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Make a Bull’s Eye to Target to Save Money
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) is a line of discount stores that carry general merchandise and groceries. The stores are designed into several different classes: Target, Super Target, and Target Greatland. In addition, they run an on-line business, Target.direct and several other subsidiaries. Their headquarters are in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Target has stores in every state in…
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Delhaize America: The Lion from Belgium
Delhaize (pronounced De-LE-ze) America is a subsidiary of the Delhaize Group of Belgium. The main pursuit of the Group is the operation of grocery stores. The Group operates primarily in the U.S. and Belgium, but does business in eight other countries, on three different continents, in particular, Greece, Luxembourg, Romania, and Indonesia. The sales network…
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It’s All Good at H-E-B
HE Butt Grocery Company runs a chain of regional supermarkets in Texas and parts of northern Mexico. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, it operates the Southwest’s biggest bread and milk processing facilities. They make ice cream, corn and potato chips, and many other private label products. They also have their own photo-finishing operation. The company…
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Save for Sure When Buying at Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club is a part of the Walmart group of businesses. It is a warehouse-style store that sells to members only. Products are chosen with businesses and private consumers in mind. Like most warehouse-style stores, merchandise is sold in bulk and multi-packs, either right from the shipping pallet or stocked on industrial-type, steel shelving. The…
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The Public Benefits from the Low Prices at Publix
Publix Supermarkets currently holds 3.2% of the food retail market and is eighth in line, Walmart coming in first place. It is the biggest employee-owned grocery store chain in the United States with over 140,000 employees. Publix is considered one of the biggest grocery chains that are regional and operating more than 1,000 stores. They…
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Oh, Thank Heaven, It’s a 7-Eleven
The chain of convenience stores known as 7-Eleven is owned by the Japanese holding company, Seven & i Holdings. The holding company also runs Denny’s and other businesses and restaurants. The company franchises, licenses and operates more than 7,600 stores in the U.S., with more than 4,700 of them franchised. The 7-Eleven chain was taken…
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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,…
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Spend Your Dollars with the General
Dollar General Corporation has been in business since 1939. It is a discount variety store that sells name brand and generic merchandise. Their headquarters is in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Dollar General can usually be found in mid-size to small communities in strip malls and shopping plazas. They are usually located in residential neighborhoods where there is…
