Northeast USA
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Acme Markets
Acme Markets is an American supermarket chain founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Irish immigrants Samuel Robinson and Robert Crawford. The chain operates stores throughout Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and the Hudson Valley of New York, and remains concentrated in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, with headquarters near Malvern, Pennsylvania. Acme offers a…
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Stew Leonard’s
Stew Leonard’s opened in 1969 with seven employees in Norwalk, Connecticut, and now operates eight stores across Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. The family-owned retailer’s reputation for top-quality fresh food, unique private-brand products and a “Disney-esque” shopping experience have fueled devotion from shoppers. The chain has become an outlier in an increasingly consolidated grocery…
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Hannaford Supermarkets
Hannaford Supermarkets is a supermarket chain operating across the northeastern United States, with a footprint concentrated in northern New England and upstate New York. Known formally as Hannaford Bros. Co., the chain operates full-service grocery stores that combine conventional supermarket offerings with fresh produce, prepared foods, pharmacy services, and an emphasis on local sourcing. It…
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Star Market
Star Market was a New England supermarket chain based in Greater Boston, founded by Armenian immigrant Sarkis Mugar in 1918. Over its nearly century-long history, the company became known for self-service innovation and regional prominence before passing through multiple corporate ownerships—Jewel Tea, American Stores, Sainsbury’s, and Albertsons—and ultimately landing under SuperValu ownership in 2006. By…
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Shaw’s
Shaw’s traces its lineage to two separate retail ventures founded in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1862, George C. Shaw opened a small teashop in Portland, Maine, which later evolved into a grocery operation. Independently, Maynard A. Davis established a group of downtown grocery stores in Brockton and New Bedford, Massachusetts, known as…
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Northeast U.S. Grocery Chains
The Northeast grocery market is crowded, regional, and highly competitive. A few major public companies dominate large parts of the region, but privately held family chains, cooperatives, and local banners still play an important role in many states. The list below covers supermarket and grocery chains of any size in the Northeastern United States, along…
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Stop & Shop
Stop & Shop… Great food. Low prices. Friendly service. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company is a chain of supermarkets located mostly in the northeastern United States. History Stop & Shop’s roots can be traced back to 1914, when it was founded by Solomon and Jeanie Rabinowitz in Somerville, Mass., and named the Economy Grocery…
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Safeway Inc.
Safeway Inc. Ingredients for Life North America’s third largest supermarket chain, with 1,700 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. History Safeway Inc. was born of a 1926 merger between Skaggs Companies and Merrill Lynch. Skaggs, created by Marion Barton Skaggs in 1915 in American Falls, Idaho, agreed to merge…