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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).
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...
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.
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.
Oct 31, 2016 · Ketner’s Supermarkets proved to be a forerunner to Food Town (today’s Food Lion) in Salisbury. Wilson Smith (Ronnie’s dad), Ralph Ketner and Brown Ketner went on to found Food Town in 1957 ...
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...
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 2, 2016 · Long before anyone heard of crowd funding, Ketner and his brother, Brown, and friend Wilson Smith raised $65,000 from 125 folks in the Salisbury area to start the company. That is the equivalent of about $533,000 today.
May 31, 2016 · When Glenn sold his chain of 25 stores to Winn-Dixie in 1956, Ralph and brother Brown worked briefly for that chain before starting Food Town with former co-worker, Wilson Smith in 1957.
Apr 21, 2011 · In 1957 Mr. Smith, Brown and Ralph Ketner founded Food Town, now Food Lion, recognized today as one of the largest supermarket chains in the nation. He served the company as Operations...
