List of supermarket chains in the United States
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There are many large grocery retailers who operate under many different brands. The supermarket companies in the United States are organized in this article, but to see a worldwide list, see List of supermarkets (worldwide).
This is a list of supermarket companies in the United States of America and the names of supermarkets which are owned or franchised by these companies. For supermarkets worldwide, see List of supermarkets.
National chains
- Albertsons – Operates under the following brands:
- Safeway (AK, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, HI, ID, MD, MT, NE, NV, NM, OR, SD, VA, WA and WY)
- Albertsons (AZ, AR, CA, CO, ID, LA, MT, NV, NM, ND, OR, TX, UT, WA and WY)
- Vons (CA and NV)
- Jewel-Osco (IA, IL and IN)
- Acme Markets (CT, DE, MD, NJ, NY and PA)
- Shaw's (MA, ME, NH, RI and VT)
- Local brands include Andronico's (CA), Carrs (AK), Haggen (WA), Pavilions (CA), Randalls (TX), Star Market (MA), Tom Thumb (TX) and United Supermarkets (TX)
- Ahold Delhaize – Operates under the following brands:
- Food Lion (Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
- Stop & Shop (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Hudson Valley, New York and Rhode Island)
- Giant Food Stores (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia) also known as Martin's Food Markets
- Hannaford (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Eastern Upstate New York and Vermont)
- Giant Food (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia)
- Kroger – Besides the parent company, stores operate under these brands:
- Harris Teeter (D.C, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
- King Soopers (Colorado and Wyoming)
- Roundy's (Illinois and Wisconsin)
- Pick n' save
- Metro Market
- Mariano's
- Smith's Food and Drug (Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Utah and Wyoming)
- Fred Meyer (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington)
- QFC (Oregon and Washington)
- Ruler Foods (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee)
- Food 4 Less (California, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Nevada)
- City Market (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming)
- Local brands include Baker's (NE), Ralphs (CA), Dillons (KS), Fry's (AZ), Gerbes (MO), JayC Food Stores (IN), Mariano's Fresh Market (IL), Owen's (IN) and Pay Less Super Markets (IN)
- Target
- Walmart
- Walmart Neighborhood Market
- Sam’s Club
- Costco
Regional chains
West
Name | Areas served | Year founded | Headquarters | Associated supermarket brands |
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Bashas' | Arizona and New Mexico | 1932 | Chandler, Arizona | AJ's Fine Foods |
Raley's | California, Nevada | 1935 | West Sacramento, California | Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods |
Save Mart | California, Nevada | 1952 | Modesto, California | Lucky, Lucky California, FoodMaxx, Maxx Value Foods |
Smart & Final | California, Nevada, Arizona | 1871 | Commerce, California | |
WinCo Foods | Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington | 1967 | Boise, Idaho |
Midwest
Name | Areas served | Year founded | Headquarters | Associated supermarket brands |
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Fareway | Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota | 1938 | Boone, Iowa | |
Hy-Vee | Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin | 1930 | West Des Moines, Iowa | |
Meijer | Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin | 1934 | Walker, Michigan | Fresh Thyme Market[1] (Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota) |
Schnucks | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin | 1939 | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Giant Eagle | Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Indiana | 1931 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
SpartanNash | Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin | 1917 | Byron Center, Michigan | D&W Fresh Market, Family Fare, Dan's Supermarket, Family Fresh Market, Forest Hills Foods, Martin's Super Markets, No Frills Supermarkets, SunMart, VG's Grocery, Supermercado Nuestra Familia, Econofoods (until 2021) |
Coborn's | Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin | 1921 | St. Cloud, MN | Hornbacher's, Cash Wise, Marketplace Foods, Tadych’s Marketplace Foods[2] |
Fresh Encounter | Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky | 1995 | Findlay, Ohio | Remke Markets, Chief Supermarkets, Community Markets, King Saver, Great Scot, Needler’s Fresh Market, Sack ‘N Save[3] |
Northeast
Name | Areas served | Year founded | Headquarters | Associated supermarket brands |
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CTown Supermarkets | Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania | 1975 | White Plains, New York | |
Market Basket | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island | 1917 | Tewksbury, Massachusetts | |
Price Chopper/ Market 32 | Upstate New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire | 1932 | Schenectady, New York | |
Price Rite | Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island | 1995 | Keasbey, New Jersey | |
ShopRite | Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania | 1946 | Keasbey, New Jersey | |
Tops | Upstate New York, Vermont and Northern Pennsylvania | 1962 | Amherst, New York | |
Weis Markets | Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, and Delaware | 1912 | Sunbury, Pennsylvania | |
Wegmans | Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia | 1916 | Rochester, New York |
South
Name | Areas served | Year founded | Headquarters | Associated supermarket brands |
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Brookshire's | Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana | 1928 | Tyler, Texas | |
Brookshire Brothers | Texas and Louisiana | 1921 | Lufkin, Texas | |
Food City | Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia | 1955 | Abingdon, Virginia | |
Harps Food Stores | Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma | 1930 | Springdale, Arkansas | |
H-E-B | Texas | 1905 | San Antonio, Texas | |
Ingles Markets | Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia | 1963 | Black Mountain, North Carolina | |
Piggly Wiggly | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin | 1916 | Keene, New Hampshire | |
Publix | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky (coming soon) | 1930 | Lakeland, Florida | |
Southeastern Grocers - Harvey's, Winn-Dixie, Fresco Y Más |
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi | 2013 | Jacksonville, Florida |
Notable local chains
- Acme Fresh Market (Northeastern Ohio)
- Amigo Supermarkets (Puerto Rico)
- Big Y (Massachusetts and Connecticut)
- Buehler's (North-central Ohio)
- Caraluzzi's (Connecticut)
- Central Market (Texas)
- County Market - H.E.B
- Crest Foods (Oklahoma)
- Cub Foods (Minnesota and one location in Freeport, IL)
- D'Agostino Supermarkets (New York City)
- Dierbergs Markets (St. Louis area)
- Fairway Market (New York City area)
- Festival Foods (Wisconsin)
- The Food Emporium (New York City area)
- Food Town (Houston, Texas)
- Foodarama (Houston, Texas)
- Foodland (Hawaii)
- FoodLand Supermarkets (Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio)
- Foodtown (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)
- Gelson's Markets (Southern California)
- Gristedes (New York City)
- Harding's - Harding's Market, Marketplace, and Fresh Express (Southwest Michigan, Northern Indiana) - sells SpartanNash OurFamily Products
- Harmons Grocery (Utah)
- Heinen's Fine Foods (Cleveland and Chicago metro areas)
- Highland Park Markets (Connecticut)
- Hitchcock's Markets (Florida)
- Homeland (Kansas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Texas)
- Houchens Markets (Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois)
- Hugo's (Minnesota, North Dakota)
- Jerry's Foods (Minnesota)
- Karns Quality Foods (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area)
- Key Food (New York City metro area)
- King Kullen (Long Island, New York)
- Kuhn's Quality Foods (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- Lowes Foods (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
- Lowe's Market (Texas, New Mexico)
- Lunds & Byerlys (Minnesota)
- Magruder's (Washington, D.C. area)
- Market Basket (Southeastern Texas, Southwestern Louisiana)
- Market of Choice (Oregon)
- Met Foodmarkets (New York City, New Jersey, Massachusetts)
- Morton Williams (New York, New Jersey)
- Moser's Foods (Missouri)
- No Frills Supermarkets (Omaha, Nebraska)
- New Seasons Market (Portland, Oregon)
- Nugget Markets (Northern California)
- Pantry Pride - (St Marys, Ohio)
- Price Chopper (Kansas City & Des Moines metro areas)
- Pueblo (Puerto Rico)
- Pac n Save (Rural Nebraska)
- Quality Dairy Company (Mid-Michigan)
- Reasors (Eastern Oklahoma)
- Redner's Markets (Eastern Pennsylvania; also in Delaware and Maryland)
- Remke Markets (Cincinnati, Ohio area)
- Ridley's Family Markets (Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
- Riesbeck's (West Virginia, Ohio)
- Roche Bros (Massachusetts)
- Rosauers Supermarkets (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
- Rouses (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
- Scolari's Food and Drug (California, Nevada)
- Seabra Foods (New Jersey, South Florida, Rhode Island, Massachusetts)
- Seller's Brothers (Houston, Texas)
- Sendik's Food Market (Wisconsin)
- Sentry Foods (Wisconsin)
- Shoppers Food & Pharmacy (Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas)
- Stater Brothers (California)
- Stew Leonard's (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey)
- Strack & Van Til (Indiana)
- Straub's Markets (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Sullivan's Foods (Northwest Illinois)
- SuperFresh (New York, New Jersey)
- Super One Foods (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota)
- Super King Markets (California)
- Supermercados Selectos (Puerto Rico)
- The Fresh Grocer (Pennsylvania, Delaware)
- Times Supermarkets (Hawaii)
- United Grocery Outlet (Tennessee, North Carolina)
- Westborn Market (Michigan)
- Western Beef (New York City, Florida)
- Woodman's Food Market (Illinois, Wisconsin)
- Yoke's Fresh Market (Washington, Idaho)
Retailers' cooperatives
- Affiliated Food Stores (Texas panhandle, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming)
- Affiliated Foods Midwest (Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
- Associated Food Stores – formerly Pacific Mercantile Cooperative; also see Western Family Foods
- Lee's Marketplace
- Associated Grocers
- Associated Grocers of Florida
- Associated Grocers of New England
- Apple Market
- Cash Saver
- Country Mart
- Price Chopper / Price Mart (Kansas City, Missouri area) – unrelated to Price Chopper in the Northeast
- SunFresh
- ThriftWay
- Associated Grocers of the South
- Associated Supermarkets
- Associated Wholesale Grocers
- Associated Wholesalers
- C-Town
- Central Grocers Cooperative
- Great Valu (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia)
- IGA
- Shurfine Markets (Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland)
- ShurSave/Gerrity's Supermarkets (northeastern Pennsylvania)
- 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
- Wakefern Food Corporation
- Western Family Foods (supermarket wholesaler) – formerly Pacific Mercantile Cooperative
Deep-discount and limited-assortment chains
- 99 Cents Only Stores
- Aldi – Owned by Aldi Süd
- Lidl
- Big Lots
- Cash & Carry (Chicago)
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Family Dollar
- Five Below
- Food 4 Less (Kroger operates Food 4 Less stores in California, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. In markets that Kroger does not have the rights to the Food 4 Less name, it operates as Foods Co) (San Diego, Los Angeles area and northern California; Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Missouri)
- Grocery Outlet (West)
- Marc's (Ohio)
- Xpect Discounts (Connecticut) – these stores are now closed
- PriceRite (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia) – owned and operated by Wakefern Food Corporation
- Ruler Foods
- Save-A-Lot
- Sharp Shopper (Pennsylvania, Virginia)
- United Grocery Outlet (Tennessee, North Carolina)
- WinCo Foods (West)
Ethnic chains
Asian
- 99 Ranch Market – the largest Asian-American supermarket chain on the West Coast with additional locations in Nevada, Texas, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.
- Ai Hoa Supermarket – formerly a Chinese-Vietnamese-American chain in southern California; now operates one store in South El Monte[4]
- Asian Food Center (New Jersey)
- ASSI Plaza, Korean-American multinational supermarket chain (Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania)
- CAM Asian Market (Ohio)
- C-Mart Supermarket (Boston)
- Food Maxx International (Virginia)
- Fei Long Market (New York)
- Fresh International Market, Pan-Asian and international supermarket chain (Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina)[5][6]
- Galleria Market (southern California) – Korean American
- Global Food International (Maryland, Virginia)
- Good Fortune Supermarket (New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Texas, Rhode Island and California)
- Great Wall Supermarket (Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia)
- Grand Mart, Korean-American supermarket chain (Washington, D.C., North Carolina and Georgia)
- Hannam (New Jersey, California)
- Hanyang Mart (New York, New Jersey)
- H Mart, Han Ah Reum – the largest Asian-American and the largest Korean-American chain in the United States (California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington) - Korean-American supermarket chain
- H K Market
- Hong Kong Food Market – Vietnamese supermarket (Louisiana)
- Hong Kong Supermarket – Chinese-American supermarket chain
- India Bazaar – Indian supermarket chain in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- Island Pacific Supermarket (California, Nevada) – Filipino American
- J-mart (New York)
- Kam Man Food (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts) – small Asian American supermarket chain
- Lion Food (Northern California) – Vietnamese-Chinese supermarket
- Lotte Plaza – Korean-American supermarket (Maryland, Virginia)
- Marukai – Japanese American supermarket
- Mitsuwa (New Jersey, Illinois, California, Texas) – Japanese American supermarket and shopping center
- Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market (Georgia)
- New India Bazar (California) – small Indian, Pakistani and Sri-Lankan supermarket chain in San Francisco Bay Area
- Nijiya Market (California, Hawaii) – organic Japanese American supermarket
- O-Mart, Super Oriental Market (Killeen, Texas)
- Ocean Mart (Utah)
- Pacific Ocean Marketplace (Colorado)
- Patel Brothers – largest Indian American supermarket chain
- Rani's World Foods (Texas & Nevada) – Indian supermarket chain
- Seafood City (California, Hawaii, Washington, Nevada, Illinois) – Filipino American
- Skyfood Supermarket (six locations in New York) – Asian Oriental Supermarket. First oriental e-commerce supermarket to offer local delivery and nationwide shipping.
- Subzi Bazaar (New Jersey and New York) – South East Asian/Indian Grocery Stores
- Shun Fat Supermarket (California, Nevada, Texas) – Chinese Vietnamese American chain
- Super G Mart, Korean-American supermarket (Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Uwajimaya (Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon)
- zTao Marketplace (Texas, Georgia) – Asian American supermarket
Hispanic/Latino
- Bravo (Northeast and Florida)
- El Ahorro Supermarket – Texas
- Fiesta Mart – Latino-American, Texas
- Mi Pueblo Food Center (Northern California/Bay Area) – Now merged with Cardenas Supermarkets since late 2017
- Mi Tienda – Hispanic supermarket division of HEB Stores (two stores in Houston, Texas)
- La Michoacana Meat Market (Texas)
- Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market (Georgia)
- Numero Uno Market – Hispanic chain (Los Angeles area)
- La Perla Tapatía Supermarkets – (California)
- La Placita – Hispanic chain in New Orleans area
- Presidente (South Florida - Miami-Dade, Broward & Palm Beach counties)
- Pro's Ranch Market / Los Altos Ranch Market – Hispanic (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas)
- Publix Sabor – Hispanic, operated by Publix
- El Pueblo (Newark) – largest Latino supermarket in New Jersey
- R Ranch Markets – Hispanic chain in southern California
- El Rancho – growing independent Hispanic chain in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area
- Rancho Liborio (California, Nevada, Colorado)
- Rancho Markets (Utah)
- El Rey (Wisconsin)
- El Rio Grande Latin Market (Texas)
- Rio Ranch Markets – Southern California
- Saver's Cost Plus (Texas)
- Sedano's – Hispanic chain in southern Florida
- Seller's Bros. (Houston, Texas)
- El Super (Los Angeles, southern Nevada and Phoenix)
- La Bonita (Los Angeles, southern Nevada)
- Super Market Mexico – online purveyor of Mexican foods
- Superior Super Warehouse – Hispanic warehouse supermarket chain in southern California
- Supermercado El Rancho – Hispanic supermarket chain in Texas
- Supermercados Teloloapan (Texas)
- Supersaver Foods – Hispanic-geared; operated by Albertsons LLC; chain now closed except for a few stores in Utah
- Super A Foods – Los Angeles county
- Tenochtitlan Market (Utah) – upscale Latin-American
- Terry's / El Mariachi Supermarkets – Hispanic chain (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Oklahoma City)
- Tresierras Supermarkets – (southern California)
- Twin City Supermarket – Hispanic chain (New Jersey)
- Vallarta Supermarkets (California) – caters to the growing Latino population of California and sells items usually not found in more Anglo-oriented American supermarkets
- Viva Markets (Utah) – Hispanic grocery market and mini-mall
Kosher
- Motty's (Spring Valley, NY)
- New Day (Spring Valley, NY)
- Wesley Kosher (Monsey, NY)
- Evergreen (Monsey, NY)
- Seasons – (New York, New Jersey)
- Seven Mile Market (Pikesville, MD), the largest Kosher store in the US
- Breadberry (New York)
- Rockland Kosher (Monsey, New York)
- Grand & Essex (New Jersey)
- Western Kosher (Los Angeles)
- The Market Place (Brooklyn)
- Kosher Konnection (New Jersey)
- Gourmet Glatt (Brooklyn, Cedarhurst, Monsey, Lakewood, Woodmere)
- Gleiberman's Gourmet (Charlotte NC)
Specialty and natural foods
- Bristol Farms (Southern California)
- Erewhon Market (Southern California)
- Lassens Natural Food and Vitamins (California)
- Central Market
- Dorothy Lane Market – specialty markets in Dayton, Ohio
- Earth Fare – North Carolina, Ohio, Southeastern US (defunct as of February 2020)
- The Fresh Market (Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and California)
- FreshDirect – online grocer in New York City
- Market of Choice – Oregon
- Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
- New Seasons Market – Portland, Oregon
- Oliver’s Market – Sonoma County, California
- PCC Natural Markets – Washington state
- Publix Green Wise – Florida, Georgia
- Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods – Texas
- Sprouts Farmers Market
- Stew Leonard's – Connecticut; New York
- Trader Joe's – Owned by Aldi Nord
- Whole Foods – Sold To Amazon in 2017
Defunct chains
See also
- List of hypermarkets in the United States
- Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (trade association)
- UFCW (labor union)
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