2017 Hall of Fame award winner
Fred Meyer
Fred Meyer Stores/Kroger
Fred Meyer was the retailer who invented one-stop shopping, described by the Wall Street Journal as 'the last of the great American entrepreneurs.' He started out at age 22 in Portland OR, selling coffee from a horse drawn cart to workers at farms and lumber camps. He opened Fred Meyer in 1922 and incorporated meat, produce, cheese and other goods under one roof.