Clinton News-Record, 1980-05-14, Page 34ROTH GRAND OPENING SUPPLEMENT WEEK Of MAY 12, 1980.
With $200.00and a 1926
Ford, equipped with a 2Q
square.foot h6x on the back,
4dward Knechtel started his
Wholesale Grocery'Business
in 1930. At first he bought .
sausages and cheese from
the farmers and sold them to
retail grocers in basic ally the
same area the company ser-
vices to -day. In 1935, he
obtained a franchise to sell
Chateau Cheese and Hell-
mp,n''s Mayonnaise. Two
years later, the first ware-
house was built. In 1947, the
"Cheese Man" (as everyone
called him), made two major Knechtels became the .their facilities were • t, ap-
decisions— he 'iave up the- pajor wholesale supplier to proximately 48,000, square
franchise lines and took his the L. & M. Stores in 1965. feet.
son, Oranson, into the Fifteen years later, t is as-
business.as a partner. sociation is still growing and
In 1954, a new 7,200- the 1,, & M: Stores now
square foot warehouse was number eleri,.
built on. the present location, '
to better service the ex- The "K" KheeW1 Food
Association Stores Pan was
panding business' . Twelve
years later another 15,000 instituted in 1975 and has
square feet was added, thus ' progressed to twenty-two
lc rs-16- c-oil:—Imatmus•.—The ComPABY,As
enabling nechte
vince the last of the big luny expanding it s territory
companies to sell to them. and once again it s •ware -
Another 8,000 feet was again house and office. On cam -
added in 1969. pletion in November 1979,
Roth
ood Market
•congratulations
ROTH FOOD MARKET
on the opening
of their new store.
LUKE'S
MACHINE SHOP
General Repair and Fabrication
40 Birch
Seaforth, Ont.
519-527-1080 Bus.
519-.482-3322 Res:
The company's basic
philosophy according to
officials is to make the
independent retailer success-
ful by being Competitive with
corporate chains.
est Wishes
ROTH FOOD MARKET
on the opening of
their new store
Huron Steel Fabricators
(London) Ltd.
London, Ont.
519 652-3512
7,1
(DIVISION OF CRESTWAY ELECTRONICS LTD.)
1690 GORE ROAD LONDON, ONTARIO N5W 5L5
BEST WISHE
To Ken Rot
and Roth FoodMarket
from
Your Quality Checked Dairy
•
1