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Central Grocers Cooperative, founded in 1917 as Central Wholesale Grocers, [1] was a retailers' cooperative based in Joliet, Illinois, near Chicago.It distributed both brand name and private label goods branded as Centrella and Silver Cup Value Buy to about 400 member-owner grocery stores in Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
Niemann Foods, Inc. (NFI) is a company headquartered in Quincy, Illinois, United States, that owns and operates over 100 supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience, pet and hardware stores mostly under the County Market, County Market Express, Harvest Market, Cenex One-Stop, Haymakers, ACE Hardware, Pet Supplies Plus, and Save-A-Lot banners in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri.
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)
After closing more than 20 stores since its acquisition, Safeway announced in February 2007 that it would close another 14 stores in the Chicago area and convert 20 existing stores to the lifestyle format. [25] [26] After these store closings, Dominick's operated in 83 locations until they were closed on December 28, 2013.
The company's expansion continued throughout the mid-20th century. In 1932, Jewel acquired the Chicago unit of the Canadian firm Loblaw Groceterias, Inc., then a chain of 77 self-service stores, [11] as well as four Chicago grocery stores operated by the Middle West Stores Company, and began operating them under the name Jewel Food Stores. [12]
Food 4 Less is the name of several grocery store chains, the largest of which is currently owned by Kroger. [4] It is a no-frills grocery store where the customers bag their own groceries at the checkout. Kroger operates Food 4 Less stores in the Chicago metropolitan area (Illinois and Indiana) and in Southern California.
Early locations used Ceramic Metal Halide lighting, while later stores used industrial strip fluorescent lighting. An Average Omni Superstore was 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m 2 ). to 95,000 sq ft (8,800 m 2 )., while its sister Dominick's Food and Drug combo stores ranged around 65,000 sq ft (6,000 m 2 ).
Certified Grocers Midwest was a retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in six states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It was founded in 1940 and was a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates. Many of its stores served the African American and Hispanic communities.