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To: manny t who wrote (19533)	10/10/2006 9:07:45 AM
From: Galirayo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23958

Meijer is like a Wal Mart Super Store .. Their prices are excellent as well. They beat most all of the competitors especially in groceries.

To: manny t who wrote (19533)	10/11/2006 10:39:47 AM
From: Galirayo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23958

[GNBT] Did you run a Count of the Stores involved ?? With sales of more than $4.6 billion and more than 200 retail stores across seven Midwestern states, Hy-Vee ranks among the top 15 supermarket chains in the nation. Meijer started out as a local grocer - offering the best products and prices in town. Today we still offer the best groceries in town, and a whole lot more. In 1962 we opened the first Meijer Thrifty Acres, a food and general merchandise store. It was the birth of one-stop shopping and since then we've grown into a supercenter featuring over 40 departments with over 170 stores across the midwest! We're continuing to add more stores with our original philosophy in mind - extraordinary selection, low prices and friendly service. Originally founded in Raleigh by Banks Kerr in 1951, the chain was operating 97 stores when it was acquired in 1995 by JCPenney. In 1996, JCPenney also added Fay’s Drug, Inc. in New York and 190 Rite Aid stores in the Carolinas to its existing Thrift Drug/Treasury Drug operation. In 1996, JCPenney’s attempted purchase of Eckerd Drug Inc. raised serious FTC concerns of threatened competition in the region. The FTC ultimately forced JCPenney to divest itself of 34 former Kerr Drug stores and 130 Rite Aids in Carolina. This entity was to become the “new” Kerr Drug. JCPenney approached over 20 serious bidders for the stores, but the Kerr name and 164 stores were ultimately purchased by a group led by former Thrift Drug executives who left the JCPenney organization following the Eckerd acquisition. The re-birth of Kerr Drug marked the return of a recognized and respected name in the chain drug industry to its roots in the Carolinas. I think Fruth is 25 or so. fruthpharmacy.com