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Rosauers
Rosauers Supermarkets, Inc. is a regional chain of supermarkets in the Western United States, based in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 1934 by J. Merton Rosauer, Rosauers was sold in 1984 to Spokane-based URM Stores, and it eventually grew to 22 stores under the Huckleberry's Natural Market, Rosauers, and Super 1 Foods brands. Its stores are located in Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon. History In 1934, 20-year-old J. Merton Rosauer (1914–1990) purchased a small grocery store in Spokane, Washington, after obtaining a $1,000 loan from his parents. His father, Joseph P. Rosauer (1888–1961), owned two grocery stores in Spokane on East Sprague and in Parkwater, where Merton and younger brother Roswell worked. By 1938, Mert Rosauer sold his first store and invested in another grocery store. After selling off his second store, Rosauer opened his and Spokane's first supermarket in 1949. In 1984, prior to retiring, Rosauer sold the company to URM Stores, a grocery supplier base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
URM Stores
URM Stores, Inc. (formerly United Retail Merchants) of Spokane, Washington is an American retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington (state), Washington. It was founded in 1921 and is a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates. It is an owner of Western Family Foods. It purchased Rosauers Supermarket in 2000. Its affiliated supermarkets include Family Foods, Harvest Foods, Rosauers, Yoke's Fresh Market, and Super 1 Foods. Data Breach In the fall of 2013, URM stores suffered a large scale data breach, resulting in the theft of magnetic stripe track data from payment cards. Washington state credit unions alone reported US $687,598.48 in total losses as a result of this breach. To reduce the costs to banks resulting from future data skimming/breach attacks, beginning in October 2015 United States merchants will be liable for fraud losses if their payment systems are not enabled to accept EMV cards, which are desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
