Sidney "Sid" Applebaum (February 28, 1924 – August 6, 2016) was an American businessman, the cofounder of Rainbow Foods.
Oscar opened a fruit stand on the corner of St. Peter and 7th streets in downtown St. Paul with a $65 loan from his eldest son.
[3] Applebaum graduated from Humboldt Senior High School in St. Paul and continued to grow the family business.
[citation needed] By 1979, the family business included about 30 metro-area Applebaum's stores and one in Duluth.
In 1997, Applebaum bought four Holiday Foods stores in Bloomington, Fridley, Plymouth and Burnsville.