List of supermarket chains in the United States
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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
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)
Jewel Osco (Illinois, Indiana)
Market Street (Texas, New Mexico)
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
Whole Foods Market
Kroger (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
Baker's (Nebraska)
City Market (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
Dillons (Kansas)
Food 4 Less (California, Illinois, Indiana)
Fred Meyer (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington)
Fry's (Arizona)
Gerbes (Missouri)
Harris Teeter (Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia)
JayC (Indiana)
King Soopers (Colorado, Wyoming)
Mariano's (Illinois)
Pay Less (Indiana)
QFC (Oregon, Washington)
Ralphs (Southern California)
Roundy's (Illinois, Wisconsin)
Ruler Foods (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee)
Smith's Food and Drug (Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
Costco
BJ’s Wholesale Club (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)
Target
Walmart
Walmart Neighborhood Market
Sam's Club
Regional chains
East
West
Midwest
Northeast
South
Notable local chains
Retailers' cooperatives
Associated Food Stores – formerly Pacific Mercantile Cooperative; also see Western Family Foods
Lee's Marketplace
Associated Grocers of New England
Associated Grocers of the South
Associated Wholesale Grocers
Apple Market
Cash Saver
Country Mart
Price Chopper / Price Mart (Kansas City, Missouri area) – unrelated to Price Chopper in the Northeast
SunFresh
ThriftWay
C-Town
Great Valu (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia)
IGA
Thrift Way / Shop n Bag (New Jersey; Philadelphia)
Topco Associates LLC
Affiliated Foods
Associated Food Stores
Associated Grocers – www.agbr.com
Associated Grocers of New England
Associated Grocers of the South
Associated Wholesale Grocers
Wakefern Food Corporation
The Fresh Grocer (Pennsylvania)
Gerrity's Supermarkets
Nicholas Markets
Wholesalers
C&S Wholesale Grocers
SpartanNash (in addition to directly owning a variety of Midwestern supermarket chains, SpartanNash is also a supplier for smaller, independent supermarkets)
United Natural Foods
SuperValu
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)
Lidl
Save A Lot
Trader Joe's – Owned by Aldi Nord
WinCo Foods (Arizona, California, Oklahoma, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Washington)
Ethnic chains
Chinese/Vietnamese or Pan-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
Asian Food Center (New Jersey)
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)
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)
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
J-mart (New York)
Kam Man Food (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts) – small Asian-American supermarket chain
Lion Food (Northern California) – Vietnamese-Chinese supermarket
Metro Supermarket – Chinese-American supermarket in Southern California
O-Mart, Super Oriental Market (Killeen, Texas)
Ocean Mart (Utah)
Pacific Ocean Marketplace (Colorado)
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
zTao Marketplace (Texas, Georgia) – Asian-American supermarket
Korean
Arirang Market – Korean chain from Southern California
ASSI Plaza, Korean-American multinational supermarket chain (Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania)
Galleria Market (Southern California) – Korean-American
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
Lotte Plaza – Korean-American supermarket (Maryland, Virginia)
Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market (Georgia)
Super G Mart, Korean-American supermarket (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Zion Market – Korean-American chain in California, Georgia, and Texas
Japanese
Marukai – Japanese-American supermarket in California and Hawaii, also owns Tokyo Central.
Mitsuwa (New Jersey, Illinois, California, Hawaii, Texas) – Japanese-American supermarket and shopping center
Nijiya Market (California, Hawaii) – organic Japanese-American supermarket
Seiwa Market – Japanese-American in California and Texas
Uwajimaya (Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon)
Filipino
88 Ranch Marketplace in Southern California
Island Pacific Supermarket (California, Nevada) – Filipino-American supermarket
Seafood City (California, Hawaii, Washington, Nevada, Illinois) – Filipino-American supermarket
Indian/South Asian
India Bazaar/IndiaCo (Texas, Illinois, Georgia) – Indian supermarket chain mainly in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Indopak Supermarket and Cafe - Indian, Pakistani supermarket chain in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
New India Bazar (California) – small Indian, Pakistani and Sri-Lankan supermarket chain in San Francisco Bay Area
Patel Brothers – largest Indian-American supermarket chain
Rani's World Foods (Texas & Nevada) – Indian supermarket chain
Subzi Bazaar (New Jersey and New York) – South East Asian/Indian Grocery Stores
Hispanic/Latino
Bravo (Northeast and Florida)
El Ahorro Supermarket – (Texas)
Fiesta Mart – Latino-American supermarket (Texas)
Mi Pueblo Food Center (Northern California/San Francisco Bay Area) – Now merged with Cardenas (Southern California) since late 2017
Mi Tienda – Hispanic supermarket division of H-E-B Stores (two stores in Houston, Texas)
La Michoacana Meat Market (Texas)
Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market (Georgia)
Número Uno Market – Hispanic chain (Los Angeles area) – Now merged with Superior
Ideal Market (Louisiana)
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 Ranchito (Georgia)
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 Río Grande Latin Market (Texas)
Northgate González Market (California)
Rio Ranch Markets – Southern California – merged with Cardenas
Saver's Cost Plus (Texas)
Sedano's – Hispanic chain in Southern Florida
Seller's Bros.
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