Lund Food Holdings, Inc is an American supermarket operator. Headquartered in Edina, it owns the upscale supermarket chain Lunds & Byerlys. The company opened its first supermarkets in the Uptown area of

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

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

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. Byerly's opened fourteen other stores in the metro area. 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

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, 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

( Hennepin &

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) * 1942 Edina ( 50th & France) * 1967 Richfield (Penn Avenue) * 1969

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* 1983

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(Ford Parkway) * 1984

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* 1994 Bloomington (Normandale) * 2001 Plymouth * 2006 Orono (Navarre) * 2006

(Central &

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, in Cobalt Condominiums) * 2012

(12th & Hennepin) * 2013 Prior Lake * 2014

(Town Center) (Lunds & Byerlys Kitchen) Closed 2017 * 2014

(downtown in the Penfield) * 2018 White Bear Lake (Bordering White Bear Township)

History of Byerly's store openings

* 1968 Golden Valley * 1971

(East Side) (closed) * 1973 Edina (France Ave/ Southdale) (Rebuilt as new structure in 2014) * 1977 St. Cloud * 1980 St. Louis Park * 1982

* 1986 Bloomington (Lyndale) (closed) * 1987 Roseville * 1988 Burnsville * 1994

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* 1996 Eagan * 1996 Highland Park (closed) * 1999 Maple Grove * 2006

* 2014 Woodbury * 2014 Eden Prairie

History of Lunds & Byerlys store openings

* 2015

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

References

External links

Lunds & Byerlys website
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