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Florence Butt Opens Store That Becomes H-E-B

Category Business & Economic History
Date November 26, 1905
Country United States

Florence Butt opened the C. C. Butt Grocery Store in Kerrville with an initial investment of about $60. The business grew into H-E-B, one of Texas's most influential retail employers and grocery chains.

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