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1875 - John Magruder founded Magruder's in Washington, DC.
2008 - The original family operates 8 Magruder's stores in DC, MD and VA.

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	Source: Jewish Historical Society	Source: Magruder's

1979 - Marc Glassman opened a drugstore in Middleburg Heights, OH.
2008 - Marc's operates over 50 food/drug/general merchandise discount stores in Ohio.

1962 - Market Basket is founded in Texas as a voluntary chain for independent grocers.
2008 - By acquiring former chain supermarket locations, Market Basket has grown to 29 Market Basket stores, 1 Lucky 7
          store, 1 Mercado de Familia and Market Basket Express convenience store.

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1917 - Greek immigrants Athanasios ("Arthur") and Efrosini Demoulas opened a grocery store in Lowell, MA.
1954 - The original owners sold the store to two of their children.
1969 - The company operates 15 supermarkets.
1997 - There were 57 DeMoulas Super Market and Market Basket stores throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

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1943 - Joseph D'Anna founded Mars Super Markets in Essex, MD.
1945 - Mars opened its second store.
1946 - Mars closed both stores and opened a larger store in Dundalk, MD.
1954 - Mars opened a second store not far from the original Mars.
2008 - Mars operates 18 supermarkets in MD.

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1931 - Ermal Marsh opened his first store in Muncie, IN.
1950's - Marsh opened his first supermarket under the name Marsh Foodliner.
1953 - Marsh became a publicly traded company with 16 stores.
1966 - Marsh launched its Village Pantry convenience store chain.
2008 - Marsh operates 69 Marsh Supermarkets,  6 Marsh Hometown Markets, 8 O'Malia's Foods markets, 162 Village Pantry
          convenience stores, 31 Lo Bill Foods stores and 2 Arthur's Fresh Markets in IN and OH.

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	Source: Marsh			Source: Marsh

 

1947 - Jane and Martin Tarnow founded Martin's Super Markets in South Bend, IN.
2008 - Family-owned Martin's Super Markets operates 20 stores in Indiana and Michigan.

1964 - Arden Farms acquires the Los Angeles-based Mayfair Markets chain.  Arden also acquired the Los Angeles-based
          Gelson's Supermarket chain around this time.
2007 - Gelson's Supermarkets operates 1 Mayfair Market location in Hollywood, CA.

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1940's - Southern California	1950's - Reno, NV		1940's - Southern California	1960's - San Jose, CA
Grand Opening Ad - LaHabra, CA	2007 - The remaing Mayfair Market - Hollywood, CA Source: Gelson's Supermarkets	Reno, NV	2007 - Hollywood, CA	Matchbook
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Gelson's Supermarkets

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1934 - Dutch immigrant Hendrik Meijer founded Meijer's in Greenville, MI.
1960 - Meijer's operates over two dozen supermarkets in Western Michigan.
1962 - The first Meijer's Thrifty Acres hypermarket is opened in Kalamazoo, MI.
2007 - Meijer's operates hypermarkets in MI, IL, IN, OH and KY.

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Source: Meijer	1949 - Grand Opening - Grand Rapids, MI

1913 - Nat Milgram founded Milgram Food Stores in Kansas City, MO.
1928 - With 37 stores, Milgram sold the company to Kroger.
1932 - Milgram re-entered the food business and founded Milgram Food Stores, Inc.
1968 - Milgram acquired 31supermarkets in Arkansas, Oklahoma and southern Missouri.
1984 - Wetterau acquired the 36-store Milgram Food Stores chain.

1932 - Minyard's is founded in East Dallas, TX by A.W. "Eck" Minyard.  Two additional stores opened shortly after.
1942 - As America entered World War II, all but the original store were closed.
1957 - Minyard's operated 7 stores.
1960 - Sales reached $ 15 million and Minyard's operates 11 stores.
1969 - Minyard's operates 16 stores.
1979 - Minyard's opened its first super store in Mesquite, TX.
1982 - Minyard's operated 53 stores.
1982 - Minyard's launched its Sack 'n Save Warehouse Food Store banner.
1987 - The company acquires 27 former Safeway locations.  The company operated 62 Minyard's stores and 10 Sack 'n Save
          stores.
1990 - Minyard's launched its Carnival Food Stores Hispanic grocery stores.
1997 - The company entered the gasoline business with the opening of 2 gas stations adjacent to Minyard's locations.
2004 - Acquisition Vehicle Texas II, LLC, a Texas-based investment company acquired Minyard's.
2008 - The company operates 61 supermarkets, 36 pharmacies and 15 gas stations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area under the
           Minyard, Sack 'n Save and Carnival Food Stores banners.

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1985 - Mollie Stone's Markets was founded by Mike Stone and David Bennett in Mill Valley, CA.
2008 - The company operates 8 Mollie Stone's Markets in the San Francisco area.