Chain Food Store was
established in 1917 by Herman (Heinie) Diamond. He started working a grocery
store and soon saved enough money to purchase Standby Grocery on North
Broadway. Chain Foods started delivering groceries in Minot with a horse and
wagon. They were the first grocery store to use a motor truck for
delivery. In winter when roads were
blocked, groceries were even delivered in rural areas by air. Also involved in
the store with Heinie were his sons James and Jerry and his son –in-law Stan
Fink. These three also opened Diamonds
Department Store in 1959 at 437 North Broadway and in 1961 a second
Diamonds Department Store opened in the Arrowhead Shopping Center.
Chain Food - 1950's
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