Yellow Front was an American discount store that original started asa single Army surplus store before evolving into a sporting goods chain and later a discount chain. In the 1950s, Yellow Stores opened in Phoenix as a small store selling Army Surplus items. Jake Henegar bought the company from Jim Kelly in 1960. Henegar led the enterprise until his retirement in the early 1980s. Presidents of Yellow Front Stores after Henegar's retirement were Sean Lee, Robert Bove, and David Stoup. After a quick expansion, Yellow Stores was forced to close all of their Pacific Northwest stores in 1977.