Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carter's Foods

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. MBisanz ^talk 02:44, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Carter's Foods

I created this page ages ago because I thought that the news of Carter's closure might be enough to carry it. However, I don't think that there's any hope of expanding the article beyond its current state, or even deorphaning it. Sources 1 and 4 are relevant enough, but they only cover the bankruptcy. Source 2 is an archive of their website, and source 3 is a press release, and those are the only sources I can find. Furthermore, I don't quite think that being the only employee-owned grocery chain in Michigan is that big an assertation of notability if there're hardly any sources. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 15:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep It seems to me that 50 years of history and 30 locations (at its peak) is reasonably notable enough for a chain store to have an article. Grocery stores tend not to be big newsmakers, but I'd be suprised if there isn't enough sourcing over the years for a steady little article. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've checked Google News, there's nothing. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 16:46, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. -- Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 23:38, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:33, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - This is a defunct company being disscused about, so finding tons of refs is going to be hard. However as of now it is borderline passing WP:V, and can be Considered notable. -Marcusmax(speak) 01:50, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: The article really doesn't prove enough notability for WP:CORP, and since the company has gone to the great checkout line in the sky, it's doubtful any is forthcoming. --Kickstart70-T-C 03:38, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Of marginal notability, admittedly, but it passes WP:RS. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:02, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep historical company. Print sources will be available to expand it. First step is to search the business pages of each of newspapers in the cities it had stores. DGG (talk) 00:25, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's exactly how I got the Oscoda Press source. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 01:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.