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Giant was founded in 1936 by Nehemiah Meir "N.M." Cohen and Samuel Lehrman. Cohen was a rabbi who had emigrated from Palestine following World War I and opened a kosher meat market in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Lehrman was the financial backer who provided the funds for the company's creation.
Sep 11, 2020 · Daniel was raised in the house next door to his grandparents’ house, both of which his grandfather Nehemiah Meir “N.M.” Cohen built. Cohen, an ordained rabbi, founded Giant Food with Samuel...
Oct 4, 1994 · In 1935, Nehemiah Cohen, a rabbi and kosher butcher who owned several shops in Lancaster, Pa., approached Samuel Lehrman with the idea of copying the supermarket concept that was popular on...
Nov 25, 1995 · The elder Mr. Cohen and his partner, Samuel Lehrman, opened the first Giant Food store, in Washington, during a driving snowstorm in 1936. Israel Cohen, then 24 years old, stocked the store's...
Mar 29, 2024 · Nehemiah Meir Cohen and Samuel Lehrman founded Giant Food in 1936 opening its first supermarket concept store on Georgia Avenue, NW. Mr. Cohen went by N.M., but for the vast majority of us who had the opportunity to know him he was, out of total respect, Mr. Cohen.
Feb 28, 2011 · 1936: Founded as Washington's first supermarket by N.M. Cohen and Samuel Lehrman and their families. 1941: Giant opens its first store in Virginia (Arlington). 1946: Giant expands to...
May 13, 1986 · The Giant Food chain began in the early 1930s when Nehemiah M. Cohen, whose family operated grocery stores in Pennsylvania, met Jac Lehrman, whose family owned a Harrisburg food distributorship.
