Russell’s Food Center describes itself as a small family-run business that “continues to thrive in downtown Arnaudville, Louisiana, the heart of Acadiana.”
The store, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary in September, is owned and operated by the fourth- and fifth-generation descendants of George and Nora Coles, who acquired what was then a dry goods store for $3,600 in the heart of the Great Depression.
The Shelby Report of the Southeast visited this summer with CEO Melanie Robin and her daughter, Magen Olivier Turner, who will succeed her when she retires. The women are quick to credit Arnaudville and the surrounding area for the store’s success…