Food Town Store #1
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fatcat161
N 35° 41.157 W 080° 28.924
17S E 546864 N 3949240
Food Town store #1 in Salisbury located in Ketner Center on Mahaley Ave near W. Innes St.
Waymark Code: WM6P1W
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2009
Views: 9
Food Town store #1 in Salisbury, as it appeared in the 1950s. Since 1957, Food Town/Lion has grown into one of the most successful grocery chains in the country.
(http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/147/entry)
Now a regional grocery chain and subsidiary of Belgium-based Delhaize Group, Food Lion began in 1957 as a one-store operation in Salisbury, North Carolina, under the name Food Town and the direction of Ralph W. Ketner. After the introduction of the "Lowest Food Prices in North Carolina" (LFPINC) concept in 1968, the grocery chain grew from seven stores to approximately 800 in 1991, the year in which Ketner retired. Before then in 1983, the company had changed its name to Food Lion. During the early 1990s, the supermarket chain went through legal battles that curbed its incredible and rapid growth. Under the leadership of DelHaize Group executives, the company survived the legal challenges, and in February 2007, it employed 73,000 workers in nearly 1,200 stores and served ten million customers in eleven states.
Year photo was taken: 1957
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