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Central Grocers Cooperative; Great Valu (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia) IGA; SpartanNash (in addition to directly owning a variety of Midwestern supermarket chains, SpartanNash is also a supplier for smaller, independent supermarkets) Thrift Way / Shop n Bag (New Jersey; Philadelphia) Unified Grocers
Stater Bros. Markets is a privately held supermarket chain, based in San Bernardino, California, consisting of 171 stores located throughout Southern California.It was founded in Yucaipa, California, on August 17, 1936, by twin brothers Cleo and Leo Stater when they purchased the market owned by Cleo's boss, W. A. Davis, with a $600 down payment ($13,174 in 2023 dollars [3]). [4]
IGA, Inc., is a franchised chain of grocery stores that operates in more than 41 countries. Unlike chain stores, IGA franchises are independently owned and operated. Many of these stores operate in small-town markets and belong to families that manage them. IGA was founded in the United States as the Independent Grocers Alliance in 1926.
Website. www.awginc.com. Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the United States 's largest cooperative food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets and grocery stores. [1] It serves more than 4,000 locations in 36 states and from 8 full-line wholesale divisions. The consolidated run-rate sales for AWG is close to $10 billion. [1]
Wakefern Food Corporation is an American company that was founded in 1946 and is based in Keasbey, New Jersey. [5] It is the largest retailers' cooperative group of supermarkets and the fourth-largest cooperative of any kind in the United States. Wakefern was the largest private employer in New Jersey in 2018, with 40,200 employees. [6]
11,000 [1] Website. smartandfinal.com. Smart & Final store in West Los Angeles, California. Smart & Final is a chain of warehouse-style food and supply stores based in Commerce, California, which developed through a series of mergers and expansions. The oldest of the combined companies, Hellman-Haas Grocery, was founded in 1871 in Los Angeles.
Meijer was founded as Meijer's in Greenville, Michigan, in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer, a Dutch immigrant. Meijer was a local barber who entered the grocery business during the Great Depression. His first employees included his 14-year-old son, Frederik Meijer, who later became chairman of the company.
superonefoods.com. Super One Foods is an American supermarket chain, with 32 locations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [1] The chain is owned and operated by Miner's, Inc., a privately held company. A small number of the stores in the chain are branded as U-Save Foods, and a Duluth store is named Woodland Marketplace.