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A grocery store ( AE ), grocery shop ( BE) or simply grocery [1] is a foodservice retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, [2] which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, [3] and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries.
Ai Hoa Supermarket – formerly a Chinese-Vietnamese-American chain in southern California; now operates one store in South El Monte [2] Asian Food Center (New Jersey) Arirang Market - Korean chain from Southern California; ASSI Plaza, Korean-American multinational supermarket chain (Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania) CAM Asian Market (Ohio)
Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy: United States: 4 Acme Markets: United States: 162 Super Saver Foods: United States: Hy-Vee: United States: 285+ 93,000 City Market: United States: City Market (Mexico) Mexico: Dillons: United States: 94 11,500 Hilander Foods: United States: 7 JayC Food Stores: United States: 64 300 City Market (US grocery store chain ...
H-E-B Grocery Company, LP. H-E-B Grocery Company, LP, is an American privately held supermarket chain based in San Antonio, Texas, with more than 380 stores throughout the U.S. state of Texas and the country of Mexico. [ 3][ 4] The company also operates Central Market, an upscale organic and fine foods retailer. [ 5]
Albertsons Companies, Inc.[ 1][ 2] is an American grocery company founded and headquartered in Boise, Idaho . With 2,253 stores as of the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 and 270,000 employees as of fiscal year 2019, [ 3][ 8][ 6] the company is the second-largest supermarket chain in North America after Kroger. [ 9][ 10] Albertsons ranked 53rd ...
Whole Foods Market, Inc. Whole Foods Market, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon, is an American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which sells products free from hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. [ 5] A USDA Certified Organic grocer in the United States, the chain is popularly known for ...
This was a grocery store which combined several departments under one roof, but generally maintained the traditional system of clerks pulling products from shelves on request. [10] By 1929, only one in three U.S. grocery stores was a combination store. [10] The concept of a self-service grocery store predates the supermarket; it was developed ...
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. [20] The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: "Be particular.