The Los Angeles Jewish Grocer | Four Family Stories
Jewish merchants were part
of the earliest settlers in Los Angeles. By the late 1800’s, Bachman and Brothers ran
a large wholesale grocery and Hellman, Haas & Co opened a 2-story wholesale
grocery on Los Angeles Street. Across the street was another wholesale grocery
run by Harris Newmark.
When the Grand Central
Market opened on the ground floor of the Homer Laughlin Building, located at
315 South Broadway, in 1917, many of the stalls were operated by Jewish
merchants.
As Los Angeles grew, Jewish
grocers were on the forefront of grocery store innovation and quick to adapt to
changing business styles. In the 1920’s, grocery
shopping shifted from clerk served to self-serve and then later to the
supermarket model.
Follow four family stories
beginning in the early 1900’s to
discover the Jewish influence on how Los Angeleanos shop for groceries.
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