List of supermarket chains in the United States

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.

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.

National chains

• 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)
  • 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
  • Whole Foods Market
• Kroger – Besides the parent company, stores operate under these brands:
  • Baker's (Nebraska)
  • City Market (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
  • Dillons (Kansas)
  • Food 4 Less (California, Illinois, Indiana)
  • Fred Meyer (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska)
  • Fry's (Arizona)
  • Gerbes (Missouri)
  • Harris Teeter (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia)
  • JayC (Indiana)
  • King Soopers (Colorado, Wyoming)
  • Mariano's (Illinois)
  • Pay Less (Indiana)
  • QFC (Washington, Oregon)
  • Ralphs (California)
  • Roundy's (Illinois, Wisconsin)
  • Ruler Foods (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee)
  • Smith's Food and Drug (Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming)
• Costco
• Target
• Walmart
  • Walmart Neighborhood Market
  • Sam's Club

Regional chains

East

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

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
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

Name	Areas served	Year founded	Headquarters	Associated supermarket brands
Coborn's, Inc.	Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin	1921	Sauk Rapids, 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

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

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

• Acme Fresh Market (Northeastern Ohio)
• Amigo Supermarkets (Puerto Rico)
• Berkeley Bowl (Berkeley, California)
• Big Y (Massachusetts and Connecticut)
• Boyer's Food Markets (Pennsylvania)
• Bristol Farms (California)
• Brookshire Brothers (Texas)
• Buehler's (North-central Ohio)
• Central Market (Texas)
• County Market - H.E.B
• Crest Foods (Oklahoma)
• Cub Foods (Minnesota and one location in Freeport, Illinois)
• D'Agostino Supermarkets (New York City)
• Dave's Markets (Ohio)
• Dierbergs Markets (St. Louis area)
• Erewhon Market (California)
• Fairway Market (New York City area)
• Festival Foods (Wisconsin)
• Food Bazaar (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut)
• The Food Emporium (New York City area)
• Food Town (Houston, Texas)
• Foodarama (Houston, Texas)
• Foodfair (Huntington, WV and surrounding area)
• Foodland (Hawaii)
• FoodLand Supermarkets (Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio)
• Foodtown (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)
• Fresh Encounters (Ohio)
• Gelson's Markets (Southern California)
• Giant Food (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, D.C.)
• Gristedes (New York City)
• Harding's - Harding's Market, Marketplace, and Fresh Express (Southwest Michigan, Northern Indiana) - sells SpartanNash OurFamily Products
• Harmons Grocery (Utah)
• H-E-B (Texas, Northern Mexico)
• Heinen's (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)
• Jewel-Osco (Chicago, Illinois)
• Jon's Marketplace (Southern California)
• Karns Quality Foods (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area)
• Key Food (New York City metro area)
• King Kullen (Long Island, New York)
• Kowalski's Markets (Minnesota)
• Kuhn's Quality Foods (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Lowe's Market (Texas, New Mexico)
• Lunds & Byerlys (Minnesota)
• Magruder's (Washington, D.C. area)
• Marc's (Cleveland, Ohio)
• Mardens (Maine)
• Market Basket (Southeastern Texas, Southwestern Louisiana)
• Market Basket (New England) (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island)
• Market of Choice (Oregon)
• Met Foodmarkets (New York City, New Jersey, Massachusetts)
• Morton Williams (New York, New Jersey)
• Moser's Foods (Missouri)
• Mother's Market & Kitchen (California)
• Mr. Special (Puerto Rico)
• 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)
• 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)
• Sleeper's Supermarket (Maine)
• Stater Bros. (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 (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)
• 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)
• Food Rite (West Tennessee)

Retailers' cooperatives

Main article: List of retailers' cooperatives

• 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
• 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
  • The Fresh Grocer (Pennsylvania)
    • Gerrity's Supermarkets
    • Nicholas Markets
• Western Family Foods (supermarket wholesaler) – formerly Pacific Mercantile Cooperative (Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland)
  • Better Buy
  • MarketChoice
  • Shurfine
  • ShurSave

Deep-discount and limited-assortment chains

• Aldi – Owned by Aldi Süd
• Big Lots
• Dollar General
• Family Dollar
• Five Below
• Grocery Outlet (California, Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Washington, Maryland and Pennsylvania)
• WinCo Foods (Arizona, California, Oklahoma, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Washington)

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. 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
• India Bazaar/IndiaCo (Texas, Illinois, Georgia) – Indian supermarket chain mainly 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 in CA and HI, also owns Tokyo Central.
• Mitsuwa (New Jersey, Illinois, California, Hawaii, 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
• Seiwa Market - Japanese American in California and Texas
• 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, 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

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 (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)
• 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)
• Northgate Gonzalez Market (CA)
• 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

Italian

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

Kosher

• 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

• 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

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

See also

• Supermarkets portal
• Companies portal

• List of hypermarkets in the United States
• Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (trade association)
• UFCW (labor union)

References

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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.