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Anderson's Grocery

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Anderson's Grocery sign on Clarke Avenue

... that in its centennial year Anderson's Grocery (sign pictured) was one of only 10 small chain groceries 100 years or older?

Source: Craig, john (June 25, 2000). "A century in the family". The Spokesman-Review. Spokesman Review, Jun 6, 2000. Page B1 ...able to identify about 10 small grocery chains across the county that have been in business 100 years or more

ALT1: ... that during its over 100 years of business Anderson's Grocery (sign pictured) used to have egg and wool bartering, grain milling, and vehicle fueling? Source: Spokesman Review, Jun 6, 2000. Page B1 & B5
ALT2: ... that with a full 1955 rebuild and 1985 expansion, Anderson's Grocery (sign pictured) had never burned down with the rest of republic? Source: Spokesman Review, Jun 6, 2000. Page B5 They coped with devastating fires- Anderson's is one of the few businesses to never burn down... & ...are located where the tiny wood frame building originally stood. The store was rebuilt in 1955 and expanded and renovated in 1985.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Satin berrypecker

Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 353 past nominations.

Kev min § 19:21, 6 July 2024 (UTC).

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Overall: Valereee (talk) 18:04, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

I've added a cn for an unsourced statement. There's a period missing at the end of the same sentence, maybe you got distracted just then?I'm also not a huge fan of any of the hooks, I feel like they could be tightened. For instance, what does have been rebuilt or expanded have to do with burning down? The hook seems to be relating the two. "Over its century plus of business...formerly offered" seems awkward...why does it matter that it was a century of business? Maybe something like 'that the nearly 125-year-old Anderson's Grocery used to offer' or something? I like the ALT0 idea a lot, but is it possible to update? We're basically saying that in 2000 it was blah blah blah. It's now 2024, is it still one of ten? Also "was one of only 10 small chain groceries 100 years or older?" feels awkward, it feels like it should be "was one of only 10 small chain groceries 100 years old or older?" or "at least a century in business" or something. Valereee (talk) 18:07, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

@Valereee: I have to work with what sources are out there, hence the hooks that have been provided. We have a RS that discusses the Centennial, we do not have a RS thats keeping a running tally of the store now being 122yo, 123yo, 124. As such i erred on the side of DYK rules requiring sources for everything and noted the Centennial.

The expansion hook is relevant to Republic (like most western towns) almost totally burnt down several times, Andersons got lucky and didnt, but the original building has still been destroyed with the rebuild and the expansion. so yes the hook IS relating the two based on the noted fire history of the West

I reworded the three hooks a bit to combat verbosity. I also added the missing citation.--Kev min § 20:51, 7 July 2024 (UTC)