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Mariano’s
Mariano’s is an American supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area founded in 2010. The chain specializes in fresh groceries, prepared foods, pharmacy services, and online ordering with delivery or pickup options. The chain distinguishes itself through an emphasis on quality fresh produce, in-store prepared meals, and specialty merchandise that appeal to urban Chicago shoppers…
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Cub Foods
Cub is an American supermarket chain that operates stores in Minnesota and Illinois and is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Natural Foods, based in Providence, Rhode Island. The chain emerged in 1968 with an acronym standing for “Consumers United for Buying”, embodying a warehouse-style discount model that pioneered low-price, stripped-down grocery retail in the…
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Schnucks
Schnuck Markets, Inc. is a supermarket chain founded in 1939 with the opening of a 1,000-square-foot store in north St. Louis, and it operates stores across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. Schnucks is one of the largest privately held supermarket chains in the United States and dominates the St. Louis metro grocery market. The company is…
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Sedano’s
Sedano’s Supermarkets is the United States’ largest Hispanic retailer and largest Hispanic-owned supermarket chain. Founded in 1962 in Hialeah, Florida, by the Guerra and Herrán families as a neighborhood store catering to immigrant communities, the chain has grown to serve diverse Hispanic populations across South Florida and Central Florida with a sharp focus on authentic…
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Festival Foods
Festival Foods is an American supermarket chain that operates retail grocery locations throughout the state of Wisconsin. Originally founded in 1946 by Paul and Jane Skogen as a family-owned neighborhood store, the company expanded over the decades into a major regional presence before its transition to corporate ownership under The 1939 Group in 2025. The…
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Jewel-Osco
Jewel-Osco is a regional supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. In 2025, the company had 189 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest Indiana. Jewel-Osco has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Boise-based Albertsons since 1999. The company began as a door-to-door…
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Hy-Vee
Founded by Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg, who opened their first store in Beaconsfield, Iowa, in 1930, Hy-Vee built its operations around a goal to provide “good merchandise, appreciative service and low prices.” The company became fully employee-owned in 1960 through the establishment of an Employees’ Trust Fund, a structure that has defined its identity…
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Meijer
Meijer is an American regional supercenter chain headquartered in Walker, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids. The chain was the first retailer to launch the “supermarket” or “superstore” in the United States, when it opened the first Thrifty Acres in 1962. The company currently operates in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and is…
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