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Vons was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1987. In October 1985, Vons introduced Pavilions, a "combination store" concept which offered a wider variety of upscale products as well as pharmacy and other non-food products and services. [8] [10] Some stores that were smaller were branded Pavilions Place.
Grand Union Supermarkets, later known as Grand Union Family Markets and often referred to simply as Grand Union, [1] is an American chain of grocery stores that does business in upstate New York and Vermont, and used to do business throughout most of the northeastern United States. It operated stores in other areas of the country, including the ...
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Pavilions is a grocery store banner used by Vons, a supermarket division of Albertsons in Southern California. Although similar to Vons stores, Pavilions markets are more upscale and feature a larger selection of organic food, wine, and other specialty foods. A location in Anaheim Hills in March, 2010 (Store #2216). This was converted into a ...
By 1958, Vons was the third-largest grocery chain in greater Los Angeles. [9] When the company went public, Vons had annual sales of $100 million and 28 stores. [ 8 ] [ 10 ] In 1960 it acquired the sixth-largest competitor Shopping Bag Food Stores , a merger that was challenged by the Federal Trade Commission on antitrust grounds.
On March 1, 1984, Thriftimart announced that it would sell 23 of its then 40 stores to Oakland-based Safeway Stores, Inc. which operated about 2,500 supermarkets but had relatively weak coverage in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, ranking #5 in 1983, trailing Ralphs, Vons, Lucky and Alpha Beta. 17 Thriftimart stores remained.
Shaw's and Star Market are two American supermarket chains under united management based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, employing about 30,000 associates in 150 total stores; 129 stores are operated under the Shaw's banner in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, while Star Market operates 21 stores in Massachusetts, most of which are in or near Boston.
In 1994, American Stores converted 25 Jewel Food Stores in Chicago, Illinois, to Osco Drug free-standing stores. These older and smaller Jewel stand-alone stores were closed so that American Stores could focus on the combination formats only for Jewel and to expand Osco's presence in Chicago as a response to Walgreens increasing market ...