Word: weingarten
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Comeback on the Corner. The nationwide chains are built to the hilt and boxed in by several kinds of competition. They are often outwitted by smaller, local supermarket chains-such as Florida's Publix, Texas' J. Weingarten Inc., California's Lucky Stores-whose managers are more sensitive to neighborhood tastes and do not have to clear decisions with far-off headquarters. The chains are also being nicked by a new phenomenon, the discount food store, where housewives pick their packaged goods from open packing cases instead of neat shelves, and pay prices generally 6% below those...
...VICTORY was won by Negroes in Charlotte, N.C., second city in state to agree to serve whites and Negroes alike (first: Winston-Salem). In Knoxville, Tenn., three stores (Miller's, Sears, Roebuck & Co., and Rich's) closed lunch counters permanently because of sit-ins. Texas' J. Weingarten, Inc., with 45 lunch counters in its supermarkets, is installing automatic equipment in some for integrated stand-up lunches...