FedMart was founded as a membership-based discount store in 1954 by Sol Price, inspired by the existing California membership retailer Fedco. Membership was open to members of the Armed Forces, disabled veterans, and state/federal government employees, as well as employees of public institutions (schools, banks, hospitals), non-profit organizations, and their dependents.
1961–1965[]
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The membership-only rule was waived in 1962.
1965–1967[]
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1967–1976[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Helvetica (modified)
Launched:
January 1967
FedMart went public in 1969, and a controlling share of its stock was purchased by German businessman Hugo Mann in 1975. Sol Price would be fired from FedMart in 1976, the same year he would go on to form Price Club, another membership-only chain.
1976–1978[]
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Typography:
Plymouth Bold
Launched:
March 1976
Aside from the total shift from Helvetica, FedMart's logo gained the asterisk present on Mann’s German chain Wertkauf. During this time, FedMart acquired the 22-store California division of Two Guys in December 1977 and eight Globe Discount City locations in 1978.
1978–1982[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Helvetica (modified)
Launched:
March 1978
Mann fully acquired the chain in 1981 and took it private again. Twelve Texas locations were closed on October 24, 1981; this was every location in Texas minus the El Paso market, which operated under the stores’ Arizona division. On April 28, 1982, it was announced that the remaining 46 stores would be shuttered in the coming months. Final liquidations took place in July 1982.
