Quality Markets
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Quality Markets | |
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Type | Subsidiary of Penn Traffic |
Founded | 1913 |
Headquarters | Syracuse, New York |
No. of locations | 26 Stores |
Industry | Retail (Grocery) |
Products | Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor |
Website | www.qualitymarkets.com |
Quality Markets' is an American supermarket chain, with stores in Western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. It is a subsidiary of Penn Traffic.
[edit] History
The first Quality Markets store opened in Jamestown, New York in 1913, and spread into Pennsylvania by the 1930s. They became a subsidiary of Penn Traffic in 1979. They opened their first stores in Buffalo, New York in 1993.[1]
According to their website, they were the first chain store in Western New York to use barcode scanners at the checkout.