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Redner's Markets was founded in March 1970, by Mary (1918–2007) and Earl Redner (1926–2017). They opened two supermarkets in Reading, PA.. In 1975, the company formed an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), making them the first supermarket in Pennsylvania to be employee owned.
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.
In 2002, the company changed its corporate name to Grocery Outlet, Inc. [13] Grocery Outlet purchased 16 Yes!Less grocery stores in Texas and another in Shreveport, Louisiana, from Dallas, Texas-based Fleming Cos. in January 2003. [17] All 17 stores were closed by May 2004. [18] The company promoted MacGregor Read and Eric Lindberg to co-CEO in ...
In March 2010, BJ's announced they would move their corporate headquarters from Natick to Westborough, Massachusetts in 2011. [ 2 ] [ 11 ] On January 5, 2011, BJ's announced it would close five underperforming stores in the Southeast , eliminate approximately 100 headquarters jobs by the end of the month, and restructure its home office and ...
Member stores include the publicly traded Village Super Market. [11] As of 2023, Wakefern has a total of seven warehouses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mike Stigers became president of Wakefern effective June 1, 2023. Stigers had been CEO of Cub, a Minnesota-based grocery chain and subsidiary of publicly traded United Natural Foods. [12]
The company, originally called Waremart, was founded in Boise, Idaho, in 1967 by Ralph Ward and Bud Williams as a no-frills, warehouse-style grocery store focusing on low prices. [ 7 ] [ 13 ] In 1985, Waremart employees established an employee stock ownership plan and purchased a majority stake of Waremart from the Ward family, making the ...
Associated Food Stores was founded in 1940 by Donald P. Lloyd, president of the Utah Retail Grocers Association along with 34 Utah retailers. Concerned with the effect that large corporate stores would have on small independent retailers, he felt the only way these small businesses could survive is if they united and faced the competition as one, therefore increasing their collective buying power.
La Michoacana Meat Market (Texas) Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market (Georgia) Numero Uno Market – Hispanic chain (Los Angeles area) - Now merged with Superior; La Perla Tapatía Supermarkets – (California) La Placita – Hispanic chain in New Orleans area; Presidente (South Florida - Miami-Dade, Broward & Palm Beach counties)