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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 supermarket chains.

This is a list of supermarket companies in the United States and the names of supermarkets which are owned or franchised by these companies. For supermarkets worldwide, see List of supermarket chains.

National chains

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  • Albertsons (Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming)
    • Acme Markets (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland)
    • Haggen (Washington)
    • Randalls and Tom Thumb (Texas)
    • Safeway (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Virginia, District of Columbia, Washington, Wyoming)
    • Shaw's and Star Market (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
    • Vons and Pavilions (California, Nevada)
  • Amazon
  • Kroger – Besides the parent company, stores operate under these brands:
  • Costco
  • Target
  • Walmart

Regional chains

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East

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Name Areas served Year founded Headquarters Associated supermarket brands
Ahold Delhaize Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C. 2016 Zaandam, Netherlands Food Lion, Giant, Giant Food, Hannaford, Stop & Shop

West

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Name Areas served Year founded Headquarters Associated supermarket brands
Raley's Supermarkets California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Alaska 1935 West Sacramento, California Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods, Bashas', AJ's Fine Foods
Save Mart California and Nevada 1952 Modesto, California Lucky, Lucky California, FoodMaxx, Maxx Value Foods
Smart & Final California, Arizona, Nevada and northern Mexico 1871 Commerce, California
Stater Bros. California 1936 Yucaipa, California
WinCo Foods Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington 1967 Boise, Idaho
Lin’s Fresh Market Utah and Nevada 1966 Cedar City, Utah
Harmons Utah 1932 West Valley City, Utah

Midwest

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Name Areas served Year founded Headquarters Associated supermarket brands
Coborn's, Inc. Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin 1921 St. Cloud, Minnesota Coborn's, Cash Wise, MarketPlace Foods, Hornbacher's, Tadych's MarketPlace, Sullivan's Foods, Captain Jack's Liquor Land, Andy's Liquor
Hy-Vee Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin 1930 West Des Moines, Iowa Dollar Fresh’s
Meijer Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania 1934 Walker, Michigan Fresh Thyme Market[1] (Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota)
Schnucks Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin 1939 St. Louis, Missouri
Fareway Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri 1938 Boone, Iowa
Marketplace Foods Minnesota, North Dakota 1952 Bemidji, Minnesota
KJ's Fresh Market Minnesota, Wisconsin 1952 Bemidji, Minnesota
Harps Food Stores Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana 1930 Springdale, Arkansas Food 4 Less, 10Box Cost Plus, Warehouse Market, The Markets, CashSave

Northeast

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Name Areas served Year founded Headquarters Associated supermarket brands
ShopRite Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania 1946 Keasbey, New Jersey Price Rite
Price Chopper Upstate New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania 1932 Schenectady, New York Market 32
Weis Markets Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, Delaware 1912 Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Wegmans New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware, Washington, D.C. 1916 Rochester, New York
Tops Upstate New York, Vermont, northern Pennsylvania 1962 Williamsville, New York
Giant Eagle Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Maryland 1931 O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania Giant Eagle Express, Market District, Market District Express
Market Basket New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island 1917 Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Foodtown New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut 1955 Iselin, New Jersey Greenway Markets

South

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Name Areas served Year founded Headquarters Associated supermarket brands
Alex Lee Inc. Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia 1931 Hickory, North Carolina Lowes Foods, KJ's Market, IGA Southeast
Brookshire's Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas 1928 Tyler, Texas Brookshire's, Super 1 Foods, Fresh by Brookshire's, Spring Market, Reasor's.
Food City Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee 1955 Abingdon, Virginia
Ingles Markets Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia 1963 Black Mountain, North Carolina
Piggly Wiggly Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin 1916 Keene, New Hampshire
Publix Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky 1930 Lakeland, Florida GreenWise Market
Winn-Dixie Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi 1925 Jacksonville, Florida

Notable local chains

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Retailers' cooperatives

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Main article: List of retailers' cooperatives

Deep-discount and limited-assortment chains

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Ethnic chains

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Asian

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  • 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. Also owns 168 Market in California and Nevada.
  • Ai Hoa Supermarket – formerly a Chinese-Vietnamese-American chain in southern California; now operates one store in South El Monte[2]
  • Asian Food Center (New Jersey)
  • Arirang Market - Korean chain from Southern California
  • 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)[3][4]
  • 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)
  • Greenland Market - Korean-American chain in Southern California
  • Grand Mart, Korean-American supermarket chain (Washington, D.C., Virginia, 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
  • Hoa Binh Supermarket - Vietnamese-Chinese chain in California.
  • H K Market
  • Hong Kong Food Market – Vietnamese supermarket (Louisiana)
  • Hong Kong Supermarket – Chinese-American supermarket chain
  • 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 in CA and HI, also owns Tokyo Central.
  • Mitsuwa (New Jersey, Illinois, California, Hawaii, Texas) – Japanese American supermarket and shopping center
  • Metro Supermarket - Chinese American in Southern California
  • Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market (Georgia)
  • Nijiya Market (California, Hawaii) – organic Japanese American supermarket
  • O-Mart, Super Oriental Market (Killeen, Texas)
  • Ocean Mart (Utah)
  • Pacific Ocean Marketplace (Colorado)
  • Rani's World Foods (Texas & Nevada) – Indian supermarket chain
  • Seafood City (California, Hawaii, Washington, Nevada, Illinois) – Filipino American
  • Seiwa Market - Japanese American in California and Texas
  • Sieu Thi ABC - Chinese/Vietnamese American in Southern California
  • Skyfood Supermarket (six locations in New York) – Asian Oriental Supermarket. First oriental e-commerce supermarket to offer local delivery and nationwide shipping.
  • Shun Fat Supermarket (California, Nevada, Texas, Oregon) – Chinese Vietnamese American chain
  • Super G Mart, Korean-American supermarket (Charlotte, North Carolina)
  • Uwajimaya (Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon)
  • Zion Market - Korean American chain in California, Georgia, and Texas
  • zTao Marketplace (Texas, Georgia) – Asian American supermarket

Indian/ South Asian

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Hispanic/Latino

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  • 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 (supermarket) (Southern California) 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) - Now merged with Superior
  • 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 Rey (California)
  • El Rio Grande Latin Market (Texas)
  • Northgate Gonzalez Market (CA)
  • Rio Ranch Markets – Southern California - merged with Cardenas
  • 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 (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

Italian

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  • Caraluzzi's (Connecticut)
  • Livoti’s Old World Market - New Jersey
  • Uncle Giuseppe’s - Italian grocery market chain in New York and New Jersey

Kosher

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  • Motty's (Spring Valley, New York)
  • New Day (Spring Valley, New York)
  • Wesley Kosher (Monsey, New York)
  • Evergreen (Monsey, New York - Lakewood, New Jersey)
  • Seasons – (New York, New Jersey)
  • Seven Mile Market (Pikesville, Maryland), the largest Kosher store in the US
  • Breadberry (New York, New Jersey)
  • 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, North Carolina)
  • Bingo Wholesale (Brooklyn, Monsey, Lakewood, Inwood)

Specialty and natural foods

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  • Busch’s Fresh Food Market (southeastern Michigan)[5]
  • The Fresh Market (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Alaska, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania)
  • Publix Green Wise – Alabama, Florida
  • Sprouts Farmers Market
  • Trader Joe's - Owned by Aldi Nord
  • Whole Foods – Sold To Amazon in 2017
  • Fresh Thyme Market
  • Natural Grocers

Defunct chains

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Main article: List of defunct retailers of the United States § Grocery stores and supermarkets

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Manes, Nick (October 16, 2016). "Fresh Thyme Farmers Market as Meijer skunkworks?". MiBiz. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Slayton, Nicholas (December 2, 2019). "Changing Times in Chinatown". Los Angeles Downtown News - The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles.
  3. ^ "Locations". Fresh International Market. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Tunningley, Cole (March 4, 2021). "Oriental Market rebrands as Fresh International Market". City Pulse. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "Busch's Market boss: Learn from setbacks, keep moving".
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