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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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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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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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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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Harveys Supermarkets
Harveys Supermarket was founded by J. H. and Iris Harvey in Nashville, Georgia, in 1924. The chain operated as a regional grocer serving primarily rural and small-town communities across the Southeast, particularly in Georgia and Florida, for over a century before ceasing operations in 2026. In 2026, Winn-Dixie Group discontinued the Harvey’s brand, and all…