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Show Holiday Inns, with over 1,540 hotels in the United States, is the first major hotel chain to introduce a written room guarantee. Our No Excuses Room ARIZONA PHOENIX AIRPORT TUCSON NORTH TUCSON SOUTH CALIFORNIA HOLLYWOOD LIVERMORE LONG BEACH LOS ANGELES AIRPORT BRENTWOOD CONVENTION CENTER DOWNTOWN OAKLAND SAN DIEGO HARBOR CALIFORNIA SANTA MONICA VAN NUYS WEST COVINA WOODLAND HILLS Guarantee insures that your room will be right, or well make it right, or that night ;you stay free. So let us take care of you. We give you a guarantee... not excuses. CONVENTION CENTER FINANCIAL DISTRICT FISHERMANS WHARF GOLDEN GATEWAY UNION SQUARE SEATTLE-TACOM- TACOMA NEW MEXICO COLORADO MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE DENVER ACAPULCO MIDTOWN COLORADO BLVD. SPORTS CENTER TEXAS HAWAII HONOLULU AIRPORT MAKAI WAIKIKI BEACH ABILENE, AMARILLO, LUBBOCK CASA GRANDE NEVADA UTAH LAS VEGAS SALT LAKE CITY CENTER STRIP AIRPORT DOWNTOWN SOUTH STRIP DOWNTOWN 1972 Smiths enters Las Vegas market with purchase of Food Fair and Food City Stores. Today there are 15 Smiths Stores and Food and Drug Centers in greater Las Vegas. 1976 Smiths builds first combination Food and Drug Center to establish a pattern for the future. At the same time, stores adopt discount pricing in all areas and many new customer-orienteservices: Customer Advisors to the President; Customer Service College (a mobile grocery store in 1932 to one of the largest food and drug companies d in theU.S. training bus which takes intensive training to all stores); our unique Customer Report Card system which invites customer suggestions for improvement and many more innovative services. Read the highlights of the incredible Smiths story. 1932 Lorenzo Smith & Son grocery store was opened in 1932--th- e bottom of The Big Depression-i- n Brigham City, Utah. The son was Dee Smith, then 6 years old, who learned the grocery business sweeping floors, sacking potatoes, and bagging groceries. 1945 Dee Smith returns from World War II to begin his career in grocery business. 1950S with 1960S BOEING FIELD DOWNTOWN From a small ma and pa stores. SEATTLE RENO VIEW SAN FRANCISCO Utah WASHINGTON NEVADA Begins expansion in Northern purchase of four additional Enters Salt Lake market with purchase of Mayfair Stores. Today there are 35 conventional Smiths Stores and combination Food and Drug Centers in Utah. 19S9 Smith's buys Intermountain Souvall's and becomes a major supplier to the Intermountain non-foo- d West. 1870 Smiths enters Idaho market with purchase of Shelbys Stores in Southern Idaho. Today there are 13 conventional Smith's Stores and Smiths Food and Drug Centers in Idaho. 1971 Smiths moves into California with purchase of Food Giant Supermarkets. Today there are 31 conventional Smiths Stores and Food and Drug Centers in Southern California. i J t ( Smith's enters New Mexico with purchase of K Mart and Globe Discount Stores, followed by Foodway Stores. Today Smith's has 21 food stores and Drug Centers in New Mexico. 33 Smith's enters West Texas region with acquisition of additional Foodway Stores. Today Smiths operates 8 conventional food stores and combination Food and Drug Centers in West Texas. 1979 To help customers save money, Smiths introduces No Name Generic products to region, and expands lines in other regions. Today, Smiths offers more No Name Generic products in all regions of the company Utah-ldah- than any other food chain. 19801982 Continued expansion with the building of 27 combination Food and Drug Centers in all regions of the company. Smiths continues to innovate by developing new test departments (Nutrition Centers, Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlors and World of Candies, Service Delicatessens, greatly expanded Camera Bars with audio-visua- l aids, electronic games and video recording rentals). Although most of our new stores are combination stores, we have continued to remodel all existing conventional stores to include expanded lines of health and beauty aids, plants, even seasonal toys at exceptional savings. And because we care about you and your good health, we have added discount pharmacies wherever possible. In the next 50 years, we will continue to operate both conventional food stores, combination food and drug centers and whatever kind of stores innovative marketing can design to serve you better. Look to Smiths for leadership and innovation in service, new product introduction, convenience and everyday low prices. |