Word: kroger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soon many of Detroit's 400,000 school kids were running about with defense-stamp albums. Next the large chain stores-A. & P., Kroger, Woolworth, Penney, etc.-hung out red, white & blue signs, began selling stamps like cigarets. The Cunningham Drug chain spent $1,600 on newspaper ads, nearly burst with patriotism when daily bond sales in its 125 Michigan stores hit $750. Kroger's eight Lansing stores rang up $80 daily. Last week 12,500 Michigan stores were selling bonds; by mid-September there...
...During 1939 Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. (No. 3 U. S. food chain in sales) liquidated 90-odd of its jerkwater stores in favor of bigger meat & grocery stores and supermarkets. 1939 net, $5,514,597, 47.4% better than...