Stanley Stores Stanley Stores Stanley Stores Inc. was a family-owned regional grocery store chain in the United States, with its headquarters in Bay City, Texas. The chain operated three brands. Stanley Stores was the conventional grocery store brand. The "Houston Chronicle" said that the brands Price Lo Supermarkets and Foods "4" Less were "modern, warehouse-type food stores with large sales and cut-rate prices." In 1994 Greg Hassel of the "Houston Chronicle" said that Stanley Stores was one of several "small area outfits" operating stores in the Houston area. O. B. Stanley established the chain in 1945. The first location, a drive-in grocery
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