Please excuse my intrusion. I ran across your post looking for a clue as to what happened with Jumbo on Westheimer. I worked at the Jumbo Superstore on Westheimer when I was ~20 & first moved to Houston (~'77) and Peter Louie hired me to work at his store. That store was bigger than anything else around. It had live seafood tanks, fish, meat, a deli, produce, shelf stable, frozen, & specialty items. All of these lines included both domestic and imports from around the world. It had everything. It was a great store accessible to all and a great layout. That building held dreams of freedom that came true and pride in a job well done (Peter Louie had escaped from mainland China when he was younger). He was an amazing man who loved that building and was always a kind and generous man to anyone who walked through it's portals. -B
I worked for Peter Louie, Richard Wong and the Kwong brothers at the Jumbo at 10250 Westheimer (across the street from Texas Instruments) starting in late 1975 until 1979. That store is long gone, passed by a while back but don’t recall the business there now.
it was a fine store, well run and Mr. Louie was a very good man. I enjoyed my time there and have fond memories of those days.
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I worked for Peter Louie, Richard Wong and the Kwong brothers at the Jumbo at 10250 Westheimer (across the street from Texas Instruments) starting in late 1975 until 1979. That store is long gone, passed by a while back but don’t recall the business there now.
it was a fine store, well run and Mr. Louie was a very good man. I enjoyed my time there and have fond memories of those days.