Seessel's Supermarkets was an upscale

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, owned by Albertsons, Inc. It was acquired by

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in 2002, which rebranded the stores Schnucks.

History

Seessel's was founded in 1858, when Henry Seessel opened a meat stand in downtown Memphis. The first Seessel's Supermarket opened on Union Avenue in 1941. In 1997, brothers Art and Jerry Seessel, the fifth generation of the family to operate the business, sold the supermarket to Alabama-based

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. Bruno's struggled with the 10-store chain, and Seessels took back the stores before selling them to Idaho-based

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in 1999. In 2002, Albertsons sold the 12-store chain to

, which rebranded the stores. In 2011, Schnucks left the Memphis market and sold the former Seessel's stores to

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References

Sources

Art Seessel's short biography
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