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Save Mart Supermarkets encompasses a number of store banners and private label product brands. |
Save Mart Supermarkets encompasses a number of store banners and private label product brands. |
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'''Save Mart''' stores are full-service grocery stores with a broad product offering, including service and fresh food departments. Save Mart stores offer |
'''Save Mart''' stores are full-service grocery stores with a broad product offering, including service and fresh food departments. Save Mart stores offer fresh products, bakery goods, deli foods and ethnic foods. |
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'''S-Mart Foods''' stores are full-service grocery stores operating in Stockton and Lodi, California. They provide the same offerings as the Save Mart full-service stores owned by the company in other Northern California and Northern Nevada markets. The "Save Mart" stores in Stockton and Lodi are not owned by Save Mart Supermarkets. |
'''S-Mart Foods''' stores are full-service grocery stores operating in Stockton and Lodi, California. They provide the same offerings as the Save Mart full-service stores owned by the company in other Northern California and Northern Nevada markets. The "Save Mart" stores in Stockton and Lodi are not owned by Save Mart Supermarkets. |
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Retail/Grocery |
| Founded | 17 January 1952 |
| Headquarters | Modesto, California |
Key people | Robert M. Piccinini, Chairman/CEO Steve Junqueiro, President/COO Mike Silveira, SVP/CAO and GC |
| Products | Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor |
| Revenue | $5 billion (2006) [1] |
| Website | http://luckysupermarkets.com, http://foodmaxx.com |
Save Mart Supermarkets owns and operates supermarkets operating under the names of Save Mart, S-Mart Foods, Lucky, and FoodMaxx located in Northern California and Northern Nevada.
Background
Save Mart Supermarkets owns and operates more than 240 stores in Northern and Central California and Northern Nevada under the Save Mart, S-Mart Foods, Lucky, and FoodMaxx banners.
Company History
• 1952 – January 17: The first Save Mart store opens in Modesto, California.
• 1973 – Yosemite Wholesale opens in Modesto.
• 1981 – Bob Piccinini is named president.
• 1984 – Save Mart Supermarkets partners with two other retailers to launch Mid-Valley Dairy, producer of Sunnyside Farms products. SMART Refrigerated Transport opens in Turlock.
• 1985 – Bob Piccinini purchases Save Mart Supermarkets and becomes CEO.
• 1986 - Save Mart Supermarkets moves its corporate headquarters to 1800 Standiford Avenue in Modesto. In partnership with the Fleming Company, the company opens its first two price-impact stores in Bakersfield, under the Food Maxx banner.
• 1988 - Save Mart Supermarkets partners with two other retailers to open Sunnyside Farms Dairy by-product plant in Turlock.
• 1989 – Save Mart Supermarkets acquires 27 Fry’s Supermarkets in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• 1991 – Save Mart Supermarkets helps found and becomes a voting partner in Super Store Industries (SSI).
• 1997 - Save Mart Supermarkets purchases 10 Lucky stores in the Central Valley.
• 2003 – Save Mart Supermarkets acquires 25 Food 4 Less stores and rebrands them FoodMaxx.
• 2007 – Save Mart Supermarkets acquires Albertson stores in the Metro Sacramento area, San Francisco Bay Area, and Northern Nevada, and converts them to Lucky and Save Mart stores.
Banners and Brands
Save Mart Supermarkets encompasses a number of store banners and private label product brands.
Save Mart stores are full-service grocery stores with a broad product offering, including service and fresh food departments. Save Mart stores offer fresh products, bakery goods, deli foods and ethnic foods.
S-Mart Foods stores are full-service grocery stores operating in Stockton and Lodi, California. They provide the same offerings as the Save Mart full-service stores owned by the company in other Northern California and Northern Nevada markets. The "Save Mart" stores in Stockton and Lodi are not owned by Save Mart Supermarkets.
Lucky Supermarkets are full-service grocery stores operating in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their high-value offerings include fresh products, bakery and deli-prepared foods, and focused ethnic offerings.
FoodMaxx is a price-impact banner operating with a “no-frills” format. While the assortment of products at FoodMaxx stores is not as broad as in the company’s full-service banners, the stores provide fresh products. These stores offer products at warehouse-store prices to the consumer without a store club membership fee.
Our Brands – For consumers seeking alternatives to national brands.
• World Classics – packaged foods
• Full Circle – organic packaged foods
• Pacific Coast Selections – fresh packaged foods
• MasterCut – meats
• Master Catch – fish and seafood
• Sunny Select – juices and foods
• Sunnyside Farms – dairy
• Bayside Farms – dairy
• Maxx Value – frozen foods
• ValuTime – packaged foods and general merchandise
• Today’s Health – over-the-counter medications
• Pacific Coast Café – coffee
Distribution Infrastructure
To support its network of stores, Save Mart Supermarkets has developed and built its own infrastructure of private label manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, and overland transportation.
• Super Store Industries (Lathrop, CA) capitalizes on the combined buying power of more than one privately-owned grocery chain. Economies of scale enable the partners, including Save Mart Supermarkets, to purchase or produce products at low cost. They can then (if they wish) pass on the savings to their customers and maintain a competitive edge. SSI also produces and packages bottled beverages, cultured dairy products, and frozen dairy products for several brands, including Sunnyside Farms yogurt, Stater Brothers ice cream, and Minute Maid orange juice. SSI owns and operates Sunnyside Farms (Fairfield, CA) and Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Turlock, CA). [2]
• Yosemite Wholesale (Merced, CA) is a dry and packaged good warehouse servicing all of the company’s stores.
• Save Mart Supermarkets Distribution Centers (Roseville and Vacaville, CA) service all of the company’s stores.
• SMART Refrigerated Transport (Lathrop, CA) is a trucking firm that transports dry groceries, frozen foods, ice, and novelties to all of Save Mart Supermarkets’ stores. The company also works as an outside contractor hauling products for other retailers.
Footnotes
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