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
District Grocery Stores Grocery Stores cooperative but were individually owned by independent grocers. Most stores were set up as a single room on the ground floor on the property with the family living above or behind the store. This allowed the store to remain open very long hours and offered plenty of labor to serve the customers with children helping their parents when not in school. The first generation often spoke Yiddish as a first language and learned English while interacting with customers and reading labels on canned goods. The second-generation were expected to help in the store but were also attending local