wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (09/26/85)
Wondered if anybody happened to know the answer to this question, or where to look it up: What US supermarket chain is the most widespread geographically? (That is, not just the largest chain in amount of sales or number of stores, but which one covers more parts of the country than any other? It might well be the same as the largest by one of those other measures, but not necessarily.) Regards, Will Martin UUCP/USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA
csg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst) (09/29/85)
>What US supermarket chain is the most widespread geographically?
Does 7-Eleven count as a supermarket?
Failing that, how about A&P? I haven't seen one of their stores for years,
though; are they still around?
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I'd have to guess K-MART.
woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) (10/01/85)
> What US supermarket chain is the most widespread geographically?
I think it is probably Safeway, because that is the only one I have seen
EVERYWHERE I've spent any significant amount of time.
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"I don't know, but I've been told, it's hard to run with the weight of gold
On the other hand I've heard it said, it's just as hard with the weight of lead"pjk@hou2a.UUCP (P.KEMP) (10/03/85)
I think Acme may be the largest spread chain, or
at least their parent company (American Stores?).
There was a skit on "The Paul Hogan Show" that is
produced in Australia, which took place in a supermarket
and the phrase "Tell a friend!" was used. This is
the same slogan used by the Acme stores in this area.
Paul Kemp
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The above statements are those of the author only,
and are not those of AT&T Bell Laboratories.drv@kitc.UUCP (Dennis Vogel) (10/04/85)
> Wondered if anybody happened to know the answer to this question, or > where to look it up: What US supermarket chain is the most widespread > geographically? For what it's worth, here are some data on the top 10 supermarkets in the US. This is taken from "Everybody's Business Scoreboard", published in 1983. It contains a lot of other trivia related to US business. Dennis Vogel AT&T Information System1981 Saless 1981 Sales 1. Safeway Stores (Oakland) $16.5 billion Operates some 2,000 supermarkets in the US mainly in the west, with a big division in the Washington, DC area. 2. Kroger (Cincinnati) $11.2 billion Has 1,250 supermarkets in 21 states mainly in the midwest and south. Sales includes $700 million by 515 SupeRx drugstores. 3. Lucky's Stores (Dublin, CA) $7.2 billion Lucky's 530 food stores, operating under the name Lucky and Food Basket (in the west), Eagle (in the southwest and midwest), and Kash N' Karry (in Florida) do $4.6 billion of this sales volume. Rest comes from a variety of other stores. 4. American Stores (Salt Lake City) $7.1 billion Result of a 1979 merger that joined Delaware's American Stores (Acme chain) with Utah's Skaggs (Skaggs drugstores and Skaggs combination food and drugstores), American operates 1,140 stores in 28 states. 5. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea (Montvale, NJ) $6.5 billion The once supreme A&P chain, down to 1,500 stores, losing money steadily. Germany's Tenglemann Group owns half the stock. 6. Winn-Dixie (Jacksonville, FL) $6.4 billion Operates 1,220 nonunionized supermarkets in 12 southern states and the southern tip of Indiana. 7. Southland (Dallas) $5.6 billion The 7-11 operator. Now has more than 7,000 units in the US, 40% franchised, 87% open 24 hours. Also owns the Gristede's carriage trade groceries in NY and 265 automotive stores (Chief Auto Parts). 8. Jewel Companies (Chicago) $5.1 billion The supermarkets-345 of them operating under various names-do about $3 billion of this sales volume. Also in the Jewel corral are the 280 Osco drugstores in the midwest and the 145 Sav-On drugstores in California. There are also 240 White Hen convenience stores. 9. Grand Union (Elmwood Park, NJ) $4.1 billion Operates 860 supermarkets in 17 states in the ease and south. 10.Albertson's (Boise, Idaho) $3.4 billion Operates more than 400 supermarkets in 15 western and southern states. Derives nearly 1/3 of sales from 73 combination food/drug stores in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas.
bob@islenet.UUCP (Bob Cunningham) (10/06/85)
> > What US supermarket chain is the most widespread geographically? > > I think it is probably Safeway... Safeway is the only non-local chain in Hawaii (tho we also have 7-11's if you're considering convenience stores). -- Bob Cunningham {dual|vortex|ihnp4}!islenet!bob Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii
edg@micropro.UUCP (Ed Greenberg) (10/07/85)
In article <656@hou2a.UUCP> pjk@hou2a.UUCP (P.KEMP) writes: > ... >and the phrase "Tell a friend!" was used. This is >the same slogan used by the Acme stores in this area. Here in California, the Alpha-Beta chain uses the slogan "Tell A Friend." Wonder if they're connected. Disclaimer: This is a boring topic. -edg -- Ed Greenberg; MicroPro International Corp. (disclaimer) UUCP: {hplabs,dual,glacier,lll-crg}!well!micropro!edg AT&T: 415-499-4096
rep@panda.UUCP (Pete Peterson) (10/08/85)
> >I think Acme may be the largest spread chain, or >at least their parent company (American Stores?). > Paul Kemp I've lived in New England, Arizona, and California and have never seen an Acme store. I have, however, seen many of their products used by Wile E. Coyote and would LOVE to get hold of one of their catalogs. Pete Peterson
ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (10/09/85)
> I'd have to guess K-MART.
I really worry about your nutrition habits if you do your grocery
shopping at K-MART. They seem to specialize mostly in 3-Litre bottles
of Coke and Screaming Yellow Zonkers.
-Ronron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (10/09/85)
> There was a skit on "The Paul Hogan Show" that is > produced in Australia, which took place in a supermarket > and the phrase "Tell a friend!" was used. This is > the same slogan used by the Acme stores in this area. > More likely, the "Tell a Friend" is a SYNDICATED ADVERTISING PACKAGE. This is cheaper than coming up with your own ad campaign and the company that sells it to you guarantees that your store is the only one in earshot that is going to be using it. -Ron
ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) (10/12/85)
>More likely, the "Tell a Friend" is a SYNDICATED ADVERTISING PACKAGE. >This is cheaper than coming up with your own ad campaign and the company >that sells it to you guarantees that your store is the only one in earshot >that is going to be using it. >-Ron **** Rrrrrright! Another syndicated advertising package I can think of right off the bat is the 'lil cheeper' (little cheaper, git it? Kyuk yuk.) symbol (baby chicken) used by various different car dealers. (One per area, natch.) Anyone know any more? (BTW, haven't yet seen it here in the Bay Area. But then, here Firebirds, for instance, are going for 20K a pop. You think I'm kidding???) Ron -- -- Ron Christian (Watkins-Johnson Co. San Jose, Calif.) {pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix,vecpyr,certes,isi}!wjvax!ron Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: "If you are seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it."
colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (10/14/85)
> >> What US supermarket chain is the most widespread geographically? > > Of the half-dozen places I've lived (including towns in the Midwest, > Southeast, and Northeast) most have NOT had Safeways. Maybe I've just lived > in the wrong places (:-)), but I've seen Kroger and A&P more often. Buffalo has no Safeways, Krogers, or A & Ps! (The Dark Powers have a pretty good lock on things here ... ) -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher@sunyabva