Farm Stores Corporation is exploring plans to expand its concept nationally. Founded in 1935, the Bared family, fronted by company president and CEO Carlos Bared, bought Farm Stores out of bankruptcy in 1992.Farm Stores Corporation's drive-thru markets, you never leave the car. With more than 100 Express Markets throughout Florida, Farm Stores is the nation's largest drive-thru grocery retailer. The chain's pre-paid Farm Stores Quick Card (think of it as a debit card for milk) allows customers to buy gallons more cheaply by paying in advance. The grocery chain's stores are supplied by Associated Grocers of Florida.

The business was spun off by Limited Brands in 1999 and changed its name to Tween Brands from Too, Inc. in 2006. Dress Barn bought Tween Brands to extend its retail reach to young girls. Justice serves up apparel and accessories to girls ages 7 to 14 from some 890 stores throughout the US and Puerto Rico. A division of The Dress Barn, which bought the chain when it purchased Tween Brands in 2009, Justice stores sell value-priced apparel, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, toys, and even electronics and furnishings to trendy "tweens." Outside the US, the chain has about 35 franchised locations in the Middle East and Europe. It also sells via its website and through "catazines" (catalogs with editorial content).

Kenny Pipe & Supply was formed in 1992 when owner Bill Kenny bought five Westburne Supply locations in Alabama. Hey, y'all, plumbing problems in the Southeast might call for Kenny. Through about 10 locations in Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee, Kenny Pipe & Supply distributes faucets, fittings, pipes, valves, water heaters, and other plumbing equipment and supplies from such manufacturers as A.O. Smith, Bemis, Elkay, and NIBCO. Customers include residential, commercial, and industrial plumbing contractors, as well as institutions and municipalities.

Huttig Building Products, Inc. and its subsidiaries distribute millwork, building materials, and wood products used in new residential construction, home improvement, remodeling, and repair work in the United States. It offers various millwork products comprising exterior and interior doors, pre-hung door units, windows, patio doors, mouldings, frames, stair parts, and columns under Therma-Tru, Masonite, HB&G, Huttig Windows, Woodgrain, Windsor, and L. J. Smith brand names; and general building products, such as roofing, siding, insulation, flashing, housewrap, connectors and fasteners, decking, drywall, kitchen cabinets, and other miscellaneous building products under Typar, Timbertech, Fiberon, Simpson Strong-Tie, Huttigrip Fasteners, Louisiana Pacific, Owens Corning, and CertainTeed brand names. The company provides various wood products, which include engineered wood products, such as floor systems, as well as lumber and wood panels. The company sells its products to building materials dealers; national buying groups; home centers; and industrial users, including makers of manufactured homes. As of December 31, 2009, Huttig Building Products distributed its products through 27 distribution centers serving 41 states. Huttig Building Products, Inc. was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Esselunga is owned by Supermarkets Italiani S.p.A., and controlled by its founder and chairman Bernardo Caprotti and family.Esselunga is a leading Italian grocery store chain, with about 130 supermarkets and superstores, or hypermarkets, throughout northern Italy. The company also had real estate assets which it hived off into a separate company, La Villata S.p.A., in 2005. The Italian grocery chain has long been rumored to be a takeover target of foreign retailers because it operates in some of the richest regions in Italy. The company has been busy opening new stores and remodeling existing locations. Founded in 1957.

Royal Ahold also operates Albert Heijn (the 1 food retailer in The Netherlands), as well as stores in Portugal, the Baltic states, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Other interests include the US online grocery service Peapod and a majority stake in Scandinavian food seller ICA AB. A tattered prince of global food retailing, Royal Ahold owns or has an interest in more than 5,200 supermarkets and specialty stores in Europe and the US. While its status as one of the world's largest grocery retailers has been greatly diminished, it still ranks as a leading supermarket operator along the East Coast of the US under names, including Giant Food and Stop & Shop, which account for about 60% of its total sales.

Hampton Lumber Sales (HLS) is the sales division of privately held Hampton Affiliates. The division sells dimensional lumber, stud lumber, industrial lumber and clears, panel products, and engineered wood products. HLS sells more than a billion board ft. of Hampton's mill products and another billion ft. of outside-mill products. It ships products by unit, container, railcar (utilizing Hampton's private fleet of center beam railcars), or truckload to serve its wholesale customers. Additionally, the unit offers reload services from centers in California, Oregon, and Washington. Formed in 1950, HLS has grown to be one of the largest forest products wholesalers in the nation.

American Furniture Warehouse sells furniture and electronics at discounted prices through about a dozen retail locations in Colorado and via its website, which also features bridal and gift registries. The company has built a reputation as a home-spun, local furniture retailer. Jabs bought the company in 1975.

Since 1859, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Inc. (A&P) has fulfilled the shopping needs of families throughout North America with freshness, quality, variety and value. In December 2007, Pathmark Supermarkets, with its 141 stores, joined the A&P Family of Supermarkets.With corporate headquarters in Montvale, N.J., A&P operates 395 stores in the United States under 6 retail banners which include conventional supermarkets, food and drug combination stores, discount food stores, and several in-store Health Clinics. A&P employs 40,688 associates. Annualized sales volume is approximately $8.8 billion. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol "GAP." The Company distributes private label product lines sold exclusively throughout its U.S. banners under the trade names America's Choice, Master Choice, Health Pride, Savings Plus, and Pathmark.With pride in its 152-year history, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company today looks forward to a future of continued service to its customers, communities and employees throughout North America.

Jeg's Automotive Inc. operates a warehouse, chassis shop, call centers, and a distribution center in the metropolitan Columbus area. It's a family affair at Jeg's Automotive, and it's even a little racy. The family-owned retail speed shop business is owned and operated by four racing brothers - Jeg Jr., John, Troy, and Mike Coughlin - who took over the business their dad, Jeg Sr., started back in 1960. Jeg's Automotive operates online and from a pair of stores in Ohio (in Columbus and Reynoldsburg) to supply high-performance parts for domestic and import cars, street rods, Pro Stock cars, and sportsman-level and bracket racing cars.

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