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Co. Turnstyle would, in effect, become the third arm in Jewel's projected plans for self-service family centers combining supermarket, department store and variety-drug store units under one roof. The eastern firm will assist in the development of such combinations, the first of which is planned for completion next spring in Racine, Wis. In family centers, it will concentrate primarily on soft goods but also carry other products. Osco Drug Inc., a consolidated subsidiary of the Jewel Tea Co., Inc., is another major link in the family center concept as the food chain intensifies its diversification program in sel-servicing. Osco will handle a line of general variety goods, including hardware accessories, small appliances, outdoor furnishings, and normal drug merchandise. Turnstyle opened its first store five years ago in Lynn, Mass., and also operates three other self-service department stores in that area.
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Indianapolis Turn-Style stores will be converted to Osco Drug stores... Stores will remain open during the remodeling, which is scheduled for completion in November. Osco Drug and Turn-Style, along with Eisner, a food store chain adjacent to Osco Drug stores in Indianapolis, are subsidiaries of
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Jewel Tea Co. Inc., the nation's 10th ranking supermarket chain, has reached an "agreement in principle" to acquire
Turnstyle Corp., four self-service department stores in the Boston area. Harold P. Sparks, president of the Boston-area department store group, was elected a vice-president of Jewel Tea
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Department Stores, Inc. and Venture Stores Division have reached an agreement in principle to acquire 19 out of 22 Turn Style department stores from Jewel Companies, Inc., the firms disclosed Tuesday... The transaction is expected to be completed no later than June
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The economy also caused Jewel to rethink its growth strategy and the decision was made to sell Turn Style in order to concentrate its growth within its core businesses, which were food stores and drugstores. In 1978, 19 out of 22 of the existing stores were sold to
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