Bartell Drugs is a family-owned chain of pharmacies in the Puget Sound area of the U.S. state of Washington.
 It primarily serves the Seattle/King County area but also has stores in neighboring Snohomish and Pierce Counties.
 It claims to be "the nation’s oldest family-owned drugstore chain"; the founder's grandson, George D. Bartell, serves as Chairman and held the role of CEO until 2015.
 Former REI executive Brian Unmacht became CEO in 2015, the first non-family member CEO in the company's history.
 The founder's granddaughter, Jean Barber, serves as Vice Chairman and Treasurer.
Sam Ash Music Corp. was founded in 1924, and is the largest family-owned chain of musical instrument stores in the United States.
 Sam Ash sells musical instruments, recording equipment, DJ and lighting equipment, and professional sound equipment.
 The parent company, Sam Ash Music Corporation, also owns several major long-standing brands in the music industry, including Groove Percussion (drums and percussion), the Brownsville NY (guitars and amps), Carlo Robelli (stringed instruments, guitars, and accordions), and Jean Baptiste (brass and woodwinds).
 Some of Sam Ash's products, such as the Sam Ash Fuzz Boxxx and Sam Ash Guitar Amps, have become collector's items.
Kuhn's Quality Foods Markets is a family-owned chain of grocery stores located in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area of the United States.
Dunlaps, based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, was a family-owned chain of department stores in the central and southern United States catering to most classes depending on the location.
 The chain operated under the trade names of Dunlaps, Stripling & Cox, MM Cohn, Rogers, Clark's, Schreiner's of Kerrville, Kerr's, Kline's, The White House, and Gabriel's.
 The company operated 38 stores in eight states.
 Due to stiff competition from larger retailers and lawsuits from suppliers, Dunlaps closed its last locations after liquidation sales in mid-2007.
Jerome's Furniture Warehouse is a family-owned chain of discount furniture stores in Southern California, with its headquarters in San Diego, California.
 The company's key owner and figurehead is Jerome "Jerry" Navarra.
Allsup's, sometimes misspelled as Allsups, is a family-owned chain of convenience stores that serves New Mexico and Texas, with one store in Frederick, Oklahoma.
 Although founded in Roswell, New Mexico in 1956 by Lonnie and Barbara Allsup, its corporate offices have been located in Clovis, New Mexico for decades.
 Allsup's is ranked as the state's #1 privately owned corporation.
 It is also the largest convenience store chain in the state of New Mexico.
Belle Foods, LLC was a family-owned chain of American supermarkets headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
 The company had a relatively short lifespan.
 It began operating its rebranded Bruno's and Food World and Piggly Wiggly Stores on July 1, 2012, but filed for bankruptcy just one year later.
 Before owners Bill White and Jeff White purchased the stores from Southern Family Markets in mid-2012, the 57-store grocery chain employed approximately 3,000 people.
Thomas E. Love (born October 1937) is an American entrepreneur.
 He is the owner, founder and executive chairman of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores.
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (commonly referred to as Love's) is a family-owned chain of more than 430 truck stop and convenience stores in 41 states.
 The company is privately owned and headquartered in The Village, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City.
 Love's is currently ranked No. 14 on the Forbes list of America's largest private companies.
 Love's has two primary kinds of stores: country stores and travel stops.
 Country stores are fueling stations with a convenience store attached.
 The larger travel stops are located along highways and offer additional amenities such as food from restaurant chains like Subway, Arby's, Baskin Robbins, Bojangles', Burger King, Chester's, Dairy Queen, Del Taco, Denny's, Dunkin' Donuts, Friendly's, Godfather's Pizza, Green Burrito, Hardee's, IHOP Express, McDonald's, Sonic, Carl's Jr., Taco Bell, Taco John's, Wendy's, trucking supplies, showers and RV dump stations.
 Love's has approximately 17,000 employees.
Hugo's (or Hugo's Family Marketplace) is a family-owned chain of supermarket grocery stores located in the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota.
 It was founded by Hugo and Dorothy Magnuson in 1939.
 Hugo's is headquartered in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota.
 The chain's stores have been supplied by the Nash Finch Company since 1939.
 Nash Finch was once headquartered in Grand Forks, but moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1919.

Question: What is the nationality of the founder of a family-owned chain?
Answer: American