[citation needed] As the business grew and more stores opened, Wood T. Brookshire and cousin W.A.

[3] The following growth through the 1950s and 60s, Austin Brookshire's three sons, Oscar, Eugene, and R.A., assumed leadership and grew the company to more than 70 stores.

In 1999, as the surviving brothers neared retirement, the company embarked on an employee-owner stock buy out.

It acquired the assets of David's Supermarkets out of Grandview, Texas in 2014 and built additional stores in Zavalla, Apple Springs, Pilot Point (at the location of a closed ALCO when that firm went out of business), Hamilton, and Canyon Lake, Texas.

[citation needed] In 2018, Brookshire Brothers announced they would provide delivery and curbside pickup from select locations.