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Dillons Stores
Dillons Inc. is a grocery supermarket chain that is part of The Kroger Co. It is based in Hutchinson, Kansas in the United States. History John S. Dillon started his grocery business by opening J.S. Dillon Cash Store in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1913. Dillon’s Inc. was officially founded in 1921, when Dillon’s sons John and…
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Kash n’ Karry
Kash n’ Karry was a Florida-based convenience grocery store that has since been absorbed by Sweetbay Supermarket. History In 1914, Italian immigrant Salvatore Greco began selling fruits and vegetables in the streets of Tampa, Fla. In 1922, he and his wife, Giuseppina, opened a storefront at their home and developed it so that, in 1947,…
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Albertsons
Albertsons Market is a North American grocery company based in Boise, Idaho, with more than 240 supermarkets throughout the United States. History In 1939, Joe Albertson and partners L.S. Skaggs and Tom Cuthbert opened their first one-stop shopping market, which they named Albertson’s Food Center, in Boise, Idaho. By 1945, Joe Albertson incorporated the store…
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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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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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Harveys Supermarkets
Harveys Supermarkets is a grocery chain with stores in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina that focuses on small-town values and sustainable, local products. History John Harvey created J.H. Harvey Co. LLC in 1950 in Nashville, Ga. and rapidly expanded the company into a chain of grocery stores, growing from 22 stores in 1981 to 70…
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Sweetbay
Sweetbay Supermarket is a grocery store aimed to please both the bargain shopper and the upscale customer. History Opening its doors in Seminole, Fla. in November 2004, Sweetbay Supermarket was formerly known as Kash n’ Karry. Through a series of acquisitions and failed efforts to save the Kash n’ Karry stores, the chain was reorganized…
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King Soopers
King Soopers Inc. is a supermarket chain owned by The Kroger Co. They are based on the eastern slope of Rocky Mountains. The company is managed along with City Market on the western slope of Rocky Mountains. History Founded in 1947 by Lloyd .J. King, King Soopers Inc., opened its first store in Arvada, Colorado…
