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Francis E. "Hank" Lauricella
Francis E. "Hank" Lauricella
|office2=Louisiana State Representative for Jefferson Parish]]
|office2=Louisiana State Representative for Jefferson Parish]]
|term_start2=1960
|term_start2=1961
|term_end2=1968
|term_end2=1968
|office3=Louisiana Public Service Commissioner
|office3=Louisiana Public Service Commissioner
(1) Mary Elizabeth Geisenheimer<br>
(1) Mary Elizabeth Geisenheimer<br>
(2) Melba Margaret Wolfe (married 1951)
(2) Melba Margaret Wolfe (married 1951)
|children=From first marriage:<br>
|children=From first marriage:
John F. Schwegmann<br>
John F. Schwegmann<br>
Guy G. Schwegmann<br>
Guy G. Schwegmann<br>
Soule College (six months)
Soule College (six months)
}}
}}
'''John Gerald Schwegmann, Jr.''' (August 14, 1911 – March 6, 1995), was a pioneer in the development of the modern [[supermarket]]. Based at Metairie, [[Louisiana]], an unincorporated city in Jefferson Paris, he owned eighteen stores in the [[New Orleans]] metropolitan area. He was a state representative from 1960 to 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Jefferson Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 8, 2019}}</ref> and a state senator for a single term from 1968 to 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=December 8, 2019}}</ref> And from 1975 to 1980, he was an elected member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a utilities regulator agency.
'''John Gerald Schwegmann, Jr.''' (August 14, 1911 – March 6, 1995), was a pioneer in the development of the modern supermarket. Based at Metairie, [[Louisiana]], an unincorporated city in Jefferson Paris, he owned eighteen stores in the [[New Orleans]] metropolitan area. He was a state representative from 1961 to 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Jefferson Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 8, 2019}}</ref> and a state senator for a single term from 1968 to 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=December 8, 2019}}</ref> And from 1975 to 1980, he was an elected member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a utilities regulator agency.
A political maverick, he mounted an unconventional—and unsuccessful—campaign for [[governor]] in the 1971 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]].
A political maverick, he mounted an unconventional—and unsuccessful—campaign for [[governor]] in the 1971 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]].
==Launching a supermarket chain==
==Launching a supermarket chain==
[[World War II]] interrupted his business career. Thereafter, on August 23, 1946, he and two brothers, Anthony Schwegmann and Paul Schwegmann, opened the first Schwegmann Brothers Giant Super Market, located on St. Claude Avenue near the intersection of Elysian Fields Avenue. The operation in time grew to eighteen stores with five thousand employees. Schwegmann's massive modern supermarket sold everything from gourmet food to garden supplies.
[[World War II]] interrupted his business career. Thereafter, on August 23, 1946, he and two brothers, Anthony Schwegmann and Paul Schwegmann, opened the first Schwegmann Brothers Giant Super Market, located on St. Claude Avenue near the intersection of Elysian Fields Avenue. The operation in time grew to eighteen stores with five thousand employees. Schwegmann's massive modern supermarket sold everything from gourmet food to garden supplies. The Schwegmanns revolutionized grocery shopping in New Orleans, and their outlets soon mushroomed. By 1957, there were Schwegmann stores, large in size, all over New Orleans. The largest store was the one on Old Gentilly Road. At the time, it was the biggest supermarket in the world, 55,000 square feet. The supermarket attracted both customers and onlookers, who came by tour buses to see the structure.
The Schwegmanns revolutionized grocery shopping in New Orleans, and their outlets soon mushroomed. By 1957, there were Schwegmann stores, large in size, all over New Orleans. The largest store was the one on Old Gentilly Road. At the time, it was the biggest supermarket in the world, 55,000 square feet. The supermarket attracted both customers and onlookers, who came by tour buses to see the structure.
"He was the first person to take us past the mom-and-pop business into the supermarket business", said his son, John F. Schwegmann (born 1945), the chief executive officer of the privately held chain from 1979 until the company was sold in 1997.
"He was the first person to take us past the mom-and-pop business into the supermarket business", said his son, John F. Schwegmann (born 1945), the chief executive officer of the privately held chain from 1979 until the company was sold in 1997.
"Everything he's touched has turned to money", said Saul Stone, one of Schwegmann's attorneys, in a 1979 interview. "He's some lucky kind of guy." Stone added that "The best way to success was volume with a low markup. He [John Schwegmann] said [that] he would rather make $100 off $1,000 in sales than make $50 on $100 sales."
"Everything he's touched has turned to money", said Saul Stone, one of Schwegmann's attorneys, in a 1979 interview. "He's some lucky kind of guy." Stone added that "The best way to success was volume with a low markup. He [John Schwegmann] said [that] he would rather make $100 off $1,000 in sales than make $50 on $100 sales."