In 1921, brothers Austin and Tom Brookshire opened the first Brookshire Brothers in Lufkin, Texas on September 21st. Little did they know, 95 years later, their company would grow to employ over 7,000 employee-owners with 113 retail locations. Over the years, our company has seen a number changes. There have been many expansions, acquisitions, and new business ventures that we've experienced. All of these have made us stronger. On behalf of all our employee-owners, we say thank you! 

1921 - Brothers Tom and Austin Brookshire founded Brookshire Brothers in Lufkin, Texas.

1928 - The first expansion of Brookshire Brothers began as the Brookshire family rallied to build a strong regional company.

1929 - Wood and W.A. Brookshire withdrew from the company to form a separate company in Tyler, Texas. This was the birth of Brookshire Grocery Company.

1952 - Brookshire Brothers acquired Moore Grocery and Lufkin Produce Company.

1966 - Three sons of Austin Brookshire, R.A., Eugene, and Oscar, assumed leadership of the company, which grew to 69 stores in East Texas and Western Louisiana.

1991 - Brookshire Brothers began offering gasoline on its supermarket parking lots.

1997 - Brookshire Brothers opened its first Tobacco Barn and expanded its offerings to include discount tobacco.

1999 - Brookshire Brothers embarked on a employee-owner stock buyout.

2006 - Brookshire Brothers achieved 100% employee ownership.

2007 - Brookshire Brothers merged with Polk Oil Company, which added fuel distribution and the convenience store format.

2013 - Five new supermarkets and six new convenience stores were added to Brookshire Brothers’ operations.

2014 - Brookshire Brothers acquires the assets of David’s Supermarkets. 

2016 – Brookshire Brothers expands west to Canyon Lake and begins construction on four new Brookshire Brothers Express locations.