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Schwegmann's formal education was limited to grammar school, a year at Holy Cross High School, and six months at Soule Business College, all institutions in New Orleans. He worked for the [[United States Postal Service]] and as a salesman for a [[margarine]] manufacturer. He took a job with Canal Bank & Trust Company, which closed in 1933. He worked in [[real estate]] until 1939, when he joined his father's store.
Schwegmann's formal education was limited to grammar school, a year at Holy Cross High School, and six months at Soule Business College, all institutions in New Orleans. He worked for the [[United States Postal Service]] and as a salesman for a [[margarine]] manufacturer. He took a job with Canal Bank & Trust Company, which closed in 1933. He worked in [[real estate]] until 1939, when he joined his father's store.
==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. 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.
[[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.