Big Star Markets
Big Starwas an Americansupermarketchain founded in 1937 as part of the David Pender Grocery Company.[1]
History[edit]
The Big Star stores were self-service supermarket operations which began to replace the small full-service stores Pender's had operated up to that point. By the late 1940s the entire company had rebranded under theColonial Storesname. The Big Star name was revived around 1968 for a new discount chain owned by Colonial; eventually all stores were closed or converted to the Big Star name.Grand Unionpurchased the chain in 1978.[2]TheNorth Carolina,South Carolina,andVirginiastores were sold toHarris Teeterin 1988,[3]while theGeorgiastores were sold in 1992, with most of theAtlantalocations going toA&P.These stores were heavily remodeled, but eventually sold toPublixin 1999. Stores currently operating under the Big Star name in places likeAlabama,Arkansas,Mississippi,andTennessee,were part of a franchise operation that was never directly connected to the Big Star chain proper.
Alex ChiltonandChris Bellnamed theirMemphis rock band of the same nameafter the supermarket chain.[4]
References[edit]
- ^Fleming, Monika S. (2013).Legendary Locals of Edgecombe and Nash Counties, North Carolina.Arcadia Publishingpg. 9.ISBN978-1-4671-0044-1.
- ^"Group to Buy Grand Union Markets for $1.2 Billion".Los Angeles Times.April 11, 1989.RetrievedJuly 24,2021.
- ^Newsom, John (February 13, 2013)."Harris Teeter possible sale a big deal".News & Record.RetrievedJuly 24,2021.
- ^Greenman, Ben(September 28, 2009)."When You Wish Upon Big Star".The New Yorker.RetrievedJuly 24,2021.
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