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| H-E-B (Texas) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1905 -
Florence Butt opened C.C. Butt Staple and Fancy Groceries on the
first floor of her house in Kerrville, TX. 1919 - Howard E. Butt (initials H.E.B), Florence's youngest son, took over the store upon his return from World War I. 1949 - The chain's first truly large grocery store, with 22,500 square feet, opened in Corpus Christi. 1971 - Sales reach $ 250 million. 1981 - H-E-B's first superstore, with 56,000 square feet, is opened in Austin. 1987 - H-E-B launched a video rental chain later named H-E-B Video Central. 1991 - A 93,000-square-foot H-E-B Marketplace opened in San Antonio and company sales reach $3 billion. 1993 - H-E-B Video Central is sold to Hollywood Entertainment. 1994 - H-E-B launched its Central Market gourmet grocery in San Antonio. 1996 - First expansion outside of Texas occured with the opening of a Pantry store in Louisiana. 1997 - H-E-B expands into Mexico. 1998 - Sales reach $ 7 billion. 2003 - Sales reach $ 11 billion.
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HAGGEN'S (Washington) Top Food & Drug |
| 1933 - Ben and
Dorothy Haggen and Doug Clark founded Haggen's in Bellingham,
WA. 1941 - Haggen's became the first store in the Northwest to offer a self-service meat counter. 1989 - Haggen was the first grocery store in the U.S. with an in-store Starbucks Coffee shop. 2008 - The family-owned company operates 15 supermarkets in Washington under the Haggen and Top Food & Drug banners.
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| HARDING'S FRIENDLY MARKETS (Michigan) |
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1944
- Melvin Harding founded Harding's Friendly Markets in
Parchment, MI. 2008 - The company operates 30 supermarkets in Michigan and Indiana. |
| HARMON'S (Utah) |
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1932 - Jake Harmon
opened a fruit stand in named The Market Spot in Salt Lake City,
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| HARRIS TEETER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936 -
W.T. Harris opened his first grocery store in Charlotte, NC. 1939 - Brothers William and Paul Teeter opened Teeter's Food Mart in Mooresville, NC. 1958 - Both companies pooled their buying efforts and storage facilities. 1960 - Harris Super Markets and Teeter's Food Marts merged to form Harris Teeter Super Markets. 1963 - Harris Teeter has 25 stores. 1969 - The Ruddick Corp. acquired Harris Teeter. 1984 - Greensboro, NC-based Food World (52 stores) was acquired by Ruddick and merged with Harris Teeter. 1988 - Harris Teeter acquired 52 Big Star supermarkets from Grand Union. 1993 - Harris Teeter acquired 5 Bruno's supermarkets in South Carolina. 2008 - The company operates 166 supermarkets in NC, SC, VA, GA, TN, FL, MD and DE.
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| H.G. HILL FOOD STORES (Tennessee) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1895 -
The first H.G. Hill Food Store is opened in Nashville, TN. 1906 - There are 12 H.G. Hill Food Stores in the Nashville area. 1920's - H.G. Hill Food Stores has 102 locations. 2008 - The company operates 13 H.G. Hill Food Stores and 1 H.G. Hill Urban Market in the Nashville area. Click on images below to enlarge:
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| HEINEN'S FINE FOODS (Ohio) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 -
Joseph Heinen founded Heinen's in Cleveland, OH. 2008 - Still a family-owned company, Heinen's Fine Foods operates 17 supermarkets in the Cleveland area. Click on images below to enlarge:
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| HILLER'S MARKETS (Michigan) |
| 1941 - Sidney
Hiller founded Hiller's in Detroit, MI. 2008 - Hiller's operated 6 supermarkets in Michigan. |
| HOLIDAY QUALITY FOODS (California) | ||||||||||||
| 1965 -
Richard E. Morgan founded Holiday Quality Foods in Cottonwood,
CA. 2008 -With 21 supermarkets, Holiday Quality Foods is an employee-owned company. Click on images below to enlarge:
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| HOMELAND STORES (Oklahoma) |
| 1987 -
Safeway spun-off its Oklahoma division
as in independent company which was later named Homeland. 1995 - Homeland sold 29 stores to Associated Wholesale Grocers (Kansas City). 1999 - Homeland Stores operates 21 supermarkets on OK, TX and KS. 2000 - Homeland Stores acquired 4 Baker's Supermarkets in Oklahoma from Fleming Companies. 2001 - With 70 supermarkets, Homeland Stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. 2002 - Associated Wholesale Grocers (Kansas City) acquired the 44 store, Oklahoma-based Homeland Stores. 2007 - Homeland Stores acquired 7 stores from Albertsons, giving the company a total of 69 supermarkets. 2008 - Homeland Stores sold 3 Kansas locations to Dillons and acquired 26 Oklahoma supermarkets from United Supermarkets. |
| HOUCHENS (Kentucky) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1918 - Ervin
Houchens opened a small grocery store in Kentucky named BG
Wholesale. The company was later acquired by Red Food Stores. 1988 - Red Food Stores sells its 45 store Kentucky based Houchens chain to the chains employees. 2004 - Houchens acquired Food Giant. Houchens Industries operates approximately 150 supermarkets under the Houchens Markets, Food Giant, IGA, Piggly Wiggly, Save-A-Lot (200 stores) and Mad Butcher banners. The company also operates convenience stores (40 Jr. Foods, 23 Tobacco Shoppes) and owns construction, recycling, insurance, warehousing companies and a cigarette manufacturer. Click on images below to enlarge:
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| HUGO'S FAMILY MARKETPLACE (North Dakota) | |||||||||
| 1939 -
Hugo Magnuson founded Hugo's as the Pure Food Market in Grand
Forks, SD. The stores at one time were members of Piggly Wiggly. 2008 - Hugo's Family Marketplace operates 8 stores in ND and MN. Click on images below to enlarge:
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| HY-VEE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Charles Hyde
and David Vredenburg opened a small general store in
Beaconsfield, Iowa. 1938 - The company incorporated as Hyde & Vredenburg, Inc. and operated 15 stores in IO and MO. 1952 - The Hy-Vee name is adopted. 1963 - The company was officially renamed Hy-Vee. 1969 - Hy-Vee expanded into MN with the purchase of the IO-based Swanson Stores chain. 1975 - Hy-Vee expanded into SD. Hy-Vee operates 100 stores. 1977 - Hy-Vee expanded into ND. 1979 - Hy-Vee expanded into IL. 1988 - Hy-Vee expanded into KS. 1989 - Hy-Vee operated 172 stores. 2005 - All of the company's Drug Town stores are renamed Hy-Vee Drug Stores. 2007 - Hy-Vee operates 198 supermarkets and 28 drugstores in Iowa, IO, IL, KS, MN, MO, NE and SD. Click on images below to enlarge:
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