As Rouses Markets celebrates its 65th anniversary, Chairman Donald Rouse Sr. reflects on the roots of the family-owned company and looks to the future with the third generation leading the way.
Rouse said his father, Anthony J. Rouse Sr., set the standard for the company with his humility and strong work ethic.
“He would never ask anybody to do something that he wasn’t doing himself, and he would always work alongside everyone. I think everybody respected that,” said Rouse, adding that his father was a very hands-on leader.
He noted that some employees still talk about his dad being in the store in his coveralls, “doing anything and everything that everybody else was doing. I think he began teaching the work ethic in the company…