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Raley's company history timeline

1942

On top of all this, the store at Placerville burned down in 1942.

1956

In 1956, Raley's counted nine stores in operation and over $8 million in annual revenues.

1958

14, 1958, the Florin Road store opened on Aug.

1973

Whittling the price down from $6.5 million to $3.5 million, Raley acquired the company's 10 store chain in 1973.

1981

The joint venture partners acquired the Red Top Dairy production facility in Fairfield, California, funded a comprehensive renovation of the entire plant, and opened for business in 1981.

1985

And this was definitely only the beginning of Raley’s growth, as the chain continued to expand throughout the years, making possible Tom Raley’s goal of establishing 50 stores by Raley’s 50th anniversary in 1985.

1988

The joint venture group was so pleased with the results that they decided to open a second dairy processing plant in Turlock, California, in 1988.

1992

The founder and guiding light of Raley's, Tom Raley, died in 1992.

1993

In 1993, Raley's decided to expand its joint venture with the remaining partner of the Mid-Valley group, Save Mart Supermarkets, and construct a 100,000-square-foot frozen food distribution center.

1998

Raley's added the 27-store chain to its arsenal in 1998 as part of its strategy to build store count in order to compete with larger chains such as Safeway and Lucky.

1998: Nob Hill Foods is acquired.

2001

During 2001, it expanded its partnership with Tickets.com Inc. to enable shoppers throughout New Mexico to buy tickets for various events at Raley's operated stores.

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