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In the 1930s, Kroger Grocery and Baking Company became the first grocery chain to monitor product quality and to test foods offered to customers. It also became the first company with a store surrounded on all four sides by parking lots. [23] In 1932, the company tested a pilot project after it opened a grocery store in Indianapolis. [24]
The supermarket companies in the United States are organized in this article, but to see a worldwide list, see List of supermarket chains. This is a list of supermarket companies in the United States and the names of supermarkets which are owned or franchised by these companies. For supermarkets worldwide, see List of supermarket chains.
Meijer was the first retailer to launch the "supermarket" or "superstore" in the U.S., combining a multitude of merchandise under one roof, when they opened the first Thrifty Acres in 1962. [73] Meijer describes itself as a grocery chain that added general merchandise to their grocery stores in 1962. [citation needed]
Save A Lot Food Stores Ltd. is an American discount supermarket chain store headquartered in St. Ann, Missouri, in Greater St. Louis. [1] It has about 900 independently owned and operated stores across 32 states in the United States with over $4 billion in annual sales.
ɪ ɡ əl /) [5] is an American supermarket chain with stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Maryland. The company was founded in 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and incorporated on August 31, 1931. [1] Supermarket News ranked Giant Eagle 21st on the "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on sales of $11 billion. [6]
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is a retailer-owned wholesale grocery cooperative that supplies independently owned supermarkets and grocery stores. [1] It serves more than 4,000 locations in 36 states in the Midwest, the Southeast, and the Southwest, and from 8 full-line wholesale divisions.
Frisch's Restaurants, Inc., owner of Frisch's Big Boy chain and ; employed 4,500 as of 2008. [2] Gold Star Chili, Cincinnati style chili chain; Graeter's, ice cream, bakery, and candy shops; the New York Times has called it "the ice cream most connoisseurs feel to be the best in the world" LaRosa's Pizzeria, regional pizza chain
Safeway, Inc. is an American supermarket chain. The chain provides grocery items, food and general merchandise and a variety of specialty departments, such as bakery, delicatessen, floral and pharmacy, as well as Starbucks coffee shops, and vehicle fuel centers. [2]