List of supermarket chains in the United States
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This is a list of supermarket companies in the United States of America and the names of supermarkets which are owned or franchised by these companies. For supermarkets worldwide, see List of supermarkets.
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[edit] National chains
- Aldi 1,400 stores[1]
- Costco Wholesale 465 stores[2]
- Dean and Deluca 5 stores[3]
- Delhaize Group 1,300 stores[4] under the Bloom, Bottom Dollar Food, Food Lion, Hannaford, Harveys, and Sweetbay Supermarket labels
- Kroger 2,460 stores[5]. Besides the parent company, stores operate under the Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Foods Co., Fred Meyer (technically a hypermarket), Fry's Food and Drug, Gerbes, JayC Food Stores, King Soopers, Owen's Market, Pay Less Food Markets, Quality Food Centers, Ralphs, Scott's Food & Pharmacy, and Smith's Food and Drug names.
- Safeway Inc. 1,458 stores[6]. Besides the parent company, some stores are operated under the Carrs, Dominick's, Genuardi's, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, and Vons.
- Sam's Club 600 stores[7]
- Kmart Supercenters 26 locations[8]
- SuperValu Inc. 2,398 locations. The Save-A-Lot name is by far the most common, though there are also stores branded as Acme Markets, Albertsons, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy, Hornbacher's, Jewel-Osco, Lucky, Shaw's, Shop 'n Save, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, and Star Market.
- SuperTarget 251 locations[9]
- Trader Joe's 353 locations[10]
- Walmart Supercenters 3,016 locations. There are another 167 Walmart Neighberhood Markets.[11]
[edit] Regional/local chains
- The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P)
- A&P Supermarkets (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York)
- Food Basics (Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan areas)
- Pathmark (New Jersey, New York, and the Philadelphia metropolitan area)
- Super Fresh (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
- The Food Emporium (New York City area)
- Waldbaum's (Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island; Nassau and Suffolk counties)
- Acme Fresh Market (Akron, Ohio area)
- Andronico's (California)
- Arlan's Market (Texas)
- Arteagas Food Center (Northern California)
- Associated Supermarkets (New York City area)
- Balducci's (New York City, Washington, D.C., and their suburbs)
- Bashas' (Arizona; plus one store in Needles, California)
- AJ's Fine Foods (upscale)
- Bashas' Diné Markets (Navajo Nation)
- Big M (Pennsylvania and northern New York)
- Big Y Foods (southern New England)
- BI-LO (southeastern US)
- BJ's Wholesale Club (eastern US)
- Bravo (northeastern US; see C-Town)
- Breaux Mart Supermarkets (New Orleans area)
- Brookshires Grocery Company (Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana) – also runs Super1 Foods in eastern Texas, plus Monroe, Shreveport, and West Monroe, Louisiana
- Brookshire Brothers (Texas) – sibling of Brookshire's
- Broulims (Idaho)
- Brown & Cole (Washington)
- Cost Cutter (New Jersey)
- Food Depot – Georgia and North Carolina; part of SuperValu
- Food Pavilion
- Red Apple
- Save-On-Foods
- Bruno's Supermarkets (southeastern US)
- Buehler's (Ohio)
- Butera (Illinois)
- Busch's (southeast US; Michigan)
- C-Town (northeastern US)
- Cannata's Family Market (Louisiana)
- Caraluzzi's (Fairfield County, Connecticut)
- Chief Supermarket (Defiance, Ohio)
- Coborns" (Minnesota, South Dakota)
- CobornsDelivers (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota/Wisconsin online grocery)
- Compare Foods Supermarket (North Carolina, New York City, Long Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island)
- Copps Food Center (Wisconsin)
- County Market (Midwest)
- Crest Foods (Oklahoma City area)
- D'Agostino Supermarkets (New York City)
- D&W Food Centers (Owned by Spartan Stores) (Michigan)
- Dahl's Foods (Des Moines, Iowa area)
- David's Supermarkets (rural north Texas)
- DeCicco's (north of New York City)
- Dehoff's Key Markets (Bay Area, California)
- DeMoulas' Market Basket (Massachusetts/New Hampshire)
- Dierbergs (greater St. Louis)
- Econofoods (Twin Cities; western Wisconsin)
- Fairway Market (southwestern Connecticut, northern New Jersey, southern New York)
- Fareway (Iowa)
- Felpausch (Michigan)
- Festival Foods (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
- Food City (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia)
- FoodFair (eastern Kentucky, southeastern Ohio, and western West Virginia)
- Food Bazaar Supermarkets (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York)
- Food Giant
- Foodland, including Sack&Save (Hawaii)
- FoodLand Supermarkets (Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
- Food Lion (southeast and Mid-Atlantic)
- Foodtown (Northeast, mainly New Jersey)
- Food Town (Houston, Texas)
- Fresh and Easy (California, Arizona, and Nevada; division of the British chain Tesco)
- Gelson's Markets (southern California)
- Gerland's Food Fair (Houston, Texas)
- Two separate chains operating as Giant, both subsidiaries of Royal Ahold:
- Giant-Carlisle (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia)
- Giant-Landover (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C.)
- Giant Eagle (Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland)
- Giantway (Michigan)
- Glen's Market (northern Michigan)
- Gourmet Garage (mostly in Manhattan)
- Grand Union (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont – aka GU Family Markets
- Great American Food Stores (New York)
- Great Valu Markets (Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
- Great Wall Supermarket (Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia)
- Gristedes (mostly in Manhattan, New York City)
- Grocer's Pride (Houston, Texas; Mississippi)
- Haggen Food & Pharmacy (Oregon, Washington)
- Top Food & Drug
- Handy Andy (New Braunfels, San Antonio, Schertz, Seguin, Texas)
- Hannaford (New England and New York)
- Harris Teeter (North Carolina)
- Harvest Foods (Arkansas, created when Safeway divested its Little Rock division in the late 1980s. Assets bought by former employees. In the early 1990s, Harvest went bankrupt and Affiliated Foods Southwest bought the chain.)
- H-E-B (Texas, Mexico) – also operates H-E-B Plus and Central Market.
- Harding's Friendly Markets (southwestern Michigan)
- Harmons Grocery (Utah)
- Harris Teeter (North Carolina and southeastern US)
- Harp's Market (Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma) competes against Wal*Mart in small towns. Larger stores include sporting goods.
- Heinen's Fine Foods (Greater Cleveland, Ohio)
- Hiller's Market (Greater Detroit)
- Holiday Market (Royal Oak, Michigan)
- Holiday Foods (southern Indiana)
- Holiday Quality Foods (northern California)
- Hollywood Super Market (northern Detroit suburbs)
- Homeland (Kansas, Oklahoma, formerly Texas)
- Houchens Industries (Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois)
- Buehler's Buy-Low (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana)
- Hugo's (Minnesota, North Dakota)
- Hy-Vee Food Stores (midwestern and central US)
- Ingles (southern US)
- Jons Marketplace (Los Angeles area; Orange County, California)
- Karns Quality Foods (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area)
- Key Food (New York City and northern suburbs)
- Key Markets – also see Dehoff's Key Markets (Bay Area, California)
- King Kullen (Long Island and Staten Island)
- Kings (New Jersey and New York)
- Kowalski's (Minnesota)
- Kuhn's Quality Foods (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- K.V. Mart dba Top Valu, Valu Plus & various other names (Los Angeles, California area)
- Landis Supermarkets (southeastern Pennsylvania)
- Lauer's Supermarket and Bakery (Pasadena and Riviera Beach, Maryland)
- Lowes Foods (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
- Lowe's Markets (Texas and New Mexico)
- Lunds (Minnesota)
- Mac's Market (New Hampshire, New York, Vermont)
- Macey's Market (northern Utah)
- Magruder's (Washington, D.C. area)
- Market Basket (southeast Texas, southwest Louisiana)
- Mars (Baltimore, Maryland area)
- Marsh (Indiana, Ohio; includes the O'Malia's)
- Matherne's Supermarkets (Baton Rouge, Louisiana area)
- Martin's Super Markets (Indiana, Michigan)
- Martin's Super Food Stores/Royal Ahold (Giant-Carlisle) (New York, Virginia)
- Mayfair Markets (Hollywood, California)
- McCaffrey's (New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
- Meijer (Midwest)
- Met Foods (New Jersey and New York City)
- SuperOne Foods (Minnesota)
- Minyard's (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex)
- Minyard's
- Carnival, a Hispanic/international line – August 2008 – sold to Grocer's Supply, Houston
- Sack and Save, a discount line[12]
- New Deal Market (California)
- New Deal Supermarket (Jackson, Mississippi)
- Nash Finch Company (upper Midwest)
- Nugget Markets (northern California)
- Obriens Market (California)
- Omni Foods (Massachusetts and New Hampshire)
- Penn Traffic (New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont)
- P&C Foods
- Bi-Lo Foods (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area)
- Riverside Markets
- Quality Markets
- Petosa's Family Grocery (Edmonds, Washington)
- Piggly Wiggly (southeastern US)
- Plum Market (Detroit area)
- Preston-Safeway (unrelated to Safeway Inc.; central Indiana)
- Price Chopper (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont) unrelated to Associated Wholesale Grocers in Kansas)
- Publix (southeastern US)
- Quality Foods (Georgia and South Carolina)
- Quality Markets (New York and Pennsylvania)
- Raley's (California, Nevada) – owns Nob Hill Foods and Bel Air Markets
- Reasors (eastern Oklahoma)
- Red Apple (Oregon and Washington)
- Redner's Warehouse Markets (eastern Pennsylvania; also in Delaware and Maryland)
- Remke Markets bigg's (Cincinnati, Ohio area)
- Rice Supermarkets (Houston, Texas)
- Riesbeck's Food Markets (Ohio and West Virginia)
- Pick 'N Save (east-central Ohio)
- Robèrt's Fresh Market (New Orleans, Louisiana area)
- Roche Bros. (Massachusetts)
- Sudbury Farms (Massachusetts)
- Roundy's
- Copps Food Center (Wisconsin)
- Pick 'n Save (Wisconsin, Illinois)
- Rainbow Foods (Minnesota)
- Ridley's Family Markets (Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
- Rosauers Supermarkets (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
- Huckleberry's Natural Market (Spokane, Washington)
- Super 1 Foods (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas)
- Roth's Fresh Markets (Oregon)
- Rouse's Supermarket (Louisiana, Mississippi)
- Royal Ahold
- Giant Food/Martin's Food of Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia)
- Giant Food of Landover, Maryland (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC)
- Stop & Shop (New England, New Jersey, New York)
- Sage's Market (California)
- Save Mart Supermarkets (California: Bay Area, Central Valley; northern Nevada)
- FoodMaxx
- Lucky Stores (Bay Area, California)
- S-Mart Foods (Lodi and Stockton, California)
- Schnucks (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee)
- Hilander (Illinois)
- Logli (Illinois, Wisconsin)
- Scolari's Food and Drug (California, Nevada)
- Sedano's (Miami, Florida)
- Seller's Brothers (Houston, Texas)
- Sentry Foods (Wisconsin)
- Shop n' Save (Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia)
- ShopRite (Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.)
- Southern Family Markets
- Sunset Foods (Illinois)
- Stater Brothers (California)
- Stewart's Shops (New York; Vermont)
- Stew Leonard's (Connecticut, New York)
- Strack and Van Til (Indiana)
- Ultra Foods – discount division (Indiana; Chicago suburbs)
- Straub's Markets (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Sullivan's Foods (Illinois)
- Sunflower Farmers Market (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah) – owned by founder of Wild Oats
- Super 1 Foods (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas)
- Superior Grocers (southern California)
- Supersol (New York City, Long Island, Westchester)
- Supremo Supermarket (New Jersey and Pennsylvania)
- Times Supermarkets (Hawaii)
- Tops (New York; Pennsylvania)
- ""The Fresh Grocer"" (Pennsylvania, Delaware)
- Thriftway Supermarkets (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
- Treasure Island (Chicago and Wilmette, Illinois)
- Turco's (New York)
- Ukrop's (central Virginia)
- United (west Texas)
- Village market (Antrim County, Michigan)
- Victory Supermarkets (Massachusetts, New Hampshire) – taken over by Hannaford)
- Vallarta Supermarkets (Los Angeles; southern California)
- Wade's (Virginia)
- Wegmans (Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
- Weis Markets (Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia)
- Save-a-Lot (Pennsylvania)
- Scot's Lo-Cost (Pennsylvania)
- Giant Foods (Binghamton, New York area) – acquired by Weis in 2009
- Wesselman's (southern Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky area)
- Westborn Market (Michigan)
- Western Beef Supermarkets (New York City)
- Wilson Farms (New York)
- WinCo Foods (California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington)
- Winn-Dixie (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)
- Wise Way (Indiana)
- Woodman's Food Market (Illinois, Wisconsin)
- Yoke's Fresh Market (Spokane, Washington)
[edit] Retailers' cooperatives
Main article: List of retailers' cooperatives
- Affiliated Food Stores (Texas panhandle; Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming)
- Affiliated Foods Midwest (Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
- Associated Food Stores – formerly Pacific Mercantile Cooperative; also see Western Family Foods
- Associated Grocers
- Associated Grocers of Florida
- Associated Grocers of the South
- Associated Wholesale Grocers
- Price Chopper / Price Mart (Kansas City, Missouri area) – unrelated to Price Chopper in the Northeast
- Country Mart
- Cash Saver
- Apple Market
- SunFresh
- ThriftWay
- Associated Wholesalers
- Central Grocers Cooperative
- Great Valu (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia)
- IGA
- NSA Supernn,mnmarkets (New York City and Pennsylvania)
- ShopRite/Wakefern Food Corporation
- Shurfine Markets (Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland)
- ShurSave (northeastern Pennsylvania)
- Spartan Stores (Michigan – Operates several banners, including Glen's Markets, D&W Food Centers, and Family Fare Supermarkets; Spartan Stores is a supplier for smaller supermarkets)
- Thrift Way/Shop n Bag (New Jersey; Philadelphia)
- Unified Grocers
- Western Family Foods (supermarket wholesaler) – formerly Pacific Mercantile Cooperative
[edit] Deep-discount and limited-assortment chains
- Aldi – U.S. operations of a German group
- Cash & Carry (Chicago)
- Food 4 Less (Los Angeles area and northern California; Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada)
- Grocery Outlet (West)
- Marc's (Ohio)
- Xpect Discounts (Connecticut)
- Sharp Shopper (Pennsylvania, Virginia)
- ShopRite (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania) – affiliates owned and operated by Wakefern Food Corporation
- Smart & Final (West), also owns Henry's Farmers Market and Sun Harvest
- WinCo Foods (West)
[edit] Ethnic chains
[edit] Asian
See also: Asian supermarket
- Island Pacific Supermarket (California)
- 99 Ranch Market – the largest Asian-American supermarket chain on the West Coast
- Ai Hoa Supermarket – formerly a Chinese-Vietnamese-American chain in southern California; now operates one store in Chinatown, Los Angeles
- Asian Food Center (New Jersey)
- CAM Asian Market (Ohio)
- Diho Supermarket (Houston, Texas) – Chinese American
- H-Mart, Han Ah Reum (California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington) – Korean-American supermarket chain
- Hong Kong Supermarket – Chinese-American supermarket chain
- Island Pacific Supermarket (California, Nevada) – Filipino American chain
- Kam Man Food (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts) – small Asian American supermarket chain
- Lion Food (Northern California) Vietnamese-Chinese supermarket
- Marukai – Japanese-American supermarket
- Mitsuwa (New Jersey, Illinois, California) – Japanese American supermarket and shopping center
- Pacific Ocean Market (Colorado)
- Super 88 Market (Boston area) – Asian American
- Seafood City (California) – Filipino American
- Uwajimaya (Seattle, Washington)
[edit] Hispanic/Latino
- Avanza Supermarket – (Denver)
- Arteagas Food Center - (10+ stores in Northern California)
- Big Saver Foods – (16 stores in Los Angeles area)
- Carnival – Dallas area-chain operated by Minyard Food Stores; sold majority of stores to Grocers Supply in August 2008. Later most stores (including El Rancho, Jerry's, Terry's) were sold to Dallas-area independent retailers. Other Carnival stores were kept by Grocers Supply (Fiesta Mart) or turned into Fiesta's.
- Cardenas Supermarkets – Hispanic supermarket chain in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, California
- Compare Foods – over 60 stores in New York City, Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina
- El Pueblo – (Newark) largest Latino supermarket in New Jersey
- El Super (Los Angeles and Phoenix)
- Fiesta Mart – Mexican-American, primarily in Texas
- Freshco (Central Florida area)
- Food Bazaar Supermarkets (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York)
- Food City (Arizona) – Hispanic; owned by Bashas
- Mariana's (Las Vegas area)
- Mi Pueblo Food Center (Northern California/Bay Area) - Fastest Growing Hispanic supermarkets in Northern California -21 Stores
- González Northgate – Hispanic supermarket in the Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County areas of California
- Pro's Ranch Market – Hispanic (Arizona, California, New Mexico)
- Publix Sabor – Hispanic, operated by Publix
- Rancho Liborio – 11 stores (California, Nevada, Colorado)
- Sedano's – Hispanic chain in southern Florida
- Superior Super Warehouse – Hispanic warehouse supermarket with 28 stores in southern California
- Supermercado El Rancho – Hispanic supermarket chain in Dallas, Texas area
- Supersaver Foods – Hispanic-geared; operated by Albertsons LLC. Chain now closed except for a few stores in Utah.
- Super Market Mexico – Online purveyor of Mexican foods.
- Mi Tienda - Hispanic supermarket division of HEB Stores (1 store; Houston, Texas)
- El Rancho – growing independent Hispanic chain in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area
- Tenochtitlan Market – (Utah) Upscale Latin-American
- Terry's/El Mariachi Supermarkets – Hispanic chain (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Oklahoma City)
- Twin City Supermarket - Hispanic chain (New Jersey)
- Pros Ranch Markets (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas) – Hispanic
- Rio Ranch Markets – operates 8 Hispanic supermarkets in southern California
- Rancho Markets – (Utah)
- Viva Markets – (Utah) Hispanic grocery market and mini-mall
[edit] Specialty and natural foods
- Bristol Farms
- Central Market (division of H-E-B)
- Dorothy Lane Market – specialty markets in Dayton, Ohio
- Earth Fare – North Carolina, SE USA, Ohio
- Home Economist - Charlotte and western North Carolina organic grocery
- FreshDirect – online grocer in New York City
- The Fresh Market
- Lunardi's – San Francisco Bay Area
- Market of Choice – Oregon
- Metropolitan Market – Seattle, Washington
- Mollie Stone's
- New Seasons Market – Portland, Oregon
- PCC Natural Markets – Seattle, Washington area
- Sno-Isle Natural Foods Co-Op – Everett, Washington
- Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods – Texas; gourmet foods and alcohol
- Stew Leonard's – Connecticut; New York
Supremo Supermarket (New Jersey and Pennsylvania)
- Trader Joe's – family also owns German Aldi group
Twin City Supermarket (New Jersey)
- Whole Foods Market
- Ensenada Markets gourmet hispanic Foods
[edit] Defunct chains
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.grocery.com/aldi-foods/
- ^ http://www.grocery.com/costco/
- ^ http://www.deandeluca.com/Aboutus/Default.aspx?id=186&selItemId=14
- ^ http://www.delhaizegroup.com/en/Home/OurMarkets.aspx
- ^ http://www.thekrogerco.com/finance/documents/2010_KrogerFactBook.pdf
- ^ http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=64607&p=irol-stores
- ^ http://www3.samsclub.com/NewsRoom/AboutUs/History
- ^ http://deadanddyingretail.blogspot.com/2011/10/current-kmart-supercenter-locations-as.html
- ^ http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/backgrounder.aspx
- ^ http://www.grocery.com/trader-joes/
- ^ http://walmartstores.com/AboutUs/7606.aspx
- ^ Minyard Food Stores - grand
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