A grocery store, grocer or grocery shop (UK), is a store primarily engaged in retailing a general range of food products, which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries. In the UK, shops that sell food are distinguished as grocers or grocery shops, though in everyday use, people usually use either the term "supermarket" or, for a smaller type of store that sells groceries, a "corner shop" or "convenience shop".
99 Ranch Market is a Taiwanese-American supermarket chain owned by Tawa Supermarket Inc., which is based in Buena Park, California. 99 Ranch has 53 stores, primarily in California, with other stores in Nevada, Oregon, Washington, New Jersey, Texas, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Virginia. The company also started offering shopping via its website in 2014.
An Asian supermarket is a category of grocery stores in Western countries that stocks items imported from the multiple countries in East, South and Southeast Asia. Supermarkets in Asia generally have no equivalent to the "Asian" supermarkets of the West; foodstuffs in each respective Asian country have vastly different regulations and supply chains from one another, so stores are localized for each country's tastes and only carry locally approved items for that market. Examples of this: seaweed snacks, originate in Japan where they are salty or savory, in Thailand they are often spicy and locally produced.
Central Market is an American gourmet grocery store chain owned by H-E-B Grocery Company based in San Antonio, Texas. Most locations also have a full-service kitchen, offer cooking and wine classes in their culinary school, and offer catering services. The chain has ten locations, all in Texas. Central Market was named "Outstanding Specialty Food Retailer" by Specialty Food Magazine and the National Association for Specialty Food Trade.
ShopRite is a retailers' cooperative of supermarkets with stores in six states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Zehrmart Inc., is a Canadian supermarket chain in southern Ontario. The chain has 43 locations and is a part of Loblaw Companies Limited which purchased the Zehrs chain in the mid-1970s.
Foodtown is a northeastern United States supermarket cooperative founded in 1955 by Twin County Grocers in New Jersey. Currently, there are 66 Foodtown stores in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and eastern Pennsylvania. Foodtown's corporate offices are located in Iselin, New Jersey.
Valley Ranch is a planned unit development in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving.
FreshCo Ltd. is a Canadian chain of deep discount supermarkets owned by Sobeys Inc. It was launched in March 2010. As of April 2019, there were 98 FreshCo stores.
Kings Food Markets is an American food market chain headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, with stores in northern New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
Commisso's Food Markets was a Canadian supermarket chain based in Beamsville, Ontario. Operating under Commisso's Grocery Distributors Limited, the chain was part of one of the largest independently owned grocery and food distribution chains in southern Ontario. At its peak, Commisso's operated a wholesale business and distribution centre, six cash and carry outlets, and 16 supermarkets across the Niagara and Hamilton areas, where its commitment to "quality products, friendly people and low prices" proved very popular.
Fiesta Mart, L.L.C., formerly Fiesta Mart Inc., is a Latino-American supermarket chain based in Houston, Texas that was established in 1972. Fiesta Mart stores are located in Texas. The chain uses a cartoon parrot as a mascot. As of 2004 it operated 34 supermarkets in Greater Houston, 16 supermarkets in other locations in Texas, and 17 Beverage Mart liquor store locations. During the same year it had 7.5% of the grocery market share in Greater Houston. Many of its stores were located in Hispanic neighborhoods and other minority neighborhoods.
Gerland Corporation was a retail company headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States; the company operates various grocery stores, gas stations, and check cashing stores within the Greater Houston Area.
Davis Food City was a supermarket chain headquartered Houston, Texas, United States, founded in 1965 and closed in 2007.
Smart & Final is a chain of warehouse-style food and supply stores based in Commerce, California, which developed through a series of mergers and expansions. The oldest of the combined companies, Hellman-Haas Grocery, was founded in 1871 in Los Angeles. The company operates over 250 stores in the Western United States and 15 in northwestern Mexico.
Best Market was a family-owned, regional supermarket chain with 30 stores in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The company was headquartered in Bethpage, New York, and has been owned by the Raitses family since the company's first store opened in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York in 1994.
Nations Fresh Foods is an independently owned multi-cultural grocery store chain in Ontario, Canada, founded on August 28, 2012, in Woodbridge, Ontario. The chain has 4 stores ; the 1st store opened in Woodbridge, Ontario on August 28, 2012, the 2nd store opened in Hamilton, Ontario, in Lloyd D. Jackson Square on July 13, 2013, the 3rd store opened in Mississauga, Ontario on February 1, 2017, and the 4th store, the flagship store, opened on November 16, 2017 in Toronto, at Stock Yards Village mall, inside a former Target Canada location, containing an indoor playground and arcade in addition to the usual grocery store and food offerings. Each store has groceries, mainly from Asia, with groceries from other countries as well, and the usual grocery items found in other stores. It also has food offerings at all stores, with a Hot Bar at the Woodbridge location, a Buffet, Hot Bar, Coffee Bar and Pho Restaurant at the Hamilton location, a Buffet, Hot Bar, Juice/Bubble Tea bar, Sushi/Dim Sum bar, Chinese BBQ station and North American food at the Missisauga and Toronto flagship locations. Nations' parent company, Oceans Fresh Group, also owns Oceans Fresh Foods Market stores, an affiliate chain of stores. Nations', according to the company, is considered to be " a new, higher end, banner store". The head office of the parent company is located in Mississauga, Ontario. In total, the parent company owns 8 stores, ( 4 Nations Fresh Foods stores, 3 Oceans Fresh Foods Market stores, and 1 Grant's Foodmart store, another affiliate chain. 2 of the stores are located in Brampton, Ontario, 3 in Mississauga, Ontario, along with the head office, 1 in Vaughan, Ontario, 1 in Hamilton, Ontario, and 1 in Toronto, Ontario.
Patel Brothers, Inc. is an Indian-American supermarket chain based in Hanover Park, Illinois. Patel Brothers is the largest Indian-American supermarket chain in the United States with 57 locations in 19 states, primarily in New York and New Jersey, due to its large Indian population. Patel Brothers offers online shopping for the contiguous US through its website, which is fulfilled by its Hanover Park, Illinois location. The chain was founded by brothers Mafat and Tulsi Patel and is operated by Mafat's sons, Swetal and Rakesh Patel.
