retail founded 1934 82 years ago founder j. merton rosauer 1 1914 1990 headquarters spokane washington u.s. number of locations 22 in 2012 key people jeff philipps president ceo products bakery dairy deli frozen foods grocery meat pharmacy produce seafood snacks liquor number of employees 2 100 2011 2 parent urm stores divisions super 1 foods huckleberry s natural market website rosauers.com rosauers supermarkets inc. is a regional chain of supermarkets in the western united states based in spokane washington . founded in 1934 by j. merton rosauer 1 rosauers was sold in 1984 to spokane based urm stores 3 and it eventually grew to 22 stores under the huckleberry s natural market rosauers and super 1 foods brands . its stores are located in and washington idaho montana and oregon . contents 1 history 2 huckleberry s natural market 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1934 20 year old j. merton rosauer 1914 1990 1 4 purchased a small grocery store in spokane washington after obtaining a 1 000 loan from his parents . 2 his father joseph p. rosauer 1888 1961 5 owned two grocery stores in spokane on east sprague and in parkwater where merton and younger brother roswell worked . 6 by 1938 mert rosauer sold his first store and invested in another grocery store . 2 after selling off his second store rosauer opened his and spokane s first supermarket in 1949 . 1 2 in 1984 prior to retiring rosauer sold the company to urm stores a grocery supplier based in spokane . 2 by june 1986 rosauers was operating 25 stores in four u.s. states with about 1 500 employees . 7 in september 1989 the board of directors for urm stores made the decision to sell off the rosauers chain . 2 urm stores agreed to sell 15 of the 24 rosauers stores through an employee stock ownership plan in february 1990 . 8 on april 10 1990 spokane employees of rosauers voted to accept amendments to their labor contracts that would allow the employee purchase of the company . 8 with 425 of the 700 eligible employees voting the final count was 377 for and 48 against the company s sale . 8 the sale was completed on july 27 1990 with the company s 1 250 employees receiving ownership of 15 supermarkets one freestanding pharmacy an ice cream plant and the corporate office building . 2 in november 1993 rosauers was assessed 50 450 in civil fines for violating federal child labor laws at eight of its spokane area stores . 9 rosauers president larry geller said most of the violations involved one or two hours over the 18 hour weekly limit set for employees under age 16 . 9 a rosauers store in meridian idaho on june 13 2000 rosauers announced urm stores had completed the purchase of rosauers after more than 1 800 of rosauers employees voted in favor of the sale . 10 in june 2000 the company operated 19 stores in the inland northwest . 10 following the acquisition urm stores became the fourth largest employer in spokane county . 10 since the sale to urm rosauers has opened two more stores in yakima washington 2002 11 and bozeman montana 2007 12 . in december 2008 rosauers was forced to temporarily close its store on francis street in spokane after 25 000 square feet 2 300 m2 of the store s roof collapsed from record snowfall . 13 spokane fire officials said no one was trapped in the debris and only a minor injury to a rosauers employee was reported . 14 the damage estimate for the roof collapse at the francis street location topped 1 million . 15 in march 2011 rosauers announced its plans to enter southern idaho in 2012 with a store in the boise area in meridian . 16 the meridian store features a huckleberry s natural market and a cooking school . 16 rosauers said additional stores are a possibility for the treasure valley if the meridian store performs well . 16 huckleberry s natural market edit in 1996 rosauers opened the first huckleberry s natural market on spokane s south hill . 17 after proving to be a success rosauers opened another huckleberry s in spokane valley in december 1996 . 18 the spokane valley store was eventually closed while the south hill store remains in business . 17 since 1996 rosauers has added huckleberry s natural market sections to its new and existing stores . 17 references edit a b c d mert rosauer supermarket founder dies at 76 . spokane chronicle . washington . january 22 1990 . p. a3 . a b c d e f g history . rosauers supermarkets . 2009 . thorpe norman june 13 1984 . rosauers food stores to be sold . spokane chronicle . washington . p. 1 . joseph merton rosauer . find a grave . retrieved september 6 2015 . joseph peter rosauer . find a grave . retrieved september 6 2015 . may 15 rites scheduled for rosauer . spokesman review . spokane washington . may 5 1961 . p. 6 . rosauers expands in north idaho . spokesman review . spokane washington . june 24 1986 . p. b1 . a b c murphey michael april 11 1990 . spokane rosauers workers ok purchase plan . spokesman review . spokane washington . p. a8 . a b rosauers fined for labor violations . spokesman review . spokane washington . november 18 1993 . p. b2 . a b c sale of super 1 s parent company is completed . ellensburg daily record . 2000 06 15 . rosauers to open store in yakima . the spokesman review . 2001 06 13 . state briefs rosauers plans to open bozeman store . helena independent record . 2006 10 30 . rosauers roof collapses ; winds close roads . spokesman review . spokane washington . december 12 2008 . supermarket roof collapses in snowy spokane wash . . fox news . 2008 12 29 . baptist church s roof others collapse . spokesman review . december 30 2008 . a b c new specialty grocery store to open in meridian . idaho business review . 2011 03 23 . a b c rosauers now includes huckleberry s . spokesman review . spokane washington . january 1 2009 . rosauers to convert store to new format . spokesman review . spokane washington . december 12 1996 . p. a14 . external links edit official website v t e supermarket chains in the united states kroger 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