Schnucks is a supermarket

Supermarket

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 chain. Based in suburban St. Louis

St. Louis County, Missouri

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, the company was started in 1939 with the opening of a 1000 square feet (92.9 m²) store in north St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

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 city and now operates 100 stores in five states throughout the midwest. Schnucks also runs stores under the Logli Supermarkets and Hilander Foods banners. Schnucks is one of the largest privately held supermarket chains in the United States.
Edwin and Anna Schnuck, with sons Donald and Edward, founded Schnuck Markets, Inc., in St.