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Edward Najeeb Basha Jr. (August 24, 1937 – March 26, 2013) was the Chairman & CEO of Bashas', Inc., a grocery store chain in Arizona. His father, Eddie Basha Sr., and his uncle, Ike Basha, founded Bashas' in 1932. The first store under the Bashas' banner was opened in Chandler, Arizona.
Mainly, it is an era marked by two main characters: Najeeb and Najeeby Basha, a couple whose eight children included Ike and Eddie Basha, Sr., the men who one day would open that first store. Let’s begin at the beginning: Lebanon, 1884.
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Lebanese immigrants Najeeb and Najeeby Basha arrived in Arizona in the late 1910s and set up a dry goods store in eastern Arizona mining towns. After suffering two different fires, they moved their family to Chandler and set up a dry goods store on the southwest corner of Boston and Washington Streets.
Edward Najeeb Basha Jr. was born in August 1937 in Chandler. He was the great-grandson of Lebanese immigrants who arrived in New York City in 1884 and migrated to Arizona in 1910.
Oct 15, 2023 · Chandler native Edward “Eddie” Najeeb Basha Jr., who died in 2013, was the chairman and CEO of Bashas’ Inc. After taking over Bashas’ when his father died, he whipped up an expansion of the small company to a chain of 160 stores.
Bashas' was founded by Najeeb and Najeeby's sons, Ike Basha and Eddie Basha, Sr. Bashas' acquired Megafoods stores in Arizona in 1996. On July 12, 2009, Bashas' filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11, citing the weak economy, increased competition, and their ongoing legal fight with the UFCW union. In doing so, the company planned to ...
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Apr 14, 2023 · Brother Basha is an elders quorum teacher and former stake president, high councilor, bishop, bishopric counselor and institute teacher. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Edward Najeeb Basha Jr. and Sherri Ann Waterman.
