Young's Foodliner - Wooster Store

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Address 1945 Cleveland Rd
City, State, Zip Wooster, Ohio 44691
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Last updated 2016:05-06 CLOSED
Young's Foodliner - Wooster store
Trading name Young's, Young's IGA, IGA, Bob Youngs IGA Foodliner
Type Private
Industry Retail
Founded Wooster, Ohio (1952 (1952))
Founder(s) Dr. H. C. Young
Headquarters 1945 Cleveland Rd., Wooster, Ohio, Coshocton, Ohio, Ashland, Ohio, Orrville, Ohio and Massillon, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1
Key people Board of Directors: Joe E. Seringer Accountant, John Cox Attorney and H.C. Young, and Co-owners A. Painter Flack and Robert Young

Historical documents

  • Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 91.

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Timeline

  • 1952 - Opened
  • 1960 - Aug. 18, Destroyed by fire, blaze broke out approximately 8:15p.m. with the electrical equipment in the attic at rear of store. The roof fell in by 9:20p.m.

Trademarks

Newspaper articles

  • August 20, 1961: "Supermarket Directors to Meet Sunday for Next Move" by Unknown, The Daily Record, p. 2, column 5.


  • August 19, 1960: "Fire Razes Wooster Grocery" by Unknown, The Daily Record, p. 1, 2, 10.


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