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Lee's Marketplace company history timeline

1981

In 1981 Lee and Shari Badger started into the grocery business by purchasing a small grocery store in Smithfield called Jack's Foodtown.

The liquor store opened in 1981.

1994

Meanwhile, the north end of cache valley was growing so rapidly that spring of 1994 brought the grand opening of Lee's Marketplace, a larger, brand new location directly across the street from Jack's Foodtown.

The checkout registers were computerized in 1994, making Lees one of the first supermarkets in the country to implement this new technology.

1999

The Logan location brought many new services to the table, opening in 1999.

2007

2007 brought North Ogden, formerly Acres Market, expanding the company south of Cache Valley.

2014

On February 3, 2014, the next major chapter of the Lees Market story began.

2016

The growth continued from there with the addition of an Ace Hardware in March of 2016, situated next to the Smithfield Location.

2017

January of 2017 Lee's opened their newly built masterpiece store in North Salt Lake.

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