Lund Food Holdings, Inc is an American

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operator. Headquartered in Edina, it owns the upscale

chain Lunds & Byerlys. The company opened its first supermarkets in the

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area of Minneapolis. In 2015, it changed its name from Lunds to Lunds & Byerlys. It operates 28 stores in Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area of Minnesota.

History

Lunds History

Russell T. Lund Sr. founded a grocery called Hove's in 1939 at the corner of Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue in the

neighborhood of Minneapolis. Russell Lund Sr., an employee, took an equity stake in the cheese and cracker department in 1922 and after founding a

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business, a larger stake in 1939. The chain took the Lunds name in 1964. Lunds and Byerly's were competing companies until 1997 when Lunds acquired Byerly's. They continued to operate under their individual names until April 2015, when the stores were rebranded Lunds & Byerlys. In 2006, they launched its online grocery shopping service. Shoppers have the option of either picking up their groceries at certain stores or having it delivered to their home.

Byerly's History

Byerly's was founded in 1968 by Don Byerly, who opened the first store in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Byerly's opened fourteen other stores in the

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. Byerly's stores, which ranged in size from 50,000 to , were open 24 hours a day until, February 2008 when the store hours were changed to 6am to 12am. Byerly's locations offered in-store United States Post Offices, full-service banks, coffee shops, floral departments, wines & spirits shops, and in-store Byerly's restaurants. All Byerly's branded restaurants have now closed, but a restaurant named "Minnesota Grill" still operates out of the Roseville store location offering limited Lund's and Byerly's food items. The store was known for its "great customer service" and its deli and bakery. Byerly's was commonly viewed as high-end grocery shopping, and prices were relatively similar to other retail stores selling the same brands. Product quality was the core focus of Byerlys and the prices reflect higher quality products. In April 1997, the company was purchased by Lund Food Holdings, Inc., parent company of Edina-based Lunds.

Store Openings

History of Lunds store openings

* 1939 Minneapolis ( Hennepin & Lake) * 1942 Edina (

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) * 1967 Richfield (Penn Avenue) * 1969 Minnetonka * 1983 St. Paul (Ford Parkway) * 1984 Wayzata * 1994 Bloomington (Normandale) * 2001

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* 2006 Orono (Navarre) * 2006 Minneapolis (Central & University, in Cobalt Condominiums) * 2012 Minneapolis (12th & Hennepin) * 2013 Prior Lake * 2014 Wayzata (Town Center) (Lunds & Byerlys Kitchen) Closed 2017 * 2014 St. Paul (downtown in the Penfield) * 2018 White Bear Lake (Bordering White Bear Township)

History of Byerly's store openings

* 1968 Golden Valley * 1971 St. Paul (East Side) (closed) * 1973 Edina (France Ave/ Southdale) (Rebuilt as new structure in 2014) * 1977 St. Cloud * 1980

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* 1982 Minnetonka * 1986 Bloomington (Lyndale) (closed) * 1987

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* 1988 Burnsville * 1994 Chanhassen * 1996 Eagan * 1996 Highland Park (closed) * 1999 Maple Grove * 2006 Minneapolis * 2014

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* 2014 Eden Prairie

History of Lunds & Byerlys store openings

* 2015 Minnetonka (Glen Lake) * 2018 White Bear Lake * 2021 Minneapolis (Nokomis, on Cedar Avenue near Minnehaha Parkway, in Noko Apartments)

References

External links

Lunds & Byerlys website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lunds and Byerlys Companies based in Edina, Minnesota Supermarkets of the United States Retail companies established in 1939 Privately held companies based in Minnesota 1939 establishments in Minnesota