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Rosauers Supermarkets, Inc. is a regional chain of supermarkets in the western United States, based in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 1934 by J. Merton Rosauer, Rosauers was sold in 1984 to Spokane-based URM Stores, and it eventually grew to 22 stores under the Huckleberry's Natural Market, Rosauers, and Super 1 Foods brands. Its stores are located in , and Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon. ==History== In 1934, 20-year-old J. Merton Rosauer (1914–1990)〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Find a Grave )〕 purchased a small grocery store in Spokane, Washington, after obtaining a $1,000 loan from his parents.〔 His father, Joseph P. Rosauer (1888–1961),〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Find a Grave )〕 owned two grocery stores in Spokane on East Sprague and in Parkwater, where Merton and younger brother Roswell worked. By 1938, Mert Rosauer sold his first store and invested in another grocery store.〔 After selling off his second store, Rosauer opened his and Spokane's first supermarket in 1949.〔〔 In 1984, prior to retiring, Rosauer sold the company to URM Stores, a grocery supplier based in Spokane.〔 By June 1986, Rosauers was operating 25 stores in four U.S. states with about 1,500 employees. In September 1989, the Board of Directors for URM Stores made the decision to sell off the Rosauers chain.〔 URM Stores agreed to sell 15 of the 24 Rosauers stores through an employee stock ownership plan in February 1990. On April 10, 1990, Spokane employees of Rosauers voted to accept amendments to their labor contracts that would allow the employee purchase of the company.〔 With 425 of the 700 eligible employees voting, the final count was 377 for and 48 against the company's sale.〔 The sale was completed on July 27, 1990, with the company's 1,250 employees receiving ownership of 15 supermarkets, one freestanding pharmacy, an ice cream plant, and the corporate office building.〔 In November 1993, Rosauers was assessed $50,450 in civil fines for violating federal child labor laws at eight of its Spokane-area stores. Rosauers president Larry Geller said most of the violations involved one or two hours over the 18-hour weekly limit set for employees under age 16.〔 On June 13, 2000, Rosauers announced URM Stores had completed the purchase of Rosauers after more than 1,800 of Rosauers' employees voted in favor of the sale.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sale of Super 1's parent company is completed )〕 In June 2000, the company operated 19 stores in the Inland Northwest.〔 Following the acquisition, URM Stores became the fourth-largest employer in Spokane County.〔 Since the sale to URM, Rosauers has opened two more stores, in Yakima, Washington (2002〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rosauers to open store in Yakima )〕) and Bozeman, Montana (2007〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State briefs: Rosauers plans to open Bozeman store )〕). In December 2008, Rosauers was forced to temporarily close its store on Francis Street in Spokane after of the store's roof collapsed. Spokane fire officials said no one was trapped in the debris and only a minor injury to a Rosauers employee was reported.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Supermarket roof collapses in snowy Spokane, Wash. )〕 The damage estimate for the roof collapse at the Francis Street location topped $1 million. In March 2011, Rosauers announced its plans to enter southern Idaho in 2012 with a store in the Boise area in Meridian.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New specialty grocery store to open in Meridian )〕 The Meridian store features a Huckleberry's Natural Market and a cooking school.〔 Rosauers said additional stores are a possibility for the Treasure Valley if the Meridian store performs well.〔 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「Rosauers Supermarkets」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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