zody's went out of business in march 1986.
when did zody's go out of business?
march 1986
bankrupt again by the early 1980s, the parent company, now known as hrt industries, began closing stores in 1984. the remaining zodys stores in california were shuttered in march 1986, with many locations being sold to federated stores, the parent company of ralphs supermarket chain, while other locations were purchased by homeclub, a home improvement store chain.
zody's
megdell and roberts sold the chain to borman foods, then-parent of farmer jack supermarkets, in 1965. borman unsuccessfully expanded the chain into metro detroit, closing those stores by 1971. many of the detroit stores were sold to shoppers fair. in 1972, borman sold the yankee chain to california-based zody's. zody's closed its michigan operations in 1974 as part of the chain's bankruptcy proceedings.
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