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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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The Fresh Market
The Fresh Market is an American chain of supermarkets based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The chain brings back the feeling of open European-style markets, operating as a premium specialty retailer focused on fresh perishables, artisanal goods, and curated international selections in small-format stores averaging about 21,000 square feet. This positioning has distinguished The Fresh Market…
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Fresco y Más
Fresco y Más is an authentic Hispanic grocery chain established in June 2016 in Hialeah, Florida. The banner was created by Southeastern Grocers to serve Hispanic customers and has grown into a regional operator focused on delivering an authentic shopping experience tailored to Hispanic and Caribbean communities in Florida. Compared to parent banner Winn-Dixie, Fresco…
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Food City
Food City traces its banner back to 1918, when a store opened in Greeneville, Tennessee, but K-VA-T Food Stores was founded in 1955 when Jack Smith opened his first Piggly Wiggly store in Grundy, Virginia, accompanied by his father Curtis, cousin Ernest, and uncle Earl. The company’s name derives from its original service area of…
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Lowes Foods
Lowes Foods started in 1954 in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, with a single store opened by Jim Lowe, former co-owner of what became Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse. The chain initially grew in the mountains of North Carolina and rural areas of Virginia, but starting in the late 1990s, it expanded in metropolitan areas of North Carolina…
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Ingles Markets
Ingles Markets opened its first supermarket in Asheville, North Carolina in 1963, founded by Robert Ingle, a member of a third generation grocery family. The chain targeted underserved smaller towns and rural communities throughout North and South Carolina that were being underserved by large grocery chains. A largely family-controlled regional operator focused on the Southeast,…
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Winn-Dixie
Winn-Dixie is a supermarket chain headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, serving communities throughout five southeastern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Known as “The Beef People” throughout its history, the chain has built brand identity around its private label Chek soft drinks, offered in more than 20 flavors. Founded in 1925, the company operates both…