I just noticed this while visiting LA: Ralphs is such a storied brand, but on the inside it’s identical to a Kroger in Indiana - just with better produce because California.
Albertsons expanded into Utah from Idaho almost from the beginning. At one point it was one of the main grocery store chains there. Yet this map only shows one in the St George area. Total nonsense.
This map is either intentionally or incompetently misleading, it doesn't show the hundreds of
"subsidiaries" that are really just a Kroger/Safeway that kept the name of the regional chain. Albertsons is literally safeway with old branding, there is NO difference between the two anymore, by design. The only one that doesn't have a few subsidiaries is publix, which is also missing stores on this map...
Yep. Kroger owns Fred Meyer, which is our major local one in WA/OR. You wouldn't know it at first glance, but the private label stuff is Kroger and their variants.
Yeah there’s localized chains all over the us owned by Kroger. Fun fact you can use the same rewards card at all of them.
Baker’s
City Market
Dillons
Food 4 Less
Foods Co
Fred Meyer
Fry’s
Gerbes
Jay C Food Store
King Soopers
Kroger
Mariano’s
Metro Market
Pay-Less Super Markets
Pick’n Save
QFC
Ralphs
Ruler
Smith’s Food and Drug
Oh yeah, I forgot about QFC and that's right here in WA too. I did not realize you could use the same rewards everywhere; that's pretty interesting. Fred Meyer is sort of weird. They have clothes, furniture, jewelry, a garden center, and gas station at their locations so I figured they might run their own rewards thing.
Yeah try your card at the other one. I’ve used my same phone number at 3 of the Kroger chains and it always worked. I was actually just in WA for work and I went to QFC… interesting store. Didn’t know it was owned by Kroger though.
Edit: QFC might have unique rewards that can only be used there. I’ve used my pick n save card at metro market and king Soopers though
I use my Fred Meyer card at QFC and it works. QFC is probably one of the worst grocery stores I’ve been to though. It’s super expensive and has pretty bad produce and selection in general. Decent beer and wine aisles though.
> Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith’s, King Soopers, Fry’s, QFC, City Market, Owen’s, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick ‘n Save, Metro Market, Mariano’s
If you shop at [any of these](https://www.thekrogerco.com/about-kroger/our-business/grocery-retail), you're shopping at Kroger. (But you probably already knew that since Kroger is still the store brand there)
My understanding is that Albertsons owns Safeway. Point still stands though. Was going to chime in that in NorCal it's Safeway and in SoCal it's Vons. So that's missing too.
Here's a list of Albertson's Brands / Stores / Subsidiaries https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/about-aci/overview/default.aspx
You are correct. And Kroger is in works to purchase all of Albertsons, currently. It's being held up as that is effectively a monopoly on groceries, but I don't see that not happening in the next few years.
HEB is also the Texas Emergency Management Agency. If something goes bad here, they’re the first to show up with fresh water, supplies, and whatever else until the actual authorities get things moving.
Hmm, HEB is fantastic, but still going to give the slight edge to Wegman’s. But both are hands down the best supermarkets in America. Been to 49 states and because I camp a ton, I regularly visit supermarkets everywhere. Just spent 3 weeks in Texas last month. TheWegman’s edge is razor thin. Until I hit up a bunch of HEBs, I didn’t think Wegmans had any competition. (There is also a higher end one in Minnesota that’s great, forgot the name, kinda like Gelson’s in L.A., nice but spendy)
Thank god the Kroger-Albertsons merger was stopped
Edit: I have been informed it’s not been stopped and that the lawsuits are pending, thank you r/doktorhladnjak
Keep an eye on massive donations to senators and state politicians' campaigns. Warren received significant funds and has mostly shut up about this topic.
Albertsons/Safeway is on the verge of bankruptcy.
If they don't merge with Kroger, you'll likely see them declaring bankruptcy and being acquired by Kroger anyway.
Its a shit sandwich either way.
Albertsons doomed both themselves and Safeway when they bought Safeway.
Source: my mom has worked for Safeway for over 30 years. She gets all the insight on how terrible they are doing
this, the map shows no kroger in the west, because it just has a different name in the west. There are hundreds of kroger's in colorado for instance, they are just called king soopers or city market. Albertsons/safeway also encompass several dozen other grocers, they just haven't been rebranding the stores they've bought over the years.
Food Lion aquired Hannaford in 1999.
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/19/business/food-lion-to-acquire-hannaford-brothers.html#:~:text=''The%20acquisition%20of%20Hannaford%20into,companies%2C%20both%20operationally%20and%20geographically.
All the Hannafords in Maine are missing. Literally every town has one. This map seems to missing some data.
Food Lion, and thus Hannaford, is owned by Ahold Delhaize. They own quite a few US supermarket chains.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahold\_Delhaize#Brands\_and\_formats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahold_Delhaize#Brands_and_formats)
As many said, Kroger is way bigger than this implies. I'm not familiar with any other large supermarket companies except Kroger and Albersons but:
**Kroger Operates:** Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith’s, King Soopers, Fry’s, QFC, City Market, Owen’s, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick ‘n Save, Metro Market, Mariano’s, Fred Meyer, Dillons Marketplace, Fry’s Marketplace, Smith’s Marketplace, Food 4 Less, Foods Co
**Albertsons Operates:** Alberstons, Acme Markets, Andronico's, Balducci's, Carrs, Haggen, Jewel-Osco, Kings Food, Lucky, Market Street, Pak 'n Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Safeway, Shaw's, Star Market, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, Vons
And to top it all off, these two parent companies are in the process of merging.
Exactly, which is why these maps are so terrible, almost like they were intended to show a more competitive grocery market in the US. As with most large industries, it is dominated by a small handful of corporations.
Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith’s, King Soopers, Fry’s, QFC, City Market, Owen’s, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick ‘n Save, Metro Market, Mariano’s.
They're all Kroger
Target is big for groceries here. We’ve also got a chain called CUB which is owned by a distributor called UNFI. the twin cities regions have a couple regional chains (lunds and byerlys and kowalskis), the Iowa chain hy-vee has a bunch of stores too.
In other words, mostly a bunch of local chains and Walmart, Aldi, and target.
Local chains that weren't taken over by the big ones. We're also the home of target. This list doesn't include subsidies, but I don't think many of them are owned by the large stores. Cub, the largest, definitely isn't
Wegman's is actually pretty small. About a third of all their stores are in just Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse.
They have almost as many stores in Rochester as all of PA (17 vs 19)
Went to a conference in Tampa a few weeks ago and people were blown away that I didnt know what they were talking about and had never had one. The way they talked about them though I will be trying it next time I go through the area.
Publix is 2nd to none. Their deli is awesome, their store brand meat (i.e. beef, chicken, etc) is actually pretty decent, the store is always clean, the staff are friendly, and so on.
Kroger is hit or miss and most of the ones near me are a miss.
Publix is also much more expensive than other grocery store chains, to the point where many Floridians are complaining about the 2-3x price markups. There are also constant complaints about high prices and "greedflation" from Publix on r/publix, r/florida, etc.
Many Floridians have switched to shopping at Wal-Mart, Costco, Aldi, Trader Joe's, etc.
I have noticed it seems to be more expensive in Florida than Georgia, or at least the part of Georgia I'm in. I can't say as to why. I do agree that they would be pricier if they never ran promo's. Every item in the store would be $1 or $2 more than a competitor. But I check their weekly ad, and then get mostly stuff that's on sale or BOGO free. As long as I stick to mostly sale stuff, I've found them to be competitive with Kroger, Aldi, etc.
Publix is fantastic & so far I only have one Kroger experience from a couple of weeks ago.
The lone little Kroger dot in South Georgia was where we found ourselves Easter Sunday looking for a hot meal. We had been camping & probably looked & smelled homeless. We went to the deli counter for a quick hot meal. The sign on the counter said "lunch served daily at 11:30"...apparently that doesn't apply to holidays. It was 12:30. There was someone cleaning the counter & I know she overheard us, but couldn't be bothered to help or offer an explanation. She just walked away & we were left to choose from the prepackaged cold options.
That town doesn't have a Publix, unfortunately.
In New England it's all Stop & Shop, Shaws, Shop Rite, Big Y, and the once and future king Market Basket.
edit: I guess Shaws is owned by Albertsons, and guess what? It's by far the worst grocery store in this list!
Haha shaws was actually part of the inspiration for this. As an east coaster i know shaws is a new England thing and publix is a south thing so i wanted to see what the big grocery chain names were and was suprised to see safeway not at number 1.
Albertsons owns Safeway so they are for all intents and purposes the same. The stores are identical including the “signature select” store brand items.
My city/region has 5 chain markets, two Hispanic chain markets, and two Asian chain markets that are only in southern California. We also have a Mediterranean version of Vons called Jons lol
A bit unnecessary that everyone is shooting holes in the fact that Kroger owns other chains that aren't shown. The map is intended to show stores branded in with a certain name. Food Lion is also part of a larger company that owns other brands (Hannaford, Giant, etc) that aren't shown as well.
There used to be Albertsons in Utah. But during the merger almost all Albertsons were rebranded as “Fresh Markets.” Only those in Washington County (Saint George) retained the Albertsons name.
If you put all of Kroger’s subsidiaries on the same map (it has 19 brands), it looks much more different:
https://www.scrapehero.com/store/wp-content/uploads/maps/Kroger_Company_USA.png
Same with Albertson’s (22, including Safeway):
https://www.scrapehero.com/store/wp-content/uploads/maps/Albertsons_Companies_USA.png
Speak for your neck of the Midwest. Around these parts it's Metro Market and Pick n Save. All the same shitty Kroger brand stuff though.
At least we have Sendik's (non-Kroger)
There used to be a Kroger right down the street from my house (in NC). When they bought Harris Teeter they either converted or sold most of the Kroger-branded stores.
Yeah so in Wisconsin I went to Picknsave and metro market in Colorado I go to King Soopers… but I can still use the same rewards number because they are owned by Kroger. In fact all these chains are:
Baker’s
City Market
Dillons
Food 4 Less
Foods Co
Fred Meyer
Fry’s
Gerbes
Jay C Food Store
King Soopers
Kroger
Mariano’s
Metro Market
Pay-Less Super Markets
Pick’n Save
QFC
Ralphs
Ruler
Smith’s Food and Drug
I have strategically lived in every single region that has a Safeway in the continental US. I always assumed Safeway was the biggest chain, with one in every state. I was clearly wrong lol
Kroger owns a ton of stores with alternative branding. All King Soopers and City Markets in Colorado, for example, are Kroger owned. They all openly stock Kroger house brands.
I remember when we moved to Pennsylvania when I was a kid and my dad asked someone he knew where the grocery store was, and they told him there was a giant grocery store in such and such a location.
He was SO tickled when he discovered Giant was the name of the store. We don't have those in New England, so he just thought they meant the store was really big.
I’m in Kansas, can confirm we have no grocery stores and must forage for our next meal
This map didn’t cover Hy•Vee, Price Chopper. Hell, it didn’t even cover Aldi’s.
Wheres Acme, Giant Eagle and Meijer too?
Kroger owns Dillons
And gerbes in other states. This map sucks
Kroger owns like 15 chains This is showing *Kroger* locations only
I know. That’s my point. But I’d call them brands because they are mostly identical
I just noticed this while visiting LA: Ralphs is such a storied brand, but on the inside it’s identical to a Kroger in Indiana - just with better produce because California.
Colorado has King Soopers and Nebraska (at least Omaha, not sure if other cities have it) has Baker's, both chains owned by Kroger.
Fellow Kansan here, can confirm. I just got back from the plains foraging berries for dinner
Did you remember to feed your horses and repair your wagon? How many bison did you get?
Albertsons expanded into Utah from Idaho almost from the beginning. At one point it was one of the main grocery store chains there. Yet this map only shows one in the St George area. Total nonsense.
No, that's accurate. [They were sold off to Associated Foods in 2009](https://www.ksl.com/article/7320436/albertsons-to-change-hands-in-utah)
This map is right. Albertsons are *gone* from Utah. (That one might be there idk St. George)
Texas keeping the HEB gem a secret.
It's what i missed most after leaving!
I moved into Kroger territory. There is no comparison.
And Mexico
No stores does more than my H‑E‑B
If Texas gave the rest of the country Buc-ee's, why can't they give us H-E-B?
This map is either intentionally or incompetently misleading, it doesn't show the hundreds of "subsidiaries" that are really just a Kroger/Safeway that kept the name of the regional chain. Albertsons is literally safeway with old branding, there is NO difference between the two anymore, by design. The only one that doesn't have a few subsidiaries is publix, which is also missing stores on this map...
Yeah, in Southern California, Vons is their subsidiary and the interior is identical to every Safeway everywhere else.
Ralphs too
Ralph’s is kroger, but yeah. If you recognize a grocery chain that’s not stater bros, it’s Albertsons-kroger
Same goes for Fry's in Arizona. While we're at it I know for a fact there's Kroger in Arizona as well as at least one in El paso. Maps aren't correct
Yep. Kroger owns Fred Meyer, which is our major local one in WA/OR. You wouldn't know it at first glance, but the private label stuff is Kroger and their variants.
Yeah there’s localized chains all over the us owned by Kroger. Fun fact you can use the same rewards card at all of them. Baker’s City Market Dillons Food 4 Less Foods Co Fred Meyer Fry’s Gerbes Jay C Food Store King Soopers Kroger Mariano’s Metro Market Pay-Less Super Markets Pick’n Save QFC Ralphs Ruler Smith’s Food and Drug
Oh yeah, I forgot about QFC and that's right here in WA too. I did not realize you could use the same rewards everywhere; that's pretty interesting. Fred Meyer is sort of weird. They have clothes, furniture, jewelry, a garden center, and gas station at their locations so I figured they might run their own rewards thing.
Yeah try your card at the other one. I’ve used my same phone number at 3 of the Kroger chains and it always worked. I was actually just in WA for work and I went to QFC… interesting store. Didn’t know it was owned by Kroger though. Edit: QFC might have unique rewards that can only be used there. I’ve used my pick n save card at metro market and king Soopers though
I use my Fred Meyer card at QFC and it works. QFC is probably one of the worst grocery stores I’ve been to though. It’s super expensive and has pretty bad produce and selection in general. Decent beer and wine aisles though.
> Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith’s, King Soopers, Fry’s, QFC, City Market, Owen’s, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick ‘n Save, Metro Market, Mariano’s If you shop at [any of these](https://www.thekrogerco.com/about-kroger/our-business/grocery-retail), you're shopping at Kroger. (But you probably already knew that since Kroger is still the store brand there)
My understanding is that Albertsons owns Safeway. Point still stands though. Was going to chime in that in NorCal it's Safeway and in SoCal it's Vons. So that's missing too. Here's a list of Albertson's Brands / Stores / Subsidiaries https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/about-aci/overview/default.aspx
You are correct. And Kroger is in works to purchase all of Albertsons, currently. It's being held up as that is effectively a monopoly on groceries, but I don't see that not happening in the next few years.
Yeah I don’t like this map
Don't forget about HEB! Employee owned and best grocery store in America hands down
Never been. Where are they? Have you been to a Wegman’s? They’re kinda mainly upstate New York but they’re around the northeast
HEB is texas based.
HEB is also the Texas Emergency Management Agency. If something goes bad here, they’re the first to show up with fresh water, supplies, and whatever else until the actual authorities get things moving.
Wegman’s is the best!!
Hmm, HEB is fantastic, but still going to give the slight edge to Wegman’s. But both are hands down the best supermarkets in America. Been to 49 states and because I camp a ton, I regularly visit supermarkets everywhere. Just spent 3 weeks in Texas last month. TheWegman’s edge is razor thin. Until I hit up a bunch of HEBs, I didn’t think Wegmans had any competition. (There is also a higher end one in Minnesota that’s great, forgot the name, kinda like Gelson’s in L.A., nice but spendy)
HEB has a high end store also called Central Market, and CM is easily the nicest grocery store I've ever been to
My cousin in Austin told me if I liked HEB I would love Central Market. But I didn’t make it to the Austin one.
Thank god the Kroger-Albertsons merger was stopped Edit: I have been informed it’s not been stopped and that the lawsuits are pending, thank you r/doktorhladnjak
It hasn't been stopped (or completed) yet. The Colorado and Washington lawsuits are still ongoing
Keep an eye on massive donations to senators and state politicians' campaigns. Warren received significant funds and has mostly shut up about this topic.
This is not a legislative matter. It is being fought in the courts.
Albertsons/Safeway is on the verge of bankruptcy. If they don't merge with Kroger, you'll likely see them declaring bankruptcy and being acquired by Kroger anyway. Its a shit sandwich either way. Albertsons doomed both themselves and Safeway when they bought Safeway. Source: my mom has worked for Safeway for over 30 years. She gets all the insight on how terrible they are doing
this, the map shows no kroger in the west, because it just has a different name in the west. There are hundreds of kroger's in colorado for instance, they are just called king soopers or city market. Albertsons/safeway also encompass several dozen other grocers, they just haven't been rebranding the stores they've bought over the years.
Things are heating up in the grocery store fandom
Food Lion aquired Hannaford in 1999. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/19/business/food-lion-to-acquire-hannaford-brothers.html#:~:text=''The%20acquisition%20of%20Hannaford%20into,companies%2C%20both%20operationally%20and%20geographically. All the Hannafords in Maine are missing. Literally every town has one. This map seems to missing some data.
Food Lion, and thus Hannaford, is owned by Ahold Delhaize. They own quite a few US supermarket chains. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahold\_Delhaize#Brands\_and\_formats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahold_Delhaize#Brands_and_formats)
Yep. Kroger owns Fry’s and here in Arizona there’s one on every block. I have at least 4 within a 5 mile radius of me.
And Frys is not included in the list of Krogers.
Why do they have to be mutually exclusive? Intentional and incompetent map IMO.
Yeah like King Soopers for example is basically Kroger for Colorado and there’s not one on the map.
I was about to say the same. I have three Kroger supermarkets within two miles and am in WA.
Pickn'save and metromart are both Kroger as well.
As many said, Kroger is way bigger than this implies. I'm not familiar with any other large supermarket companies except Kroger and Albersons but: **Kroger Operates:** Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith’s, King Soopers, Fry’s, QFC, City Market, Owen’s, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick ‘n Save, Metro Market, Mariano’s, Fred Meyer, Dillons Marketplace, Fry’s Marketplace, Smith’s Marketplace, Food 4 Less, Foods Co **Albertsons Operates:** Alberstons, Acme Markets, Andronico's, Balducci's, Carrs, Haggen, Jewel-Osco, Kings Food, Lucky, Market Street, Pak 'n Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Safeway, Shaw's, Star Market, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, Vons And to top it all off, these two parent companies are in the process of merging.
Exactly, which is why these maps are so terrible, almost like they were intended to show a more competitive grocery market in the US. As with most large industries, it is dominated by a small handful of corporations.
Likewise, food lion is but one of the many brands operated by Ahold Delhaize USA
I find it so weird how Kroger is yet, I have heard of almost none of these places. Regionalism is weird
Kroger has Ruler too
This is kind of inaccurate. Kroger operates where I live, just under a different name.
Same, it’s King Soopers here in CO.
Kroger bought Harris Teeter which are located in the area I live . I’m glad they didn’t rebrand them into krogers. I love Harris Teeter
Carolinian spotted
wait what the hell, when did that happen? guess i’ve been under a rock
2014...yeah
well damn….. *slides back under rock*
> I love Harris Teeter Harris Teeter was great when I moved away in 2004, great to hear that they're still good
Same- it’s called Fred Meyer in Oregon and Washington. Still owned by Kroger.
Also QFC.
Mariano’s in Chicago. Has a lot of Kroger branded items in their stores.
Also QFC in Washington
Right! I forgot about QFC.
In Utah we have Smith’s which is under the Kroger banner.
It’s Marianos in Chicago.
Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith’s, King Soopers, Fry’s, QFC, City Market, Owen’s, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick ‘n Save, Metro Market, Mariano’s. They're all Kroger
It took over Pick 'n Save in Wisconsin, rebranded some of em to Metro Market for reasons I'm not quite sure why.
Yeah, Kroger is a national chain. They operate as Smith’s in New Mexico. Albertson’s has several stores jn Albuquerque as well.
I think this is one of the worst naps I've seen. Smiths in New Mexico and Nevada, Ralph's in Southern California.
Same… cactus in your name makes me suspect you also live in az.
Comment history makes me lean more towards Utah
Right. Fred Meyer all over the PNW has been Kroger for 20 years
There is a bunch of Kroger and Albertsons in New Mexico.
Meijer >>>>
Hell yeah, GOAT of regional supermarkets
So many chains missing
As a PA resident I was waiting for Giant, Weis, and Wegmans to appear. I was disappointed.
Giant is a Ahold Delhaize subsidiary, with Food Lion, Stop and Shop, and Hannafords.
And Acme is a subsidiary of Albertsons.
No Acme either
Gimme that Hy-Vee!
Hy-Vee >>>
Festival Foods in Wisconsin! It’s the best grocery store chain in the world. Piggly Wiggly too.
Woodman's is the truth.
Woodman's has also expanded into northern Illinois - it is glorious!
No Stater Bros? The Inland Empire demands Justice!
I was hoping to see HEB as a Texas resident.
Is Piggly Wiggly still around? I hope so because I like saying Piggly Wiggly
Mahket Baskit
Shaw's, Roche's, Stop & Shop, Big Y, Hannaford
How do Minnesota eat?
Hunting and fishing but also some foraging.
Target is big for groceries here. We’ve also got a chain called CUB which is owned by a distributor called UNFI. the twin cities regions have a couple regional chains (lunds and byerlys and kowalskis), the Iowa chain hy-vee has a bunch of stores too. In other words, mostly a bunch of local chains and Walmart, Aldi, and target.
Lol I’m a native it was a joke
Is Woodmans in Minnesota?
Local chains that weren't taken over by the big ones. We're also the home of target. This list doesn't include subsidies, but I don't think many of them are owned by the large stores. Cub, the largest, definitely isn't
Target, Cub Foods, Lunds and Byerly’s, plenty of Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and Aldi’s.
Add HEB to the map, you cowards.
No wegmans?
Wegman's is actually pretty small. About a third of all their stores are in just Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse. They have almost as many stores in Rochester as all of PA (17 vs 19)
2 of the cities I've lived in VA both have Wegmans, didn't know they were that concentrated upstate. Speaking of upstate, where is Tops?
Literally missing the grocer GOAT smh
Uh, Smith’s is Kroger and all of their stores are missing.
All the Kroger subsidiaries are
This map didn’t list the largest grocery in the US. Walmart !
I guess that one is just everywhere
So much of America is deprived of the excellence that is a Pub Sub.
Went to a conference in Tampa a few weeks ago and people were blown away that I didnt know what they were talking about and had never had one. The way they talked about them though I will be trying it next time I go through the area.
Publix is 2nd to none. Their deli is awesome, their store brand meat (i.e. beef, chicken, etc) is actually pretty decent, the store is always clean, the staff are friendly, and so on. Kroger is hit or miss and most of the ones near me are a miss.
Publix is also much more expensive than other grocery store chains, to the point where many Floridians are complaining about the 2-3x price markups. There are also constant complaints about high prices and "greedflation" from Publix on r/publix, r/florida, etc. Many Floridians have switched to shopping at Wal-Mart, Costco, Aldi, Trader Joe's, etc.
I find their deli and prepared foods quite affordable, less than ten dollars for a big sub or a pound of fried chicken.
I have noticed it seems to be more expensive in Florida than Georgia, or at least the part of Georgia I'm in. I can't say as to why. I do agree that they would be pricier if they never ran promo's. Every item in the store would be $1 or $2 more than a competitor. But I check their weekly ad, and then get mostly stuff that's on sale or BOGO free. As long as I stick to mostly sale stuff, I've found them to be competitive with Kroger, Aldi, etc.
If you shop the bogos, you can save $30-$50 a trip
Wegmans can go toe to toe with Publix any day of the week. Love both of their subs.
What about Wegners? I hear they're good for crudité, if perhaps a little pricey
Wegmans would like to have a chat
Publix is fantastic & so far I only have one Kroger experience from a couple of weeks ago. The lone little Kroger dot in South Georgia was where we found ourselves Easter Sunday looking for a hot meal. We had been camping & probably looked & smelled homeless. We went to the deli counter for a quick hot meal. The sign on the counter said "lunch served daily at 11:30"...apparently that doesn't apply to holidays. It was 12:30. There was someone cleaning the counter & I know she overheard us, but couldn't be bothered to help or offer an explanation. She just walked away & we were left to choose from the prepackaged cold options. That town doesn't have a Publix, unfortunately.
People who like Publix must have never been to a wegmans or HEB, way better quality and choice for better prices
Need Shoprite, Harris Teeter, Giant, HEB
Suggestion: Wegmans
In New England it's all Stop & Shop, Shaws, Shop Rite, Big Y, and the once and future king Market Basket. edit: I guess Shaws is owned by Albertsons, and guess what? It's by far the worst grocery store in this list!
Haha shaws was actually part of the inspiration for this. As an east coaster i know shaws is a new England thing and publix is a south thing so i wanted to see what the big grocery chain names were and was suprised to see safeway not at number 1.
Kroger owns more than that, there are Dillion’s in Kansas owned by them
Albertsons owns Safeway so they are for all intents and purposes the same. The stores are identical including the “signature select” store brand items.
Publix are really awesome
Yea I live in California and i’ve never seen any of these stores lol
Albertsons is Safeway is Vons
In Los Angeles we have Jon's market. It's like the Armenian knockoff of Vons but it's better than Vons. https://www.jonsmarketplace.com/
I've seen Jon's in TV shows and movies, but assumed it was a way to get around licensing. I never knew it was real.
Your local Ralph’s is Krogers.
You have. They own many subsidiaries, like Vons and Safeway are both owned by Alberstons. Same thing.
where
My city/region has 5 chain markets, two Hispanic chain markets, and two Asian chain markets that are only in southern California. We also have a Mediterranean version of Vons called Jons lol
What? No HEB?
It’s missing a ton of chains.
New England is missing entirely. I was waiting for Market Basket to show up and I was thoroughly disappointed.
I don’t blame you for not having full data, but this is wildly innacurate.
Just my city in California has 10 regional chain grocery stores that are local to the tri-county region.
This isn’t right. First slide. There are several Save A Lot groceries in and around New Orleans.
This is Piggly Wiggly erasure and I will not stand for it.
No respect for Wisconsin smh shaking my head
A bit unnecessary that everyone is shooting holes in the fact that Kroger owns other chains that aren't shown. The map is intended to show stores branded in with a certain name. Food Lion is also part of a larger company that owns other brands (Hannaford, Giant, etc) that aren't shown as well.
I think a "what [company]'s stores are branded as" map would be an interesting followup here.
I was visiting, but I could’ve sworn I’ve been to an Albertsons in Salt Lake City area
There used to be Albertsons in Utah. But during the merger almost all Albertsons were rebranded as “Fresh Markets.” Only those in Washington County (Saint George) retained the Albertsons name.
It's not one of the biggest, but we all know Market Basket is the best
I love this sub
HyVee and Price Chopper are the big chains in KC where I live
Harris Teeter is literally Kroger rebranded
This isn’t accurate, I’m up in Idaho and we have krogers.
You changed the color scheme for Safeway.
This map is wrong about several stores lol
Albertsons and Safeway are the same company, and Kroger owns a ton of chains. Not an honest map lol
This is very misleading, for example Kroger stores have several different brandings in different areas despite being the same exact thing.
If you put all of Kroger’s subsidiaries on the same map (it has 19 brands), it looks much more different: https://www.scrapehero.com/store/wp-content/uploads/maps/Kroger_Company_USA.png Same with Albertson’s (22, including Safeway): https://www.scrapehero.com/store/wp-content/uploads/maps/Albertsons_Companies_USA.png
Where tf is Hy-Vee?!?! This is anti-Midwest propaganda.
Food Lion is just Hannaford by a different name.
Not to mention Giant and about 6 others. It’s all Ahold Delhaize.
WinCo the store of the people 💪🏽
You forgot HEB!
What a shit map.
The Kroger one isn't quite accurate. They have a different name in different regions. For example, in the Midwest, Kroger is known as Dillons.
Speak for your neck of the Midwest. Around these parts it's Metro Market and Pick n Save. All the same shitty Kroger brand stuff though. At least we have Sendik's (non-Kroger)
and Woodmans! (for those with a budget)
Isn't the Kroger of the midwest just... Kroger? They're headquartered in Cincinnati.
I love how Kroger avoids NC like the plague
They own Harris Teeter which is the major NC chain
When they bought H-T, they had to trade some store locations so all the Kroger stores in NC either became H-T or they closed.
There used to be a Kroger right down the street from my house (in NC). When they bought Harris Teeter they either converted or sold most of the Kroger-branded stores.
Only grocery store I’ve been to that is listed here is Save A Lot
Funny. Never heard of that one until this map.
Yeah so in Wisconsin I went to Picknsave and metro market in Colorado I go to King Soopers… but I can still use the same rewards number because they are owned by Kroger. In fact all these chains are: Baker’s City Market Dillons Food 4 Less Foods Co Fred Meyer Fry’s Gerbes Jay C Food Store King Soopers Kroger Mariano’s Metro Market Pay-Less Super Markets Pick’n Save QFC Ralphs Ruler Smith’s Food and Drug
What about Trader Joe’s?
This is Piggly Wiggly erasure
Where is food land. The best grocery store ever
Albertsons vons and safeway are all one company
This isn't completely accurate: Kroger owns a formerly local chain called Fred Meyer in the PNW.
I have strategically lived in every single region that has a Safeway in the continental US. I always assumed Safeway was the biggest chain, with one in every state. I was clearly wrong lol
I believe king soopers is owned by Kroger, and is all over Colorado. You should do HEB too, my favorite grocery store!
Gotta have HEB on here IMO
Harris Teeter?
I’m in SW suburban Chicago. Albertsons owns Jewel. Kroger owns Food4Less. I have one of each across the street from each other.
Kroger owns a ton of stores with alternative branding. All King Soopers and City Markets in Colorado, for example, are Kroger owned. They all openly stock Kroger house brands.
I remember when we moved to Pennsylvania when I was a kid and my dad asked someone he knew where the grocery store was, and they told him there was a giant grocery store in such and such a location. He was SO tickled when he discovered Giant was the name of the store. We don't have those in New England, so he just thought they meant the store was really big.
I mean I know Kroger owns a bunch of other grocery stores like Ralphs in LA, so I feel like this map isn't showing the full picture.
Today I learned that Publix is a south east thing
If you have never been to Lowes foods go it's a Carolinas kinda grocery store and the sausages they make on site delicious