Harmons Grocery Stores has grown from a fruit stand in West Valley City to a few supermarkets in the Salt Lake Valley to a 16-store, statewide chain with an emphasis on fresh foods.
To celebrate its transformation and 80-year anniversary, the grocer will feature free pie and ice cream, and giveaways from noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 4 and 11-12, along with its annual birthday food drive for needy families.
The homey touch is a natural for brothers Bob and Randy Harmon, the grandsons of founders Jake and Irene Harmon. They say the latest reinvention of the family-owned business began about a decade ago when they decided to move away from a big-box store format that offered food prepared and shipped from distribution centers.
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