Not many people know that Kohl’s was a grocery store before it branched out to operating Department stores.
The first Kohl’s Food Stores were opened in 1946 in Wisconsin.

Most of Kohl’s Food Stores were known to have Arch-roof store buildings, often with curved beams extending with anchors planted to the ground. Many of the earlier stores were built with floor-to-ceiling glass while later stores cut down on the glass surfacing and replaced it with opaque paneling in bright colors.

In 1962, Kohl’s opened its first department store and continued expanding it throughout the state. The chain had up to 50 locations at its peak in the Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana areas.

The grocery stores were eventually sold to A&P in 1983 operating under the same name before being changed into Kohl’s Food Emporium. Kohl’s food stores would continue operating until they closed in 2003.

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