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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 10 > A grocery chain with local roots

A grocery chain with local roots

The first of the Erickson’s stores was established in 1915

By Andrew Moore / The Bulletin
February 10, 2009

Doug Schmidt is the managing partner of the Erickson’s Thriftway grocery store chain in Central Oregon, a chain that traces its roots back to its first store opening in downtown Bend in 1915.

Though the four-store chain is no longer owned by the original Erickson family, Schmidt sees....

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