Red Owl (retail chain)
| Grocery/Convenience Store | |
| Industry | Retail (Grocery) |
| Headquarters | Green Bay, WI |
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Key people
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Mervin and Jared Mason |
| Products | Fresh and Canned Groceries, Produce, Bakery, Deli, Liquor |
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Number of employees
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6 |
| Website | masonsredowl.com |
Red Owl was a grocery store chain in the United States, headquartered in Hopkins, Minnesota. Founded in 1922, it was initially owned and operated by a private investment firm affiliated with General Mills, and purchased in 1968 by Gamble-Skogmo.
Red Owl started as a coal company in the 1920s.
It opened its first store in Rochester, Minnesota. There were eventually stores throughout the upper Midwest, with one opening in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1927. The chain briefly expanded into the Chicago area starting in late 1959, but in 1963 sold its Chicago area operations to National Tea Company. In 1980, Gamble-Skogmo was acquired by Wickes Corporation, which sold the chain to three executives of the chain in January 1986. At that time, the company operated 441 stores in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and North and South Dakota.
In December 1988, the rights to the Red Owl name were obtained by grocery wholesaler Supervalu Inc., along with its warehouse and distribution operations. Supervalu phased out the Red Owl name.
Masons Red Owl is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Brownlow's Red Owl is located in Le Roy Minnesota. The store contains a Red Owl memorabilia collection that was utilized in the Cohen Brothers film, "A Serious Man,"
Brownlow's Red Owl closed in 2010, or 2011 and is now a locally named, small town grocery store.
Wagar's Red Owl is located in Henderson, Minnesota
Red Owl Family Center was a prototype opened in the early-mid 1970s featuring a drugstore and variety section alongside the usual supermarket.
Stewart, MN had a Red Owl for over 60 years until the early 2000s. It was started in 1939 by William Sunde as a Red Owl Agency Store and he ran it till his death in 1978. Larry Roepke purchased the business in 1979 and ran it under the new name of Larry's Red Owl until 2001.The building is now being restored as a community center that will also honor its Red Owl history.
Hal's Red Owl was located in Wausau, WI. It eventually dropped the Red Owl affiliation becoming simply "Hal's" before closing altogether in 1996. The building is now a "Family Video" store. Hal's was one of two Red Owl stores in the Wausau area as of the 1980s.
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