Grocery Stores

Yucaipa Cos.

The North West Company, Inc., is the leading seller of food and other general merchandise in small towns across the…

Penn Traffic Company is one of the leading food retailers in the eastern United States.

Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd.

Privately held Tengelmann Group is among the world's largest retail supermarket and distribution groups, ranking number…

Smart & Final, Inc.

Founded in 1872, Roundy's Inc.

Musgrave Group Plc is Ireland's largest wholesale grocery distributor and the franchiser of two leading Irish grocery…

Coop Schweiz Genossenschaftsverband is Switzerland's second-largest food products retailer, behind fellow cooperative…

Active throughout Germany and in the Netherlands, AVA AG (Allgemeine Handelsgesellschaft der Verbraucher AG) is one of…

The Copps Corporation is one of Wisconsin's largest privately held businesses.

Marks and Spencer p.l.c.

Although the smallest of the United Kingdom's top supermarket groups, Budgens Ltd.

Of the leading independent food retailers in France, Comptoirs Modernes S.A.

One of the largest food wholesalers in the United States, Nash Finch Company serves more than 1,800 supermarkets and…

Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A., or Groupe Casino, is one of France's largest retailers--battling it out with Carrefour…

Wm.

The Hale-Halsell Company has grown from its modest roots as a food supplier to settlers in newly opened Indian…

Hannaford Bros.

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.

Among companies that principally operate grocery stores, The Kroger Co.

H.E.

As a cooperative company, Edeka Zentrale A.G.

Schultz Sav-O Stores, Inc.

Guyenne et Gascogne is engaged in retail commercial distribution, with a primary focus on food products through the…

Dierbergs Markets Inc., based in Chesterfield, Missouri, operates 21 upscale supermarkets in the St.

Houchens Industries Inc.

Darigold, Inc.

A subsidiary of Safeway Inc., Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc.

Once a wholesale grocery cooperative, Spartan Stores Inc.

Food retailer Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc.

Based in Dobbs Ferry, New York, The Food Emporium is a subsidiary of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P),…

With its chain of 11 Acme supermarkets, nine Acme SuperCenters (which combine general merchandise and grocery items),…

Coles Myer Ltd.

Dillon Companies Inc.

Waldbaum, Inc.

Supermarkets, hypermarkets, and other grocery outlets clustered tightly in the south of England form the nucleus of…

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

Rallye SA is one of France's--and the world's--top retail groups.

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company runs the largest grocery chain in the New England area of the United States; with…

Minnesota-based Supervalu Inc.

Metcash Trading Ltd.

The Brookshire Grocery Company operates more than 100 supermarkets in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

George Weston Limited is a major Canadian food processor and distributor, with a number of operations in the United…

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.

King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc.

Lucky Stores, Inc.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., a subsidiary of The Kroger Company, is a leading regional supermarket chain…

Late 1970s:As part of an extensive reorganization program, Tesco closes 500 stores.

"Successful, innovative, and civic-minded" are terms that describe well The Golub Corporation of Schenectady, New York.

Big Bear Stores Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Traffic Co., is a regional grocery chain operating 65…

Broughton Foods Co.

Marsh Supermarkets, Inc.

Meijer Incorporated, according to Forbes magazine,"is one of the 15 largest growing private companies" in the United…

With high-ranking positions in several categories of foodstuffs, Associated British Foods plc (ABF) stands as one of…

From its Depression-era beginnings as Giant Food Shopping Center Inc., Giant Food Inc.

Raley's Inc.

S.A.C.I.

D'Agostino Supermarkets Inc.

El Corte Inglés, S.A.

The largest trading company in Finland, Kesko Ltd.

P&C Foods Inc.

Operator of a leading supermarket chain in the northeastern United States, Big V Supermarkets, Inc.

Albertson's, Inc.

Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc., one of the largest, privately owned grocery chains in the nation, operates in…

Big Y Foods, Inc., headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts, owns and operates a retail supermarket chain in…

Kash n' Karry Food Stores, Inc.

Former sugar cane producer Groupe Bourbon S.A.

Koninklijke Ahold N.V.

Nagasakiya Co., Ltd.

One of Malaysia's largest companies, and one of the largest conglomerates in the ASEAN market region, PPB Group Berhad…

ASDA Group Ltd.

Retailing powerhouse Association des Centres Distributeurs E.

Founded shortly after the end of World War II, Kotobukiya Co., Ltd.

A respected operator in the southern California supermarket industry, Hughes Markets, Inc.

DeMoulas / Market Basket Inc.

The largest independent supermarket chain in the Seattle/Puget Sound area of Washington State, Quality Food Centers,…

Andronico's Market is a chain of supermarkets in Northern California.

Based in Pompano Beach, Florida, Pueblo Xtra International, Inc.

Village Super Market, Inc., ranks among the top 100 grocery store companies in the United States.

A subsidiary of Supervalu Inc., Shoppers Food Warehouse Corporation operates a chain of 57 warehouse-style…

The Seiyu, Ltd.

Founded in 1938 as a one-cow dairy farm, Cumberland Farms, Inc.

1999: A new management team seeks to revitalize Food Lion.

With 11 percent of the French market, Groupe Promodès S.A.

In spite of intense competition from powerful regional and national chains, Seaway Food Town, Inc.

The Daiei, Inc.

Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc., operates some of the largest supermarket chains in the southeastern United States.

As the world's second largest retailer, Carrefour SA operates more than 10,300 stores in France and abroad under more…

Dart Group Corporation, a pioneer in discount marketing and in the concept of "superstores," is a holding company for…

Harris Teeter Inc.

Auchan is one of the world's top retail and distribution groups with more than EUR 22 billion in revenues each year.

Inserra Supermarkets operates approximately two dozen grocery stores, licensed under the ShopRite name, in New Jersey…

Provigo Inc.

In 2002, as Uwajimaya's 75th anniversary approached, the company marked the passing of an era.

Ingles Markets, Inc.

Western Beef, Inc.

Lund Food Holdings, Inc.

Built largely through the drive and ambition of one family, American Stores Company has developed into one of the…

Trader Joe's Company operates a chain of unique grocery stores that have been described as equal parts discount…

With 515 outlets in 1996, Wawa Inc.

WinCo Foods Inc.

Discount Drug Mart, Inc.

Grupo Eroski is the distribution arm and the largest part of Spain's powerful cooperative group Mondragon Corporacion…

ITM Entreprises SA is France's largest supermarket group, with more than 2,700 stores under some 11 formats throughout…

Stew Leonard's, which bills itself as "the world's largest dairy store," has combined the atmosphere of a theme park…

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Under the names Gristede's, Sloan's, and Red Apple, Red Apple Group, Inc., wholly owned by John A.

Based in north Wales, The Big Food Group plc (BFG) is one of the United Kingdom's leading food distributors.

Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc.

Pinault-Printemps-Redoute S.A.

GIB Group, Belgium's top retailer, is active in four sectors: supermarkets and hypermarkets; do-it-yourself (DIY) home…

Somerfield plc is a major grocery retailer in the United Kingdom, holding about a 7 percent share of the U.K.

Coto Centro Integral de Comercializacion S.A.

Mid-1970s:Hongkong & Shanghai Bank steps in to rescue the faltering Hutchison, taking a stake in excess of 20 percent.

Considering its current annual sales of £9.4 billion, Safeway PLC has a remarkably short history.

According to the Buffalo News, Odland "hit the ground running with a number of initiatives that have given the company…

Cencosud S.A.

Travel Ports of America, Inc., operates around-the-clock, full-service travel plazas that provide customers with motor…

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

TCBY Enterprises Inc.

Uni-Marts, Inc., is the ninth-largest convenience store chain in the United States in sales and among the top 100 U.S.

Jardine Matheson is one of the oldest names in East Asia, and Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is an international…

Wild Oats Markets, Inc., is the second largest natural foods grocery chain in the United States.

Distribución y Servicio D&S S.A.

As the seventh largest convenience store operator in the United States, E-Z Serve Corporation owns and operates 737…

Harry's Farmers Market Inc.

Megafoods Stores Inc.

Riser Foods, Inc., a holding company, controls northeast Ohio's largest grocery chain.

Peapod, Inc.

Based in Colton, California, Stater Bros.

The largest operator of food and drug stores in Montana, Buttrey Food & Drug Stores Co.

The leading food and drug retailer in Alaska, Carr-Gottstein Foods Co.

The largest retailer in the Northeast operating under a single trade name, Pathmark Stores, Inc.

One of the largest retailers in the world, Metro AG is a Düsseldorf-based holding company formed through the 1996…

Laurus N.V.