In 1944, and Wall Street Journal I mentioned that even industrial experts were unable to settle to define supermarkets. Most of them agreed that stores have many departments-including products, meat and dairy-the groceries regions were self-service. The Supermarket Institute has set the minimum sales volume at $ 200,000 a year (about $ 3.6 million today).
For some historians, all the pieces collect in Michael Coleen Coleen. In 1929, he was running a Kruger in Illinois when he wrote to the company’s president, William Albrez, with an idea to create “brutal” stores where the goods would move quickly because it was a little price. He said that thanks to the size of the elements, they are still winning. He expected that he would sell the groceries of $ 10,000 a week.
By saving the audience $ 1 to $ 3 on their food bills, he wrote: “I will be” the miracle “for grocery”.
Albrez never seen the message, instead, Kolin opened his private store in Queens, New York. The warehouse, which is 6000 square feet, keeps 1000 elements. Clients soon began to appear.
In 1936, Cullen died after the extension of appendix. His wife seized the company, which opened more than ten stores, which together raised more than $ 6 million annually (more than $ 139 million today).
Three years after King Kullen announced himself as a price of price, Albrez Kruger left to open his name, which was the first to use the term “supermarket” in his name.
