Calkins: Superlo is celebrating its 80th anniversary! Why do Memphians love it so?
Store manager Gary Jenkins (middle), poses with meat manager LaRue Smith (left) and assistant meat manager Yves Soucy (right) as Superlo Foods celebrate the store’s 80th anniversary. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
Superlo is celebrating its 80th anniversary this summer. In recognition of this moment, we attempted to discover why Memphians are so crazy about this grocery store. The answer? It isn’t just the fried chicken. (But the fried chicken doesn’t hurt).
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