Red & White (food stores)
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Red & White Corporation is a chain of independently owned and operated food stores operating in the United States
United States
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. While it has been supplanted by supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

 chains in many of its locations, its signature red dot logo with the words Red & White can still be found on small independent grocers in many states.

The corporation Red & White, headquartered in Chicago
Chicago
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, procured branded products for the independent grocery store
Grocery store
A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...

s. The headquarters were located at the Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is an American financial and commodity derivative exchange based in Chicago. The CME was founded in 1898 as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board. Originally, the exchange was a non-profit organization...

 Building at 308 West Washington Street in the present day Chicago Loop
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NOTE: There was a Bamber's Red and White store in Oakville, Ontario
Oakville, Ontario
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 in the 1930-1960s, that was owned by Bill Bamber and Family. There was also a Darby's Red and White in Monroeville, Alabama
Monroeville, Alabama
Monroeville is a city in Monroe County, Alabama, United States, the county seat of Monroe County. At the 2000 census its population was 6,862. It is known as the home town of two prominent writers of the post World War II period, Truman Capote and Harper Lee, who were childhood friends in the...

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Further to this, Red & White did operate a number of independent locations throughout Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada
Canada
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through the 1930s through the 1990s
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