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  2. FedMart - Wikipedia

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    FedMart was a chain of discount department stores started by Sol Price, who later founded Price Club. Originally a discount department store open to government employees paying a $2 per family membership fee, FedMart earned four times more than its investors had projected in its first year. Over the next 20 years, FedMart grew to include 45 ...

  3. Fedco - Wikipedia

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    It was founded by 800 U.S. Post Office employees who wanted to leverage their buying power by purchasing goods directly from wholesalers, and eliminate the additional markup of a retail store. The Board of Directors, headed by Robert Kee, established the first store on Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles. Members would come into the store and find ...

  4. Daily Breeze - Wikipedia

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    Headquarters. 2615 Pacific Coast Hwy, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 United States. Circulation. 57,185 Daily. 67,970 Sunday (as of September 2014) [1] Website. dailybreeze .com. The Daily Breeze is a 57,000-circulation daily newspaper published in Hermosa Beach, California, United States. It serves the South Bay cities of Los Angeles County.

  5. Abusing the employee discount? Companies cracking down - AOL

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    The logic is simple: Passing the employee discount to a non-employee costs the company money. GM says that the employee purchase program can save a buyer from $1,000 to $9,000.

  6. Robinson Helicopter Company - Wikipedia

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    The Robinson Helicopter Company, based at Zamperini Field in Torrance, California, is an American helicopter manufacturer. As of 2024, Robinson produces three models: the two-seat R22, the four-seat R44, both of which use Lycoming piston engines, and the five-seat R66, which use Rolls-Royce turbine engines.

  7. 99 Cents Only Stores - Wikipedia

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    99 Cents Only store in Ontario, California with The 99 Store branding. In October 2011, the company agreed to a $1.6-billion buy-out by private equity firm Ares Management and the CPP Investment Board. The deal was completed on January 13, 2012. The new owners decided to lay off over 172 employees in October 2013.

  8. Torrance County business receives state funding to bolster ...

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    Sánchez was awarded $150,000 in LEDA money to bring on two full-time employees at Estancia Valley Feed & Supply, which he runs with his two eldest sons. He is also putting $25,000 in private ...

  9. Toyota Motor North America - Wikipedia

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    This success led Toyota to establish a more permanent presence in North America, opening a headquarters building in Torrance, California, south of Los Angeles in February 1967. Toyota’s former headquarters complex in Torrance, California. The energy crisis of the 1970s was a major turning point in the American auto industry. Before the crisis ...