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Brookshire’s first warehouse opened in Tyler in 1953. In the 1960s, the company expanded into Louisiana and the construction of a 175,000-square-foot (16,300 m2) distribution center in Tyler. In 1984, the company opened the first Super 1 Foods store in Alexandria, LA. Super 1 Foods was originally a no-frills, warehouse format.
The following growth through the 1950s and 60s, Austin Brookshire's three sons, Oscar, Eugene, and R.A., assumed leadership and grew the company to more than 70 stores. In 1999, as the surviving brothers neared retirement, the company embarked on an employee-owner stock buy out. By 2006, Brookshire Brothers achieved 100% employee-ownership.
Big Y Foods, Inc. (or Big Y) is an American, family-owned supermarket chain located in Massachusetts and Connecticut. It operates under the trade names "Big Y World Class Market" or "Big Y Supermarket". In 1936, a young entrepreneur, Paul D'Amour, aided by his brother, Gerald, and sisters, Ann Marie, Yvette, and Gertrude, purchased the Y Cash ...
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (/ ˈ b ɜːr k ʃ ər /) is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.Founded in 1839 as a textile manufacturer, it underwent a drastic restructuring into a conglomerate starting in 1965 under the leadership of chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and vice chairman Charlie Munger.