Western Auto
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Western Auto Supply Company is a chain of automobile parts stores. It was started in 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri by George Pepperdine, who later founded Pepperdine University.
In 1998, parent company Sears sold Western to Advance Auto Parts of Roanoke, Virginia. Most of the stores, located primarily in the eastern United States, have since been converted into Advance stores.
The Western Auto name is still used in Puerto Rico, where it is the largest such chain. There was one Western Auto located in Arizona; the city of Peoria has decided to leave the Western Auto sign on the place where that store was located, to commemorate Arizona's only Western Auto store.Template:Retail-stub