Daniel Reeves Stores was a grocery

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which numbered 297 units in the

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area in 1922. The business was founded by the father and uncle of

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. The founders worked their way up from fruit peddlers.

Merger

Daniel Reeves Stores merged with

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, in 1941. The merger was announced by James Reeves, president of Daniel Reeves Stores, Inc., and included its eastern chain of 408 grocery stores.''The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal'', Volume 81and 82, F.H. Hobbs & Company, 1941, pg. 43.

References

{{Supermarkets of the United States

External links

The GG Archives – Article About James Reeves, who with his brother, Daniel Reeves, Built the Daniel Reeves, Inc. Grocery Store Chain (1923)
Defunct companies based in New York City 20th century in New York City Defunct supermarkets of the United States