1895- Palace Grocery Store

Once in Lake Charles, George and Willis worked at various occupations, including farming in the Fenton area, setting type for the local newspaper, and clerking in local dry goods stores until they had saved enough capital to form the Palace Grocery Store as a partnership in 1895.  After Palace Grocery Store proved to be successful, George and Willis found themselves delving even deeper into the food retail industry, eventually owning four different grocery companies.