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List of supermarket chains in the United States; Safeway (Australia)—Sold to Woolworths Limited Australia in 1985. All locations renamed to Woolworths Supermarkets from 2008 to 2017. Safeway (Canada)—Sold to Sobeys in 2013. Continues to use the Safeway banner. Safeway (UK)—Sold to Argyll Foods in 1987.
Randalls Food Markets became Safeway's Texas division, which today is legally known as Randalls Food & Drugs. By 2001, Randalls operated 69 stores in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area under the Tom Thumb and Simon David banners. In early 2005, Safeway was rumored to be attempting to sell the then 138-store Randalls division. [16]
Map Number of locations Number of employees 7-Eleven: Japan United States: ... Carrs-Safeway: United States: 24 Genuardi's: United States: 39 7,000+ Pavilions:
In January 2008, Homeland purchased the 26-store United Supermarkets of Oklahoma chain. [6] On November 14, 2008, Homeland purchased five Williams Discount Food stores, formerly Albertsons. This purchase became official December 14, 2008. In August 2011, Homeland purchased the three-store Super Save Food chain. [7]
Osco Drug traces its history back to 1915 by S.M. Skaggs in American Falls, Idaho as a cash and carry store. His son Lorenzo L. Skaggs, who had been involved in the predecessor to Safeway, founded the Pay-Less chain in 1937 in Rochester, Minnesota. In 1942, these chains merged with others and formed the Owners Service Company, shortened to Osco.
In September 2011, Safeway was looking to sell all or part of Genuardi's. [5] Later that month, a sale of several of Genuardi's locations to Giant-Carlisle appeared to be imminent. [6] On January 5, 2012, Giant announced its deal to acquire 15 Genuardi's Family Markets across the Philadelphia area in a $106 million (~$139 million in 2023) deal.
Acme was the regional sales leader in the Philadelphia area for decades, and only lost its lead to ShopRite in 2011. Acme offers online grocery shopping [9] for orders that can be picked up at the store or, in most areas, delivered to a home or business. In 2004, Acme introduced self-checkout stands, where shoppers could scan and bag their own ...
Safeway Inc. (est. 1915)—a major chain of supermarkets in the United States, and a subsidiary of Albertsons since 2015. ... (grocery store)