Prior to 2014, the chain of stores most recently had been based in Grandview, Texas, where the company operated a distribution center.

By February 2014, talks were underway for Brookshire Brothers, a grocery chain based in Lufkin, Texas, to acquire David's.

[14] The small supermarkets have found their survival strategy is local community identification, as well as convenience of location and parking, the butcher-style meat counter, farmers market-style produce merchandising, personality and recognizability of the local store personnel, competitive pricing and merchandising, and home delivery of customer orders.

One segment focused on O'Brien in character as a Johnson County deputy scoping out the David's Supermarket location in Alvarado.

During his surveillance, he scared customers, as well as checking up on reports that the store was selling candy bars past their expiration date.