Scolari’s to close California stores

I worked for Joe Scolari back in the ’70s, he was a grocer, through and through. He knew how to treat his employees, he knew how to get the customers in the door and how they should be treated once they came in; his sons, not so much. Joey and Jerry Scolari somehow seemed to think that they were “better” than a grocer, they thought of themselves as “businessmen”, but could not seem to grasp the fundamentals of running a grocery store. In late ’79 or early 1980, Joe Scolari sold his stores to Lucky Stores Inc., and he made sure that his employees were not treated badly by the new company. After the expiration of the “no compete” clause of that sale, Joe came back to San Luis County and started up again. It was when his sons took over the day to day operation that the whole operation started its slow steady decline. It is very sad for the current employees as they just had a new contract settled between their union and Scolari’s Markets; hopefully either Von’s will pick up most of their stores in our area, or maybe even Lucky Stores that is now operating in Northern California will venture back down to our area again. Good luck to the employees.