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Grocery Supply company history timeline

1947

The origin of GSC Enterprises dates to February 18, 1947, when Grocery Supply Company opened for business in Mt.

Founded in 1947, by Curtis McKenzie, Kenneth McKenzie and Woodrow Brittain, the company prospered under their leadership.

1953

And in 1953, within just six years, the three partners began expanding.

1965

By 1965, after several expansions, GSC had again outgrown the available space and moved into 42,000 square feet of space at its current location in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

1977

To help manage its growing business, in 1977 Grocery Supply added an electronic commerce system for vendors.

1980

In 1980 the company boosted the pace of its acquisitions.

1988

In 1988 the company formed a new unit called Fidelity Express Money Order Co. to facilitate retail money order sales.

1992

To help educate customers about its vendors’ offerings, in the spring of 1992 GSC sponsored a trade show called The Marketplace.

1994

By 1994 GSC’s convenience store sales had grown to $750 million, with another $100 million accounted for by supermarkets.

1995

Acquiring Lewis Bear,” Food Institute Report, May 22, 1995.

2000

Walker, Joe, “Sulphur Springs, Texas-based Grocery Distributor Closing Paducah, Ky., Site,” Paducah Sun, August 31, 2000.

2001

By 2001 this consolidation had shrunk the firm’s warehouse space to 1.68 million square feet.

2004

In 2004 GSC’s Pensacola warehouse was damaged by Hurricane Ivan.

2007

Huffman, Faith, “County Eyes Buying GSC’s Fidelity Express Building,” Sulphur Springs News-Telegram, February 27, 2007.

2009

On June 1, 2009, GSC moved to an IBM iSeries system to better service the needs of our customers as well as the needs of GSC operations.

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