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Caldor, Inc. was a discount department store chain founded in 1951 by husband and wife Carl and Dorothy Bennett. Referred to by many as "the Bloomingdale's of discounting," [1] Caldor grew from a second story "Walk-Up-&-Save" operation in Port Chester, New York, into a regional retailing giant. [2]
Jamesway Corporation, more commonly known as Jamesway, was a chain of discount department stores based in Secaucus, New Jersey.It was founded in 1961 with a single store in Jamestown, New York, ultimately growing into a chain that, at its peak, operated 138 stores throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions.
National itself had cemented the number two spot in St. Louis by acquiring several former Kroger locations and the Kroger distribution center in the market when the latter exited St. Louis in 1986. Kroger and National had been battling for the number two and three spots since the 1970s, swapping rankings several times over throughout the 1970s ...
Trader Joe's is an American chain of grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California.The chain has 571 stores [3] across the United States.. The first Trader Joe's store was opened in 1967 by founder Joe Coulombe in Pasadena, California. [4]
The chain evolved from Norfolk, Virginia's D. P. Pender Grocery Stores, the first of which opened in 1900. [1] [2] [3] In its early years the company used horse drawn wagons to deliver goods to customers. [1] In 1919 Pender opened a second grocery store in Norfolk, later expanding to more locations in Central and Eastern Virginia. [1]
King Kullen was founded by Michael J. Cullen, a former Kroger [2] employee who devised the concept of the modern supermarket. [citation needed] While the branch manager of the Herrin, Illinois branch of the Kroger Grocery & Baking Company stores, managing 94 small stores, [3] Cullen wrote a six-page letter to John Bonham, a Kroger vice-president, proposing a new type of food store with a focus ...
Arlan's was an American discount store chain. Arlan's was founded in 1945 by William, Herbert, and Lester Palestine in New Bedford, Massachusetts. [1] In 1963, executives tried to start talks with King's of Newton, Massachusetts, regarding a merger. These plans were briefly revived in 1966. [2] Arlan's opened its 50th store in Cudahy, Wisconsin, in
Action store in a former church in Hoorn, Netherlands Action store in Overmere, Belgium Action in department store in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland. Action is a Dutch international discount store chain with a majority ownership held by British private equity firm 3i, with more than 80% of the shares. [3]