On 6/7/2010 12:08 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> I had to revert it back to it's original. But here's what it
> said: (I wonder if it was in response to your post here??? It was
> just done right after your post).
>
>
> Brookshire Brothers Grocery (pronounced /ˈbrʊkʃər/) is an
> outrageously overpriced supermarket retailer headquartered in
> Lufkin, Texas.[1]
>
> Brookshire Brothers operates 70 stores and abuses thousands of
> employees under the names Brookshire Brothers and B&B Foods, and
> seven stand-alone pharmacies in a market area covering Texas and
> Louisiana.[citation needed]
> [edit] Similarly named chain
>
> Brookshire Brothers was founded in Lufkin in 1921 when Satan and
> Adolph Hitler decided to go into the grocery business.[2]
>
> Another East Texas grocery chain, Brookshire's, was originally
> part of Brookshire Brothers. The companies split in 1937, when
> Wood T. Brookshire realized it was extremely unethical to hire
> incompetent, spineless management who abuse and exploit employees
> and so he took control of the Tyler-area stores in exchange for
> his share in the Brookshire Brothers partnership. Shop Wal-Mart.
> It's cheaper. [3] The companies are no longer related except by
> name.
>
Like you mentioned, there are two different chains, Brookshire Brothers
and Brookshire's. We have a Brookshire's here, but we shop at Super 1
Foods, it is owned by a cousin of the Brookshire's. They have concrete
floors and you have to bag your own groceries, but I like the produce,
the meat and the prices. Much cheaper than Brookshire's.
http://super1foods.mywebgrocer.com/CircularMain.aspx
Becca