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Brookshire Brothers Grocery is a supermarket retailer headquartered in Lufkin, Texas.〔"(Our Company )." Brookshire Brothers. Retrieved on July 25, 2009.〕 Brookshire Brothers operates 112 stores under the names Brookshire Brothers and B&B Foods, and seven stand-alone pharmacies in a market area covering Texas and Louisiana. The company purchased convenience store operator Polk Oil in 2007; Polk operates 32 stores as a subsidiary of Brookshire Brothers. In 1998 Brookshire operated about ten stores in suburban areas in Greater Houston. Carol Bradley, a spokesperson, said that Brookshire keeping prices and media attention low helped it stay in the Greater Houston market. Brookshire Brothers executives resisted efforts from CNN to have a feature made about the chain; while many grocery stores are in favor of media attention, Brookshire Brothers did not want additional media exposure.〔Elder, Laura. "(Independent grocers find growth despite gargantuan competition )." ''Houston Business Journal''. Sunday February 1, 1998. Retrieved on August 17, 2011.〕 On February 28, 1999, Brookshire Brothers had 12 Houston area locations, making $103.4 million in annual sales from those locations. It had 2% of the Houston grocery market. It had 141 Houston area employees.〔Hassell, Greg. "(CHRONICLE 100 LEADING COMPANIES OF HOUSTON / Grocers getting food for thought )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday May 23, 1999. Special Section, Page 38. Retrieved on December 1, 2011.〕 In July 1999 Brookshire had 1.8% of the Houston grocery market.〔Sit-DuVall, Mary. "(`Right' store was ripe for picking / Randalls joins trend with deal )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Saturday July 24, 1999. Business 1. Retrieved on December 1, 2011.〕 ==History== Brookshire Brothers was founded in Lufkin in 1921.〔"(Brookshire Brothers )." The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on April 14, 2010.〕 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.〔"(Brookshire Grocery Company )." The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on April 14, 2010.〕 The companies are no longer related except by name. By February 2014, talks were underway for Brookshire Brothers to acquire David's Supermarkets, a small, mostly-rural chain of grocery locations in north and northeast Texas.〔Haynes, Danielle. "(David's Supermarkets in talks to be sold )." ''Kaufman Herald'', February 27, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-01.〕 In early April, the deal was completed. Ten of the David's locations, including a David's Express and the Pecan Foods store would have their names remain, while the other 15 will have the Brookshire Brothers name.〔"(Brookshire Brothers to convert most Davids )", ''Supermarket News'', April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-10.〕〔"(Lufkin-based grocer purchases David's Supermarkets )", ''Glen Rose Reporter'', April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-10.〕〔Danielle Haynes, "(Brookshire Brothers buys David's Supermarkets )", ''Kaufman Herald'', April 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-10.〕〔(Lufkin-Based Grocer Expands its Footprint )", ''The Brookshire Brothers Blog'', April 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-10.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brookshire Brothers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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