{"product_id":"weingartens-golf-balls","title":"Weingarten's Golf Balls","description":"GhostCorp Apparel - resurrecting iconic corporate ghosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBring a Houston retail-history connection to your next round with Weingarten's Golf Balls. The company traces its beginnings to a downtown grocery store opened in 1901 by Hersch Harris Weingarten and his son Joseph. Their business grew from a local shop into a chain serving communities across Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, while Joe Weingarten promoted “Better Food for Less” and self-service shopping. The changing ownership story and the Post Oak Center store's operation into 1986 make this a memorable choice for supermarket-history enthusiasts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeingarten's began in 1901, when Hersch Harris Weingarten, an immigrant from Łańcut, then in Austria-Hungary, and his son Joseph opened a grocery store in downtown Houston, Texas. A second store followed in 1920. Joseph, known as Joe, promoted the slogan “Better Food for Less” and pioneered self-service and cash-and-carry shopping. The Texas-based chain expanded into Arkansas and Louisiana, growing from six stores by 1926 to 12 in 1938, 25 in 1951, and 70 in 1967. Weingarten Incorporated later chose to focus on retail shopping-center real estate and sold its 104 stores in five states to Cavenham Foods. In 1980, Cavenham transferred management to Grand Union. Grand Union then resold most locations, with Safeway acquiring 43 stores, and Randalls and Gerland's Food Fair also receiving stores in 1983. The Houston-area chain had held an 18 percent grocery market share in 1980. Lease disagreements meant the Post Oak Center store continued operating under Weingarten's until the end of March 1986. Weingarten Realty Investors was acquired by Kimco Realty in 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGet your audience in the zone with these personalized golf balls. Available in budget-friendly six packs, these golf balls are made with 100% surlyn. Your artwork, photos, or names go on all six balls, in vivid detail and color. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e.: Material: Suryln cover + rubber\/hard plastic core\u003cbr\u003e.: One size: 1.68\" (4.3cm) \u003cbr\u003e.: A pack of 6 golf balls \u003cbr\u003e.: One design for the whole set \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"1.7\" \/ 6 pcs","offer_id":54652868559132,"sku":"87231959797399822259","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/2517\/5580\/files\/14870377318134287746_2048.jpg?v=1791199890","url":"https:\/\/ghostcorpapparel.com\/products\/weingartens-golf-balls","provider":"Ghost Corp Apparel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}