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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).
These early experiences, combined with an innovation and lifelong desire to cut costs, helped Ralph Ketner revolutionize the grocery industry and make a one-store operation in Salisbury into a leading, national supermarket chain.
Dec 5, 2011 · With his aptitude for careful calculation, Ralph Ketner took low pricing to a new level to propel Food Lion's growth and help transform the industry
Dec 5, 2011 · With his aptitude for careful calculation, Ralph Ketner took low pricing to a new level to propel Food Lion's growth and help transform the industry
Jun 4, 2016 · Ham says many of Ketner’s strategies had an impact on the grocery industry. He pioneered low pricing, forward buying, having conversations with vendors and other concepts. But she came away from...
May 14, 2018 · In January, 1986, Tom Smith became CEO of Food Lion, replacing Ralph Ketner, who remained chairman. Smith, who had once worked as a bagger for a Food Town store, returned to the company in 1971 as a buyer, and became president and chief operating officer in 1980.
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Jun 2, 2016 · ABC’s Prime Time Live in 1992 did a devastating report that showed unsanitary handling of meat at Food Lion delis, denting its ability to expand into new markets in the North and Midwest that were dominated by groceries with union workers. Ketner was aggressively anti-union.
