RIP to the man who created an animitronic hellscape in which to buy milk
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1 year agoStew Leonard Sr. Dies at 93; Founded Disneyland of Dairy Stores'
Stew Leonard Sr., a folkloric retailer who expanded his namesake stores into merchandising meccas replete with petting zoos and mechanical singing farm animals, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Manhattan.He was 93.The cause was complications of pneumonia, his son Stewart Jr. said.Mr. Leonard opened his original store in Norwalk, Conn., in 1969 as a destination that promised fresh milk because it was built around a bottling plant.