Brookshire Brothers
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| Type | Private employee-owned company |
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| Industry | Retail (Grocery) |
| Founded | Lufkin, Texas, 1921 |
| Headquarters | Lufkin, Texas USA |
| Number of locations | 72 |
| Key people | Austin and Tom Brookshire, Founders |
| Divisions | Brookshire Brothers Fresh Harvest B & B Foods Budget Chopper Celebration Foods |
Brookshire Brothers Grocery (
/ˈbrʊkʃər/) is a supermarket retailer headquartered in Lufkin, Texas.[1]
Brookshire Brothers operates 70 stores under the names Brookshire Brothers and B&B Foods, and seven stand-alone pharmacies in a market area covering Texas and Louisiana. The company purchased convenience store Polk Oil in 2007; Polk operates 30 stores as a subsidiary of Brookshire Brothers.
In 1998 Brookshire operated about ten stores in suburban areas in Greater Houston. Carol Bradley, a spokesperson, said that Brookshire keeping prices and media attention low helped it stay in the Greater Houston market. Brookshire Brothers executives resisted efforts from CNN to have a feature made about the chain; while many grocery stores are in favor of media attention, Brookshire Brothers did not want additional media exposure.[2]
On February 28, 1999, Brookshire Brothers had 12 Houston area locations, making $103.4 million in annual sales from those locations. It had 2% of the Houston grocery market. It had 141 Houston area employees.[3] In July 1999 Brookshire had 1.8% of the Houston grocery market.[4]
[edit] Similarly named chain
Brookshire Brothers was founded in Lufkin in 1921.[5]
Another East Texas grocery chain, Brookshire's, was originally part of Brookshire Brothers. The companies split in 1937, when Wood T. Brookshire took control of the Tyler-area stores in exchange for his share in the Brookshire Brothers partnership. [6] The companies are no longer related except by name.
[edit] References
- ^ "Our Company." Brookshire Brothers. Retrieved on July 25, 2009.
- ^ Elder, Laura. "Independent grocers find growth despite gargantuan competition." Houston Business Journal. Sunday February 1, 1998. Retrieved on August 17, 2011.
- ^ Hassell, Greg. "CHRONICLE 100 LEADING COMPANIES OF HOUSTON / Grocers getting food for thought." Houston Chronicle. Sunday May 23, 1999. Special Section, Page 38. Retrieved on December 1, 2011.
- ^ Sit-DuVall, Mary. "`Right' store was ripe for picking / Randalls joins trend with deal." Houston Chronicle. Saturday July 24, 1999. Business 1. Retrieved on December 1, 2011.
- ^ "Brookshire Brothers." The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on April 14, 2010.
- ^ "Brookshire Grocery Company." The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on April 14, 2010.
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