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On December 11, 1957, Ralph Ketner, Brown Ketner, and Wilson Smith co-founded the Food Town (later Food Lion) grocery store chain in Salisbury, North Carolina. Ketner served as President (later CEO, chairman, and Chairman Emeritus).
Oct 31, 2016 · Ketner’s Supermarkets proved to be a forerunner to Food Town (today’s Food Lion) in Salisbury. Wilson Smith (Ronnie’s dad), Ralph Ketner and Brown Ketner went on to found Food Town in 1957 ...
Jun 6, 2016 · Ralph Ketner, the late Brown Ketner and the late Wilson Smith had all worked for Glenn Ketner Sr. before striking out on their own to form Food Town in 1957, which eventually became Food...
Apr 21, 2011 · Wilson Smith died early Wednesday morning at 93. In 1957 he started Food Lion (then Food Town) with Ralph and Brown Ketner. That one Salisbury store would eventually grow to today’s 1,300...
Ralph Ketner resigned in 1957 and opened a grocery store with two men who had also worked for Glenn Ketner and had then gone on to work for Winn-Dixie: his brother, Brown, and shared friend, Wilson Smith.
With his friend, Wilson Smith, and brother, Brown Ketner, Ralph Ketner in 1957 opened a grocery store in Salisbury. It was possible because, in addition to their $62,500, the three had called 250 Rowan countians to buy shares and convinced 122 to buy.
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Jun 2, 2016 · Long before anyone heard of crowd funding, Ketner and his brother, Brown, and friend Wilson Smith raised $65,000 from 125 folks in the Salisbury area to start the company. That is the equivalent of about $533,000 today.
