Mid West
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Acme Fresh Market
A well known name in the food store chain industry, Acme Fresh Market, serves various counties, with its head office based in Ohio. Its founder was Mr. Fred W. Albrecht, born and raised in Massillon, Ohio. History Acme was first known as Albrecht’s, in 1891 located in Massillon, Ohio. Mr. Albrecht sold out the store…
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Copps Food Center
Copps Food Center is a supermarket chain that services communities in and around Wisconsin. They sell an array of typical groceries including dairy products, fresh meat, pasta and paper products. History The company was founded by Egbert Morton Copps, a former Army captain. He left the Army with the desire to work on a farm…
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Broulims
Today, Broulim’s Fresh Food is known for combining the very best products with world-class service. History Charlie Broulim opened his first grocery store in 1922 in Rigby, Idaho. As soon as Charlie’s son, Dick, returned from graduate school in Chicago he promptly purchased the family business from his father. The entire enterprise consisted of two…
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Busch’s
Busch’s Fresh Food Market recently celebrated its 35th anniversary. In an interview on AnnArbor.com, Doug Busch, founder of Busch’s Fresh Food Market, reminisced that he started in his father’s Clinton, Michigan store sorting bottles. Busch noted that his father’s store only carried distilled water for ironing clothes, not the bottled type people now purchase for…
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Chief Supermarkets
Chief Supermarkets is a supermarket chain that operates in the state of Ohio in America. They sell an array of products including meat, juice, fresh produce and soft drinks. History The company was founded by two brothers, Ted Hench and Karl Hench, who went into business with John Nolan Junior. These three men had grown…
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Aldi Opens Its New Store to A Large Crowd
In Columbia, Missouri, the newly relocated and expanded Aldi grocery store recently opened its doors to a large expectant crowd. Aldi grocery stores started putting up its branches in Missouri since 1979. Currently, the grocery chain already has three stores, with the branch in Columbia being the third one. The said branch has also relocated…
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The Many Faces of Kroger
When it comes to finding the biggest, traditional food retailer in the U.S. just look to the many aspects of Kroger (NYSE: KR). Their annual intake for groceries is $65.7 billion. Kroger operates 2,468 food markets under more than 12 different brands (as of January 2010, the most current information available). Many supermarkets also sell…
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Save More with Meijer Stores
Meijer (pronounced Meyer) is a chain of superstores headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company is still privately owned and run by the Meijer family with Hank Meijer on board as Co-chairman and CEO, and Doug Meijer as Co-chairman. In 2008, Meijer was rated 19th in Fortune’s “The 35 largest U.S. private companies.” In 2011,…