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Jan 12, 2005 · The Gelson brothers sold their market in the late 1960s, but Bernard Gelson ran the company as president and c.e.o. for the next 20 years. He retired in 1988. Gelson was born on Jan. 29, 1920, in Sioux City, Iowa. His family moved in 1937 to Monterey Park, where his father owned a small grocery store.
Jan 17, 2005 · Bernard M. GelsonFuneral services were held here last week for Bernard M. Gelson, co-founder of Gelson's Markets, who died at age 84. He had been in failing health for several years and died of ...
The first Gelson's supermarket was opened in July 1951 by Bernard and Eugene Gelson. [4] The second store opened in 1960 in Encino and the third store opened in 1965 in North Hollywood. [4] In 1966, Arden Group acquired Gelson's. [5] In February 2014, Arden Group sold Gelson's to TPG Capital for $394 million. [6] [7]
Gelson's was founded in 1951 by brothers Bernard and Eugene Gelson to provide discerning consumers with an extraordinary grocery shopping experience. Type of Business. Gelson's Markets is recognized as one of the nation's premier supermarket chains.
Feb 1, 2005 · The Gelson brothers sold their market in the late 1960s, but Bernard Gelson ran the company as president and c.e.o. for the next 20 years. He retired in 1988. Gelson was born on Jan. 29, 1920, in Sioux City, Iowa. His family moved in 1937 to Monterey Park, Calif., where his father owned a small grocery store.
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Jan 21, 1986 · Gelson’s began in 1951, when Bernard and his late brother, Eugene, paid $5,000 for a small grocery at Victory and Lankershim boulevards in North Hollywood. The Gelsons sold their business to ...
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The first Gelson's supermarket, in Burbank, was opened by Bernard & Eugene Gelson in July 1951. The second store opened in Encino in 1960, and the third one opened in North Hollywood in 1965. Designed by Stiles Clements, the shiny new Gelson’s Market, in Burbank, was modernistic in design and felt like a building set in a tropic land.
