Randalls
American supermarket chain in Texas owned by Albertsons Companies, Inc / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Randalls operates 32 supermarkets in Texas under the Randalls and Flagship Randalls banners. The chain consists of 13 stores located around the Houston area and 15 stores located around the Austin area as of May 2020.[2] Randalls today forms the nucleus of the current Houston division of Albertsons and is headquartered in the Westchase district of Houston.[3][4][5] The office served as the headquarters of the independent Randalls company before its takeover and later the Texas division of Safeway.[6] The Randalls distribution center was near Cypress, Texas (the Cy-Fair area in unincorporated Northwest Harris County with a Houston postal address), and now is serviced by the Tom Thumb distribution in Roanoke, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.[7]
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Formerly | Randalls Food Markets (until 1999 sale to Safeway) |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Retail / Grocery |
Founded | July 4, 1966 (57 years ago) (1966-07-04) in Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Founders | Robert Randall Onstead R. C. Barclay Norman N. Frewin |
Headquarters | Westchase, Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Number of locations | 32 (December 5, 2021) |
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Products | Bakery, dairy, delicatessen, frozen foods, grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor |
Services | Supermarket |
Revenue | ![]() |
Number of employees | 16,000 (December 2021) |
Parent | Independent (1966–1999) Safeway (1999–2015) Albertsons (2015–present) |
Website | www |
Most stores include fresh seafood, floral, cosmetic, bakery and film processing departments. The premium Flagship Randalls and Flagship Tom Thumb stores have increased their take-out departments to provide fresh-made pizzas, pastas and barbecue. Many locations even offer bank branches, ATMs, coffee shops, drive-through pharmacy windows, fueling stations and full-service counters where a customer can purchase lottery or movie tickets, pay utility bills and car license renewals.