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BI-LO will purchase Winn-Dixie for $530 million, and operate Winn-Dixie as a subsidiary. It was later announced that the merged company would be based at Winn-Dixie's former headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida. [29] In early 2013, BI-LO phased out its own private label soft drinks in its BI-LO stores in favor of the "Chek" brand used by Winn ...
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The white-faced Hereford bull became the symbol of Bi-Lo in 1963. Fiberglass bulls grazed on the roofs of many Bi-Lo stores until the 1980s. In the 1980s, the bull was featured in the center of the Bi-Lo logo. That lasted until 1988, when the bull was replaced with a dash. The fiberglass bulls began coming down from store roofs in 1981; the last bu...
Bi-Lo's charity golf tournament lasted nearly three decades and raised more than $63 million for nonprofits within the company's four-state market. It began in 1985 to raise money for Meals on Wheels in Greenville. It was co-founded by Larry Greer, a food broker in the area; Dean Anderson, president of Leslie Advertising — Bi-Lo's marketing agency ...
The Walter commercials were introduced in the mid-1980s. Customers and audiences would come to know Walter as the produce expert who only allowed the best. "Our produce is better because of Walter," the commercials would say. "If somebody came into the store and the lettuce wasn't quite right, customers would say this isn't up to Walter's quality,"...
The Bi-Lo BonusCard quickly became a staple among its shoppers after its introduction in 1997, and helped improve loyalty to the brand. It increased the chain’s profits by more than 30% in the same year it launched, according to a book by Brian Woolf, who helped create the rewards card. Woolf told The News that this was even more impressive because...
Bi-Lo agreed to sponsor construction of Greenville's new arena in 1998. The Bi-Lo Center replaced the Greenville Memorial Auditorium, which had been built in the 1950s. Wilken said that the sponsorship built pride within the company and its associates to have its name on a landmark location in the city. The arena changed its name to the Bon Secours...
Jul 7, 2021 · There’s no shortage of American symbols that hold a deep meaning in the culture. Explore some of the most notable U.S. symbols and the history behind them
May 14, 2019 · The construction of the Statue of Liberty on the front page of Scientific American, circa 1886. In 1885, the statue arrived—in 350 pieces —in New York, where it took a year to be assembled ...
May 19, 2016. The Liberty Tree in colonial-era Boston Public domain. On the night of January 14, 1766, John Adams stepped into a tiny room in a Boston distillery to meet with a radical secret ...
Aug 23, 2019 · The Statue of Liberty, one of the most recognizable symbols of freedom and democracy across the world, was a gift of friendship to America from France. Learn about the history behind this famous ...
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The Statue of Liberty stands in Upper New York Bay, a universal symbol of freedom. Originally conceived as an emblem of the friendship between the people of France and the U.S. and a sign of their mutual desire for liberty, it was also meant to celebrate the abolition of slavery following the U.S. Civil War.
