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   George Albert Ralphs (September 23, 1850 – June 21, 1914) was an American businessman. He founded the Ralphs supermarket chain in Southern California, with the help of his brother Walter.

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   Oct 19, 2003 · But it was George Ralphs who first understood what the automobile would mean to the grocery business. In 1911, he built an offshoot of his original store at Pico Boulevard and Normandie Avenue.

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   Jun 21, 2006 · June 21, 1914: Ralphs Grocery Co. founder George A. Ralphs was at Lake Arrowhead with his wife and children when the boulder on which he was perched “gave way and rolled 20 feet down into the...

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   Nov 17, 2015 · Learn how George Ralphs, a Los Angeles grocer, opened the first supermarket in 1926, offering off-street parking, fresh produce, and a clean environment. Discover how his innovation influenced the development of supermarket retailing across the US and the world.

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   Jan 23, 2023 · Learn about George Ralphs, the founder of Ralphs markets, who started as a bricklayer and became a supermarket innovator. Read how he survived a hunting accident, built a successful business, and died in a freak accident in 1914.

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7. www.mercurynews.com › 2023/01/24 › george-ralphs-wasGeorge Ralphs was a grocery pioneer in California

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   Jan 24, 2023 · Sixty-four year old George Ralphs’ life came to an abrupt end June 21, 1914. The empire that he started is still going strong today. Ralphs Grocery Company was one of the first chain stores...

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   Who was George Albert Ralphs?

   • George Albert Ralphs (September 23, 1850 – June 21, 1914) was an American businessman. He founded the Ralphs supermarket chain in Southern California, with the help of his brother Walter. George Albert Ralphs was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1850. His family moved to California on a prairie schooner and a yoke of oxen when he was a boy.

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   Why did George Ralphs move to Los Angeles?

   • After finishing up with school, George Ralphs was ready to move on to new horizons. During the early 1870s, he took his masonry trade with him to Los Angeles. A rather small town of around 8,000 at the time, L.A. was nonetheless blossoming into a center of commerce. For young George, this was the place to be.

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   Does Ralphs still exist today?

   • The empire that he started is still going strong today. Ralphs Grocery Company was one of the first chain stores in the United States and has helped establish the concept of today’s “supermarket.” Currently, it operates more than 400 stores throughout California under the store names of Ralphs, Food 4 Less, Cala Foods and Bell Markets.

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   How many Ralphs stores are there in California?

   • Currently, it operates more than 400 stores throughout California under the store names of Ralphs, Food 4 Less, Cala Foods and Bell Markets. Contact Nick Cataldo at Yankeenut15@gmail.com and read more of his local history articles at Facebook.com/BackRoadsPress.

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9. www.pbssocal.org › history-society › retailRalphs, the Big Lebowski, and Shaping the American Shopping ...

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   Mar 21, 2013 · With its first store in 1873, Ralphs established its first SoCal foothold in downtown Los Angeles. If "The Big Lebowski" reimagined noir films in ways rarely seen, Ralphs redefined grocery shopping and food distribution while innovating the supermarket scheme for a national audience.