 Larry Gottula, Brass Armadillo president, and Dave Briddle, vice president, have known each other since Gottula hired Briddle in 1980 to work at one of the Food 4 Less grocery franchises he developed and owned in Iowa.In 1985, he sold the operation to Holiday Corporation of Minneapolis.In 1992, Gottula and Briddle founded the Brass Armadillo Antique Malls.