| 1953 - | Alex Grass entered the wholesale grocery business, joining
his father-in-law's company Louis Lehrman & Son based
in Harrisburg, PA. A few years later, Alex Grass developed
Rack Rite Distributors - a health and beauty aid wholesaler
to compliment the grocery wholesaler Louis Lehrman &
Son.
Alex Grass' first drugstore opened in 1962 - was eventually named Rite Aid. |
| 1981 - | Louis Lehrman and Son picked up many new wholesale
customers after the Pantry Pride bankruptcy auction.
Competed with other wholesalers like B.Green & Co.,
P.A.& S Small, Wetterau, Richfood, and Fleming. |
| 1983 - | Louis Lehrman & Son Inc. changed its name to Super Rite
Foods to closely associate the wholesaler with its parent
company Rite Aid.
Rite Aid spun off Super Rite as a separate entity. |
| 1984 - | Super Rite Foods went public on the NYSE.
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| 1985 - | Super Rite entered the retail food business with the
acquisition of the 48-store Food-A-Rama chain in
Baltimore, MD. Deal included the Food-A-Rama,
Super-Super, and Basics Food Warehouse stores.
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| 1989 - | Rite Aid sold its 46% interest in Super Rite Foods.
Alex Grass and his Rite Aid management team were voted in as Super Rite's new management. |
| 1991 - | Super Rite won the Shoppers Food Warehouse wholesale
account away from B.Green & Co.
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| 1992 - | Super Rite introduced the Metro Food Markets banner.
Began converting all the Basics stores to Metro Food
Markets.
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| 1994 - | Super Rite sold two Basics stores to Baltimore-based Food King Supermarkets
and won Food King's wholesale business away from (Richfood) B.Green & Co.
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| 1995 - |
Super Rite Foods was sold to Richfood Holdings. |