Delhaize Group
-
Bloom
Bloom is an up-scale supermarket owned by Food Lion, LLC which operates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic States. The company is a division of Delhaize America. History In response to consumer demands, Food Lion LLC conceived, developed and opened the first Bloom in Charlotte, N.C. in 2004. Originally called Bloom and dubbed with the phrase…
-
Hannaford
Hannaford Bros. Co. is a wholesale provider to its own and other retail supermarkets in the United States. History Hannaford was founded in 1883 by Arthur Hannaford as a small produce shop along the Portland, Maine, waterfront. His brothers Howard and Edward joined the business in 1902 and together incorporated Hannaford Bros. Co. Within the…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
A Rebound for Delhaize Group’s Shares of Stock
Delhaize Group, a firm that owns thousands of grocery stores in the United States and worldwide, is slowly recovering its loss from the previous year with an 8.7 percent increase in its shares recently. Despite the number of stores that it has in the United States, Delhaize Group is not really well known in the…
Filed under: News -
Delhaize America
Delhaize America is a fully owned subsidiary of the Delhaize Group headquartered in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium. The supermarket chain focuses on food retailing. Delhaize Group was established by Jules Delhaize in 1867 in Charleroi, Belgium. The food retailer has locations in Europe, North America and South East Asia. Delhaize America rapidly expanded its banners around…
Filed under: Stores -
Major US Grocery Retailers
A comprehensive list of major US Retailers which includes both national and regional grocery outlets. What makes a retailer major is not only the size, but also the impact it has on the industry and its geographic region. This criteria opens the door to smaller yet impactful retailers to enter the list. We are doing our best to complete this list and to follow…