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Big Bear Stores was founded in November 1933 by Wayne E. Brown. The first Big Bear Store opened on February 15, 1934, on West Lane Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, in what was once a dance hall, a roller skating rink and finally a tan bark ring for horse shows. This opening marked the beginning of self-service supermarketing in the Midwest.
Heinen's was founded in 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio, when Joe Heinen opened a small meat market on Kinsman Road (now called Chagrin Boulevard).After running the store for a few years, Joe opened his first supermarket across the street from the original butcher shop in 1933.
In 1953 when the company went public, Ermal had an operation of 16 Marsh Supermarkets. In August 1956, the first store in the state of Ohio was opened through the acquisition of a pre-existing store in Van Wert, Ohio, [3] and was quickly followed a few months later by the opening of a newly constructed store in Greenville, Ohio, in October. [4]
In 1912, Kroger was the first grocer to use automobiles as delivery vehicles. Kroger purchased a fleet of 75 Ford Model Ts, replacing 200 horses and delivery wagons in Cincinnati. [2] [11] Kroger pioneered combining grocery stores with a bakery and later added formerly stand-alone meat markets to his retail grocery store concept. [6]
In July 1931, Kroger announced it would open its first store in Downtown Columbus in the building, in a former Lazarus store space. [23] It was also considered the first supermarket in Columbus. The store, at the address of 177–179 S. High Street, had two exterior entrances, and an entrance from the lobby of 175.
Twin Valu was a U.S. hypermarket and was one of the first hypermarkets in the Akron, Ohio, area. The original Twin Valu store was located on Howe Avenue in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The $10 million, 180,000-square-foot (17,000 m 2) store was open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It boasted 52 checkout lanes, a full bakery, deli, meat department ...
In 1954, Big Bear Stores Co., Columbus, OH based supermarket chain purchased Harts Stores, [1] a department store that was operating at the time in the basements of two Big Bears. Harts experienced rapid growth, as Big Bear often opened grocery stores along with a Harts Department Store in an adjacent space as well as many free-standing ...
In 2014, Acme opened a brand new store in Green, Ohio. The 68,800 square foot store is the first new Acme facility to be built since 1990. Albrecht, Inc., Acme's realtor, owns land in Medina, Ohio, and has plans for a five-building shopping center anchored by a 68,000 square-foot Acme store. [12]