King Kullen of Queens, N.Y., founded in 1930 by a former Kroger employee, is often cited as the first true supermarket by ...
And it was a Long Island chain, our very own King Kullen — formerly of Bethpage, now based in Hauppauge — that is often credited as having launched the first supermarket, back in 1930 in Queens.
King Kullen operates 45 supermarkets and three Wild by Nature natural food stores. ADDITIONAL NOTES: IGA, the Chicago-based voluntary network of independent operators, accounted for U.S. sales of ...
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