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A Wawa convenience store and gas station in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. In 2015, Wawa ranked 34th on the Forbes magazine list of the largest private companies, with total revenues of $9.68 billion. [ 20 ] As of 2016 [update], Wawa employs over 22,000 people [ 8 ][ 20 ] in 720+ stores (450+ offering gasoline). [ 21 ]
History. Meijer was founded as Meijer's in Greenville, Michigan, in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer, a Dutch immigrant. Meijer was a local barber who entered the grocery business during the Great Depression. His first employees included his 14-year-old son, Frederik Meijer, who later became chairman of the company. The current co-chairmen, brothers Hank ...
A State Farm Insurance office occupies a classic railroad depot in Hiawassee, Georgia. State Farm is the largest property and casualty insurance provider, and the largest auto insurance provider, in the United States. [5]
A list of gas station chains in Canada: Canadian Tire Petroleum (Canadian Tire Gas+) – over 300 stations across Canada; most located next to Canadian Tire retail stores or at service centres such as ONRoute; Chevron Corporation – under license by Parkland Corporation (British Columbia, Alberta) Domo Gasoline – 80 stations in western Canada
Beginning. In 1883, 23-year-old Bernard Kroger, the fifth of ten children of German immigrants, invested his life savings of $372 (equivalent to $12,164 in 2023) to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. [21] The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: "Be particular.
While typical Target locations are about 135,000 sq ft (12,500 m 2), most "small-format" CityTarget stores are roughly 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m 2). The first stores were opened in July 2012, in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle; [9] the 160,000 square feet (15,000 m 2) location in Boston is the largest CityTarget and opened in July 2015. [23]
IGA, Inc., is a franchised chain of grocery stores that operates in more than 41 countries. Unlike chain stores, IGA franchises are independently owned and operated. Many of these stores operate in small-town markets and belong to families that manage them. IGA was founded in the United States as the Independent Grocers Alliance in 1926.
This list comprises the largest companies currently in the United States by revenue as of 2024, according to the Fortune 500 tally of companies and Forbes. The Fortune 500 list of companies includes only publicly traded companies, also including tax inversion companies. There are also corporations having foundation in the United States, such as ...