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===1970s=== Originally a division of Memphis-based wholesale grocer Malone & Hyde, the company was known as Auto Shack. After the sale of the grocery operation to the [[Fleming Companies, Inc|Fleming Companies]] of [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]], the name of the company was changed to AutoZone to better reflect the company focus just prior to the company going public. On July 4, 1979, the first store opened in [[Forrest City, Arkansas]]<ref name=investabout>[http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=76792&p=irol-irhome AutoZone, Inc.] AutoZone Official Site</ref> under the name of Auto Shack.<ref name=fortune>{{cite journal|last=Eng|first=Dinah|title=Putting AutoZone into Drive|journal=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=August 12, 2013|volume=168|issue=3|pages=17β18}}</ref> Doc Crain was the store's first manager. Sales that first day totaled $300.00.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autozone.com/company/our-company/our-story.html |title=The AutoZone Story |work=AutoZone |access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref>
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