Tanuis Basha (seated) emigrates from Lebanon to New York in 1884. His son Najeeb joins him in 1886.

In 1910, Najeeb, Najeeby, and their growing family move to Congress Junction, Arizona.

The Basha family moves to Chandler, Arizona in 1920.

Patriarch, Najeeb Basha, dies in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression.

In the mid-1930s, sister Camille Basha (left) suggests switching from dry goods to groceries.

The first non-Chandler Bashas’ opens in downtown Mesa in 1936.

Brothers, Ike and Eddie Basha Sr., at the grand opening of their first supermarket in 1956.

Food City had a thriving store at 16th Street and Mohave in the 1970s.

(Left to right), Don Cooper and Eddie Basha Jr. ink the deal for the first Navajo Nation Bashas’ Diné in 1981.

AJ’s becomes part of the Bashas’ Family of Stores in 1993.

Two Bashas’ Diné managers represent their store at a community event.

For a number of years in the early 2000s, Bashas’ operated a temporary tent store to support campers at Phoenix Raceway for NASCAR weekends.

Eddie Basha Jr. passes away in 2013.

The Window Rock, Arizona Bashas’ Diné added a Starbucks in Nov. 2017.

In the spring of 2021, Bashas’ Family of Stores holds a series of COVID-19 vaccination clinics for its team members at its Distribution Center in Chandler.

In October 2021, Bashas’ announced its intent to sell to The Raley’s Companies.

Food City welcomes its first Starbucks in January 2022.

Bashas’ is the new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(R) title holder for the largest doughnut mosaic (logo).