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The history of Minyard Food Stores dates back to the 1930s. A.W. "Eck" Minyard, a postal employee, purchased a store at 6011 Lindsley Avenue in East Dallas for $1,200. His primary motivation for the purchase was to provide jobs for his two younger brothers, H.C. "Henry" and M.T. "Buddy" Minyard, who had just completed high school. [1]
To supply jobs for his siblings, Eck bought a small store in east Dallas for $1,200. The first Minyard Food Store, which was little more than 500 square feet in size, opened on February 12, 1932. Eck operated the store with three of his brothers--H.C. 'Henry' Minyard, M.T. 'Buddy' Minyard, and H.J. 'Hap' Minyard&mdash well as his sister, Fay ...
May 9, 2018 · A.W. “ Eck ” Minyard opens the first Minyard Food Store in east Dallas, Texas. 1957: Company founds Minyard Properties Inc. 1982: Minyard opens its first Sack ’ n Save Warehouse Food Store. 1987: Minyard acquires 27 store locations from Safeway Stores Inc. 1988: Lisbeth Minyard and Gretchen Minyard Williams assume leadership of the ...
Jul 11, 2016 · At that time, the company had 69 Minyard, Carnival and Sack ’n Save stores, as well as 14 On the Go fuel stations in North Texas. Pieces of the Minyard portfolio were sold off between 2004 and 2011.
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I spend a lot of my childhood in Minyard’s. I remember the Tom Thumb in Snider Plaza was a Minyard’s and the Whole Foods in Lakewood was also a Minyard’s. I found a pic of the Minyard’s in Lakewood (East Dallas) that’s now Whole Foods. Ahhhhh...memories. Nice flashback pic.
Sep 9, 2022 · A complete timeline of Minyard Food Stores's History from founding to present including key milestones and major events.
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Jan 31, 2015 · Minyard was a big force in the North Texas grocery market for much of the last century, but before acquiring the eight Albertsons and four Tom Thumb stores, it operated only 12 stores in the ...
