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Coppell, Texas-Based Minyard Food Stores Fills Niche as Produce Wholesaler.

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Date: Monday, September 8 2003

By Barry Shlachter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 8--Coppell-based Minyard Food Stores, launched by postman A.W. "Eck" Minyard to provide Depression-era jobs for two younger brothers, isn't scrambling to add to its 73 supermarkets in North Texas' frenzied and crowded grocery market.

Instead, the family-owned, 71-year-old retail chain has taken the highly unorthodox step of venturing into wholesale produce distribution.

Last month, it quietly began offering deliveries of fruit, vegetables and deli it

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