see dillons booksellers . this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message dillons supermarkets inc. type grocery industry retail founded hutchinson kansas headquarters hutchinson kansas products bakery dairy deli frozen foods general grocery meat pharmacy produce salad bar seafood snacks liquor parent kroger divisions gerbes website dillons.com dillons is a grocery supermarket chain based in hutchinson kansas and is a division of the kroger company . other banners under dillon stores division include gerbes in missouri baker s in omaha nebraska and a food 4 less store in fremont nebraska . dillons operates grocery stores throughout kansas with major influences in the wichita metropolitan area topeka kansas metropolitan area and the lawrence kansas area . dillons operates a dry grocery warehouse in goddard kansas in addition to frozen foods and perishable warehouses in hutchinson . a bakery manufacturing plant and dairy are also in hutchinson . the dairy produces cultured dairy products and private label milk for all dillons stores . dillons previously operated until the late 1990s dry grocery warehouses in hutchinson and lenexa kansas . history edit dillons old logo after his initial venture in selling groceries at his general store in sterling kansas in the 1890s jonathan s. dillon opened his first j.s. dillon cash food market in hutchinson kansas in 1913 . after several decades of steadily building the chain a burst of growth began in 1957 when john s son raymond expanded with additional stores in the wichita market when in september 1957 kroger sold off its wichita kansas store division then consisting of 16 stores . by 1968 j.s. dillon and sons had grown into dillon companies inc. and began acquiring regional banners such as city market fry s gerbes and king soopers over 300 convenience stores in five states and jackson s ice cream dairy . dillon companies inc. joined the kroger company in 1983 and brought with it two future ceos joe pichler who served as ceo of kroger from 1990 to 2003 and kroger s former ceo dave dillon . dave is the great grandson of j. s. dillon . today more than 12 000 employees work at 93 stores in the dillon stores division which includes 26 stores in wichita kansas area ; 11 stores in the omaha nebraska area ; nine stores in topeka kansas ; and 24 fuel centers . the format for most locations is the traditional combination of food general merchandise and pharmacy with an average of 49 000 square feet per store . the division offers dillons marketplace stores in kansas located in wichita andover derby and hutchinson . in 1983 dillon companies inc. was acquired by the kroger company of cincinnati ohio creating a nationwide grocery chain . several years later david dillon was named kroger s president and coo and became ceo in 2003 . dillon retired from that position effective january 1 2014 . 1 in 2006 kroger opened the first dillons marketplace in wichita kansas . the concept similar to kroger s fred meyer chain is 110 000 square feet 10 000 m2 of grocery and general merchandise . 2 in 2013 dillons opened its fifth marketplace in its hometown of hutchinson at corner of 30th and waldron avenue ; it is the largest store in the company . gerbes edit frank j. gerbes founded gerbes super markets inc. in 1933 in tipton missouri . in the following years gerbes would build multiple buildings which housed its stores and offices . in 1959 a profit sharing and pension trust plan was introduced to all employees by mr. and mrs. gerbes which was the first in central missouri . in 1966 gerbes merged with the dillon companies and has been a division ever since . gerbes currently has eight stores in central missouri mainly in columbia missouri and jefferson city missouri . references edit http archive.cincinnati.com article 20130920 biz 309200078 kroger no 2 become ceo 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