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Competitive Dallas-area market doesn't scare 30-year grocery veteran.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2004
By Maria Halkias, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 3--Ronald E. Johnson, Minyard Food Stores' new chief executive and a 30-year veteran of the grocery business, isn't intimidated by the prospect of taking on the industry's biggest players in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Call him a fearless leader, but don't ask him whether there's room in this fierce arena that includes Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Kroger Co., Albertsons Inc., Safeway Inc.'s Tom Thumb and a host of others.
"Everywhere I've been, everyone always says this is the most competitive market. They say it's off the charts. You know, they're all competitive markets," said Mr. Johnson, 54, who took over the Minyard reins after the family-owned company was sold to...
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