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On December 11, 1957, Ralph Ketner, Brown Ketner, and Wilson Smith co-founded the Food Town (later Food Lion) grocery store chain in Salisbury, North Carolina. Ketner served as President (later CEO, chairman, and Chairman Emeritus). The chain experienced high-profile problems due to a scandal involving repackaging of out-of-date and tainted ...
Ralph Ketner resigned in 1957 and opened a grocery store with two men who had also worked for Glenn Ketner and had then gone on to work for Winn-Dixie: his brother, Brown, and shared friend, Wilson Smith. Their entrepreneurial adventure had a somewhat rocky beginning, however.
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Apr 21, 2011 · Wilson Smith died early Wednesday morning at 93. In 1957 he started Food Lion (then Food Town) with Ralph and Brown Ketner. That one Salisbury store would eventually grow to today’s 1,300 stores ...
May 2, 2011 · SALISBURY, N.C. — Wilson Smith, a co-founder of the Food Lion chain, based here, died last month at age 93, according to reports. Smith partnered with two brothers, Ralph Ketner and Brown Ketner ...
Oct 31, 2016 · Wilson Smith (Ronnie’s dad), Ralph Ketner and Brown Ketner went on to found Food Town in 1957, and their first store was in the Ketner Center, owned by Glenn Ketner Sr. Eller and Ronnie Smith ...
May 30, 2016 · Ketner, along with Wilson Smith and Brown Ketner, founded the Food Town grocery chain in 1957 in Salisbury. The stores were a moderate success until 1968 when Ketner slashed prices and came up with the slogan 'LFPINC;' lowest food prices in North Carolina.
Jun 6, 2016 · Ralph Ketner, the late Brown Ketner and the late Wilson Smith had all worked for Glenn Ketner Sr. before striking out on their own to form Food Town in 1957, which eventually became Food Lion.
