Danners, Inc was an Indianapolis, Indiana, based company that operated various retail and restaurant outlets. Its largest division, and oldest, was the Danners 5 & 10 chain of five and dime stores, which it closed in 1985.[1]
Danners also operated 12 Cambridge Inn Cafeterias and one Danner Bros. Restaurant and danners!,the company's frame, stationery and crafts store. The variety stores, restaurants and frame & craft stores were all closed down in 1985, in an effort to save the 3-D discount chain.[2]
In 1987, Indian L.P. offered to purchase all outstanding shares of Danners, Inc. [3] that it didn't already own. It was then merged into the Maxway Corp., which filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1988.[4] When Maxway emerged from bankruptcy in 1989, the Danners, Inc division was listed as defunct.[5] Maxway operated the Macks Stores chain of stores.