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===Grocery stores===
The company's expansion continued throughout the mid-20th century. In 1932, Jewel acquired the Chicago unit of the Canadian firm [[Loblaws|Loblaw Groceterias, Inc.]], then a chain of 77 self-service stores,<ref name=ct-1932feb05>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1932/02/05/page/27/article/hear-jewel-tea-co-plans-to-enter-chain-store-field-in-city |title=Hear Jewel Tea Co. Plans to Enter Chain Store Field In City |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=February 5, 1932 |page=27 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |id={{ProQuest|181277107}}}}</ref> as well as four Chicago grocery stores operated by the Middle West Stores Company, and began operating them under the name '''Jewel Food Stores'''.<ref name=ct-1932mar14>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1932/03/14/page/27/article/varied-factors-keep-both-wholesale-and-retail-trade-active |title=Jewel Tea Co. Buys 77 Stores From Loblaw |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 14, 1932 |page=27 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |id={{ProQuest|181339836}}}}</ref> In 1934, Jewel Food Stores merged with Jewel Tea Company. In 1937, Jewel Tea Company purchased [[Larkin Company Building|an eight-story building]] in Chicago's [[Central Manufacturing District]], which served as Jewel Food Stores' headquarters until 1954.<ref>"Jewel Tea Pays $432,000 in Cash For Warehouse", ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. May 16, 1937 Part 5, p. 18.</ref>

The name of the parent company remained "Jewel Tea Company" until 1967 when the stockholders voted to change the name to '''Jewel Companies, Inc.''' to better reflect the expansion of the company into different markets.<ref name=ct-1966jun16>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1966/06/16/page/103/article/jewel-tea-gets-0-k-to-change-name |title=Jewel Tea Gets O.K. to Change: Acquisition of Buttrey Voted |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 16, 1966 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |page=F9 |id={{ProQuest|178986241}}}}</ref> In 1967, the company went public and its stock was traded on the [[Midwest Stock Exchange]].<ref name=ct-1967jul17>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/07/17/page/57/article/jewel-listed-on-midwest-exchange |title=Jewel Listed on Midwest Exchange |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=July 17, 1967 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |page=C7 |id={{ProQuest|179240984}}}}</ref>