Wegmans Food Markets
Wegmans Food Markets Inc. is a family owned supermarket chain that was founded in 1916 in Gates, New York. Its founders John and Walter Wegman called their store Rochester Fruit [...]
Meijer Stores
A modest barber decided to open a grocery store in the middle of the Great Depression to supply groceries to his customers. He bought some goods on credit and together [...]
ACME
ACME was founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by two Irish immigrants, Samuel Robinson and Robert Crawford in South Philadelphia. Etymology: The root of the word Acme is thought to [...]
Albertsons and Ralphs Stores Closure
Southern California is set to see the closure of grocery stores in some of its neighborhoods. Supervalu Inc., which owns Albertsons, will be closing some of its stores by the [...]
A&P Through Time
The Great Atlantic and Pacific tea company better known as A&P has been around for more than century and a half: one hundred and fifty three years to be precise. [...]
Hypermarkets and Supermarkets History in France
The history of hypermarkets and supermarkets in France is connected to the American evolution of the grocery store. The basic principle of hypermarkets in France is expressed by the phrase [...]
New Stores and GMA Meeting
Kings Food Markets has expanded into Old Greenwich, Connecticut. The New Jersey based Kings Food Markets has done this by acquiring a family run business known as Porricelli’s Market. Porricelli’s [...]
Grocery Store Loyalty Cards – Inducing Fear or Loyalty
It is now a reality that you could be paying a higher price than the person behind you on that grocery store queue even if you may have the same [...]