Updated at 6:57 p.m., Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Sidney Kosasa, ABC Stores founder, dead at 86

Advertiser Staff

Sidney Kosasa Advertiser file photo: 1997

Retail pioneer Sidney Kosasa, who founded the ABC Stores more than 40 years ago, has died.

He was 86.

Kosasa, who died at his home last Friday, launched the first of his ABC Stores in 1965 at a 700-square foot location in Waikiki. ABC Stores now operates 71 convenience stores.