North East
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Costco
Costco Warehouse is a members-only, warehouse-format international shopping chain that offers bulk shopping for large families and businesses. It sells products of various brands at discounted prices. History Former executive Vice President of Price Club Jim Sinegal left the company to form Costco Wholesale Corporation with Jeffery Brotman in 1983. Sol and Robert Price, founders of…
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Aldi Foods
Aldi , short for Albrecht Discount, is an international discount supermarket chain based in Germany. History In 1946, brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht took over a small store in a suburb of Essen, Germany, their mother had opened in 1913. Soon after they opened another retail outlet nearby and by 1950 owned 13 stores in the…
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Acme Markets
Acme Markets is a Philadelphia-based supermarket chain that now operates 125 supermarkets under the Acme name in four states. History Acme was established by Samuel Robinson and Robert Crawford in south Philadelphia in 1891. By 1917, Robinson and Crawford merged Acme Markets with four other Philadelphia-area grocery stores, and the combined company was named American…
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Eagle Country Market
Eagle Food Centers is presently a chain of 40 independent supermarkets that are owned and operated by the employees, under the banner of The Downtown Eagle Corporation. They currently operate in Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois. The company was based out of Milan, Illinois, which is near the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. The…
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Cub Foods
Cub Foods was founded as a no frills, bring your own bag grocery store, in Stillwater, MN, back in 1968. Today they are still operating a fairly large share of the market from over 16 States, and approximately 2400 locations. Today, Cub Foods is a fully owned subsidiary of the Minnesota-based SUPERVALU chain, marketing their…
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Save-A Lot
Save-a-Lot is a discount supermarket chain, and subsidiary of SUPERVALU. Headquartered in Earth City, Missouri, Save-A-Lot stores carry most typical grocery products, but they feature considerably less variety than conventional supermarkets. They do offer a good selection of private brands that more than make up the difference. History Save-a-Lot was founded in 1977 by Bill…
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Balducci’s
Balducci’s, or Balducci’s Food Market, is a grocery store that retails specialty gourmet. Currently there are around 6 Balducci’s stores in different states of USA. History Balducci’s was founded in 1916 by Louis “Pop” Balducci. The first Balducci’s store was situated in Brooklyn, New York. Back in 1916, the company was the first to offer…
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Kroger
The Kroger Co. is North America’s largest grocery chain, operating about 3,619 stores located throughout the Midwestern, Southern, South western and Western United States. It is also the second largest general retailer in the United States, next to Wal-Mart. History Bernard. H. Kroger is the founder of The Kroger Co. and started the company in…