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Shaw's and Star Market are two American supermarket chains under united management based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, employing about 30,000 associates in 150 total stores; 129 stores are operated under the Shaw's banner in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, while Star Market operates 21 stores in Massachusetts, most of which are in or near Boston.
SuperValu received both Shaw's and Star Market. In 2008, Shaw's announced that their Boston area stores were reverting to the Star Market name due to local history. [4] On August 22, 2008, the former Shaw's Market at 1065 Commonwealth Avenue in Allston had its official grand reopening as a Star Market—more than eight years after its name had ...
Jewel-Osco locations in purple, ACME in red, Shaw's in orange, and Albertsons in blue (1995–2007) Jewel-Osco employs more than 45,000 associates. [citation needed] Its customer base gave it a 45% share of the grocery market in Chicago, [63] trailed by the Safeway Inc.-owned Dominick's chain (ranking second at 15 percent) before its closure. [82]
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Oh yeah! In case none of you knew, the largest Shaw's is in South Burlington, Vermont. It says that the location is in Idaho because that is the location of Albertson's (Shaw's parnet company) main offices to let you know albertsons is not shaws parent company anymore it is now supervalu inc. thanks--Micheal21 02:25, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
American Stores Company was an American public corporation and a holding company which ran chains of supermarkets and drugstores in the United States from 1917 through 1998. The company was incorporated in 1917 when The Acme Tea Company merged with four small Philadelphia-area grocery stores (Childs, George Dunlap, Bell Company, and A House That Quality Built) to form American Stores.
In the 1970s most of the stores were moved to the Big Star label. [1] In 1978 the New Jersey–based Grand Union purchased the Colonial Stores chain. [5] This move was initially blocked by the Federal Trade Commission out of fear Grand Union would be violating anti-trust laws. [6] This was later dismissed and the purchase was allowed to go ...
Osco Drug traces its history back to 1915 by S.M. Skaggs in American Falls, Idaho as a cash and carry store. His son Lorenzo L. Skaggs, who had been involved in the predecessor to Safeway, founded the Pay-Less chain in 1937 in Rochester, Minnesota. In 1942, these chains merged with others and formed the Owners Service Company, shortened to Osco.