Original sentence: It was founded in 1957 in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, by Polish immigrant Samuel Klein <ref>International Directory of Company Histories,  Volume 75 (2004)  by Robert
Edited sentence: , it had more than 500 stores in eight states (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul), besides the Federal District.As of 2004, the company employed 22,000 people and was generating $2 billion in profits.It was founded in 1957 in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, by Polish immigrant Samuel Klein , who began his career as a peddler selling products to immigrants from the Brazilian Northeast