LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska businessman who built the regional grocery chain of B&R Stores has died at the age of 92.

Russ Raybould died Saturday, and his funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 at Blessed Sacrament Church in Lincoln.

The chain of 18 grocery stores in Nebraska and Iowa that Raybould built started 50 years ago with a single Russ’ Market store just south of downtown Lincoln.

The company owns Russ’ Market, Super Saver, Apple Market and Save Best Foods stores in seven cities.

Raybould established B&R Stores with Clayton Burnett, a fellow Safeway alum. He later bought out Burnett in 1974.

Kathy Siefken, executive director of the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association, says Raybould valued his employees and never forgot a name.