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Finast

Finast was a retail supermarket brand that started in the northeastern United States, with headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts. Finast was a syllabic abbreviation for "First National Stores." Commonly referred to as "The First National", the stores operated under the First National name for decades, while the Finast acronym was reserved for its…

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Founded
1853
Industry
Retail
Headquarters
Somerville, Massachusetts (original) Maple Heights, Ohio (later)
Defunct
1993 (as stores) 1996 (as a store brand)
Fate
Acquired by Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets and later Ahold Converted stores to Pick-N-Pay, Edwards and Tops Friendly Markets Finast store brand phased out later on
Key people
Michael O'Keeffe (co-founder and first president)

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Finast

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples9
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

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Finast

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Defunct · 1
Finast → 1993 (as stores) 1996 (as a store brand)
Fate · 1
Finast → Acquired by Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets and later Ahold Converted stores to Pick-N-Pay, Edwards and Tops Friendly Markets Finast store brand phased out later on
Founded · 1
Finast → 1853
Headquarters · 1
Finast → Somerville, Massachusetts (original) Maple Heights, Ohio (later)
Industry · 1
Finast → Retail
Key people · 1
Finast → Michael O'Keeffe (co-founder and first president)
Parent · 1
Finast → Ahold
Products · 1
Finast → Grocery
Type · 1
Finast → Subsidiary

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stores new pick-n-pay first national supermarkets ahold york brand grocery products name merger company england purchased retail headquarters later inc

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FinastDefunct1993 (as stores) 1996 (as a store brand)1.00infobox
FinastFateAcquired by Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets and later Ahold Converted stores to Pick-N-Pay, Edwards and Tops Friendly Markets Finast store brand phased out later on1.00infobox
FinastFounded18531.00infobox
FinastHeadquartersSomerville, Massachusetts (original) Maple Heights, Ohio (later)1.00infobox
FinastIndustryRetail1.00infobox
FinastKey peopleMichael O'Keeffe (co-founder and first president)1.00infobox
FinastParentAhold1.00infobox
FinastProductsGrocery1.00infobox
FinastTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox

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