Brookshire Brothers

Brookshire Brothers

Brookshire Brothers Grocery ( /ˈbrʊkʃər/) is a supermarket retailer headquartered in Lufkin, Texas.

Brookshire Brothers operates 70 stores under the names Brookshire Brothers and B&B Foods, and seven stand-alone pharmacies in a market area covering Texas and Louisiana. The company purchased convenience store Polk Oil in 2007; Polk operates 30 stores as a subsidiary of Brookshire Brothers.

In 1998 Brookshire operated about ten stores in suburban areas in Greater Houston. Carol Bradley, a spokesperson, said that Brookshire keeping prices and media attention low helped it stay in the Greater Houston market. Brookshire Brothers executives resisted efforts from CNN to have a feature made about the chain; while many grocery stores are in favor of media attention, Brookshire Brothers did not want additional media exposure.

On February 28, 1999, Brookshire Brothers had 12 Houston area locations, making $103.4 million in annual sales from those locations. It had 2% of the Houston grocery market. It had 141 Houston area employees. In July 1999 Brookshire had 1.8% of the Houston grocery market.

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