1] Throughout the 1970s, the original three stores were relocated to new buildings, while many more were added throughout northeastern Michigan.
The Greenville store was successful and additional Meijer groceries were opened in Cedar Springs (1942) and Ionia (1946). The first Grand Rapids store opened on South Division Avenue in 1949. [10] By the 1960s, the company had over two dozen stores located throughout West Michigan. [citation needed]
Lucky's opened its first store in the state of Kentucky, its sixth in the nation, in May 2014 in Louisville by holding a "bacon cutting" ceremony. [15] [16] The company opened its first store in the state of Michigan in February 2015 in the university town of Ann Arbor. [17] A second Michigan store was opened in Traverse City in January 2017. [18]
Sales are estimated between $100 and $250 million. Kar's business is divided into four market segments that include route sales and delivery to retail outlets in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, vending machine products, specialty markets and Club Store segment. Kar's products are packaged in single serve, family and super sizes depending on the ...
The Ypsilanti Food Co-op is a food cooperative located in Ypsilanti, Michigan.Located in historic Depot Town, it is Michigan's only solar-powered grocery store. [1] Also owned by the co-op is the River Street Bakery, which features the only wood-fired brick oven in commercial use in Washtenaw County.
The first Family Fare store opened in 1966 in Holland, Michigan.It was an existing supermarket which was acquired in 1973 by Don Koop. [1] [2] By the 1990s, the chain was owned by Spartan Stores (now SpartanNash), and had added locations in Byron Center and Lowell. [3]