Super Saver Foods
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| Type | Grocery |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Boise, Idaho |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor |
| Website | None |
Super Saver Foods is a United States price-impact grocery franchise. It's currently owned by Albertsons LLC. It is a no-frills grocery store where the customers bag their own groceries at the checkout. Super Saver stores are located in Utah.
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[edit] History
[edit] Acme version
Super Saver was a brand used by Acme on the East Coast for discount format grocery stores in the 1970's and 1980's. The brand was ultimately retired.
[edit] American Stores version
In the mid 1990's, American Stores Company decided to start a discount format grocery store chain in California. They built new stores in Southern California (Indio, Oceanside, Anaheim, National City), and converted about 6 Lucky Stores (3 in Sacramento, Pittsburg, Vacaville, and Woodland) to the format in Northern California. Initially, ASC named these stores Price Advantage. Price Club sued them because the name was too similar. ASC then decided to rebrand them as Super Saver, bringing back the familiar logo that had been used decades earlier in PA.
In 1999, Albertsons purchased ASC. A number of the Super Saver Stores were divested to satisfy anti-trust concerns, but a few remained. By 2003, the only remaining Super Saver Stores still operated by Albertsons were in Indio (closed in 2005) and Woodland (closed in 2006).
[edit] Albertsons version
In 2003, Albertsons then announced that they would be developing a new hispanic format in Southern California, and would be calling it Super Saver. A few Albertsons Stores converted to Super Saver, as well as a Max Foods location near the Mexico border in San Ysidro.
In 2004, Albertsons announced that they were creating a discount grocery store division that would operate initially in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. This division would be an independent operating subsidiary of Albertsons known as EXTREME, Inc. These stores would be converted poorly performing former Albertsons Stores and the name used on the store would be Super Saver. At this time, the Super Saver logo was redesigned. Albertsons also rebranded two former Food 4 Less Stores in Utah to Super Saver at this time, but continued to use other names for discount format stores in CO, parts of CA, and perhaps other places (Max Foods and Grocery Warehouse). The Super Saver Stores offered Acme products for private label goods rather than the Albertsons brand.
In 2006, Albertsons was dissolved as a company. The EXTREME group was sold to Cerberus Capital Management, also known as Albertsons LLC. That same year, Cerberus has made a decision to close the entire Super Saver Store chain on August 1, except for a couple of stores in Utah. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ More Albertsons Closings Announced, Morning News Beat, June 14, 2006
