Brookshire Brothers

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.brookshirebrothers.com
Employees: 6,200
Employee growth: 10.7%

From its roots in East Texas, Brookshire Brothers operates more than 100 supermarkets and convenience stores from Louisiana to Central Texas. The regional grocery company primarily operates under the Brookshire Brothers banner, but some of its supermarkets operate under the B&B Foods name. Nearly all of the stores feature outlets selling Conoco gasoline (the company is one of Conoco's largest distributors). Brookshire Brothers is not affiliated with Brookshire Grocery of Tyler, Texas. The companies share a common ancestry dating back to 1921, but a split between the founding brothers in the late 1930s resulted in separate grocery chains. Formerly family-owned, the grocery chain is now 100% employee owned.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending April, 2007:
Sales: $1,300.0M
One year growth: 18.2%

Officers:
Chairman: Milton Hixson
President, CEO, and Director: Jerry Johnson
COO, EVP Retail Operations, and Director: Jack Gabriel

Competitors:
H-E-B
Randall's
Wal-Mart

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Brookshire Brothers

Type	Private
Founded	Lufkin, Texas, 1921
Headquarters	Lufkin, Texas USA
Key people	Austin and Tom Brookshire, Founders
Industry	Retail (Grocery)
Divisions	Brookshire Brothers Fresh Harvest B & B Foods Budget Chopper Celebration Foods

Brookshire Brothers Grocery (pronounced /ˈbrʊkʃər/) is a supermarket retailer headquartered in Lufkin, Texas.^[1]

Brookshire Brothers operates 70 stores under the names Brookshire Brothers and B&B Foods, and seven stand-alone pharmacies in a market area covering east Texas and Louisiana.^{[citation needed]}

Similarly named chain

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Brookshire Brothers was founded in Lufkin in 1921.^{[citation needed]}

Another East Texas grocery chain, Brookshire's, was originally part of Brookshire Brothers. The companies split in 1937, when Wood T. Brookshire took control of the Tyler-area stores in exchange for his share in the Brookshire Brothers partnership. [1] The companies are no longer related except by name.

References

1. ^ "Contact Us." Brookshire Brothers. Retrieved on July 25, 2009.

External links

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