Bill’s IGA is a Chamber of Commerce business that everyone in Staunton and surrounding areas find familiar, but do you really know Bill’s? Hopefully, this article will shed some light on the history about Bill’s that their customers did not know about.

The store opened at the current location in Dec. 1961, as Grimm’s IGA, and the owner was Alvin Grimm. At that time, everything was priced stamped and had to be erased if the price changed. The next owner was Clarence Bruhn, who operated at Bruhn’s IGA from 1974 to 1981 and from there Bill and Sue Miller became the owners.

Bill started as a carry...