Talk:SuperValu (United States)

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"Also it can sometimes called it Preferred Products Inc.." What on Earth is that supposed to mean? If I could figure it out, I'd correct it, but I have no idea what is intended by the author. Fledchen 13:43, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

OK, Caldorwards4 and whoever edits from 69.238.54.253, does it REALLY matter if Jewel and Jewel/Osco are both listed in articles or not? They are not seperate divisions, and there are only about a dozen Jewel solo stores, as compared to 200+ Jewel/Oscos. (And to the anonymous editor, why not register?) The Jewel link goes to a disambiguation page, and the Jewel/Osco links to Jewel (supermarket). It truly does not matter which way they are refered to! They are the same division! VikÞor [[User talk:Vik-Thor|Talk]] 03:30, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

According to the Joint Prospectus issued by Supervalu and Albertsons, if the shareholders approve, the sale should be finalized on the 3rd business day following approval, i.e. 2 June. (the start of ABS fiscal week.) VikÞor [[User talk:Vik-Thor|Talk]] 07:20, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

"A predecessor company to Supervalu, The Jewel Companies, Inc., based in Melrose Park, Illinois, merged with American Stores Company in 1984." -- Does Jewel qualify as a predecessor to Supervalu? Jewel did not bring about what we know today as Supervalu -- it only became a part of Supervalu through the Albertsons acquisition.

No it's doesn't qualify as a predecessor. I'm gonna go ahead and remove the stuff from the page --Caldorwards4 01:20, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Jewel Info

I removed this stuff from the page

"A predecessor company to Supervalu, The Jewel Companies, Inc., based in Melrose Park, Illinois, merged with American Stores Company in 1984.

Prior to Jewel's hostile takeover by American Stores, Jewel Companies operated Jewel Food Stores, Osco Drug, Jewel-Osco, Eisner Food Stores, Buttrey Food and Drug, Sav-on Drugs, Star Market, Crest photo lab and White Hen Pantry among its many operations.

In 1994, Star Market (then owned by American Stores Company) was sold to Investcorp. In 1998, Investcorp sold Star Market to Shaw's Supermarkets with the sale completed in 1999.

Jewel had experimented with many formats through its long and storied history, including two deep discount formats, one named Budget with stores in Schaumburg and Crystal Lake, Illinois, and another named Magna with one store located in Rockford, Illinois. During the 1970's, Jewel operated a forerunner to today's superstore format using the name Jewel Grand Bazaar. Jewel also operated Turn-Style department stores. When Jewel disposed of Turn-Style, Venture Stores acquired many of the former Turn-Style locations. Jewel is best known for pioneering the first Jewel-Osco "combo" store in 1962. Today, the "combo" store format is used by Supervalu throughout many of its divisions.

In 1998, Albertsons acquired American Stores Company, which included the chains Acme, Lucky, Jewel, Jewel-Osco, Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs. The Lucky stores were converted to Albertsons in November 1999, and the Lucky brand name was retired until April 2006, when Albertsons returned the Lucky Stores brand name to their website due to a dispute with Grocery Outlet.

In 2001, Albertsons sold its free-standing Osco Drug stores in the northeastern states to Jean Coutu Group, a Canadian drug store company. Those stores were rebranded as Brooks Pharmacy after the sale was completed in January 2002. In March 2005, Albertsons re-introduced the Osco brand name to the New England region by way of its Shaw's and Star Market pharmacies.

Albertsons exited the San Antonio, Texas, market in April 2002 by closing its 20 remaining area stores after already shuttering three other stores in December 2001. Albertsons was the area's second top grocer to market innovator H-E-B. At the time of the withdrawal, the 44-store H-E-B chain held a commanding 61 market share, while Albertsons held a 15 market share. Albertsons was the area's third top grocer before Kroger exited the market in mid-1993 when it closed its 15 area stores. Then, H-E-B's 37 area stores held a 43.2 market share, Kroger's 15 area stores a 13.7 share, and Albertsons 10 stores a 13.1 share.

Also in 2002, Albertsons sold its Seessel's supermarket chain in Memphis and parts of Mississippi to Schnucks.

In 2004, Albertsons acquired Shaw's Supermarkets and Star Market Company."

Jewel is not a predecessor company of Supervalu. This website lists the history of Supervalu and doesn't say anything about that. This as I found out was taken from the Albertsons page, so I'm gonna keep this off the page but enless anyone (but the person who put this on the page) thinks this belongs on there say so here. --Caldorwards4 01:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

How could Jewel be a predecessor company of Supervalu? Do keep it off the page. --Floodywaters 01:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


Can some agreement be reached on the Acme-Sav-on, Jewel-Osco, Albertsons-Sav-on, and Albertsons-Osco names? They keep getting added and removed from the page by various parties with no end in sight. According to Supervalu's updated site, it appears that they are referencing the stores by their banner names only and not keeping count of which stores have which pharmacies. "Osco Pharmacy" and "Sav-on Pharmacy" (as they are now calling them) are mentioned on a separate page. Does it make sense to just refer to the stores just by their banner name for simplicity's sake and to match how their new owners are referring to them? --69.180.135.148 23:31, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

We should just put the banner names since they're not really called Acme-Sav-on, Albertsons-Osco or Albertsons-Sav-on, but keep Jewel-Osco since they two different stores. --Caldorwards4 23:54, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What ever happened to NewMarket?

SuperValu owned NewMarket (at least in the Minneapolis area of Minnesota), a chain very similar to SuperValu in the 1980's and 1990's. I remember all sorts of SuperValu stores changing to NewMarket-- they stayed that way for years, then all closed down. What happened to this store?

[edit] Pharmacy listings

I removed Osco Drug from the pharmacy listings because Supervalu only got the license to Osco Pharmacies and CVS got Osco Drug

I also removed Bigg's Pharmacy, Cub Pharmacy, Scott's Pharmacy, Shop 'n Save Pharmacy, and Shoppers Pharmacy since they are considered part of Supervalu Pharmacies. --Caldorwards4 15:58, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red Owl

I have been looking for information on Red Owl Stores, Inc., a now-defunct grocery chain. Supervalu evidently bought Red Owl out in 1989, according to what little I've been able to find. Can someone with more knowledge of the industry look into this and find some solid sources for it? Ari 20:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flavorite

In the past few years, I've noticed a large penetration of the Flavorite brand of food products replacing the hodgepodge of non-name-brand "low price" manufacturers. I wonder if these other manufacturers were bought out by Supervalu or simply out-competed for space in the IGA distribution chain.

As an example, the WinCo Foods supermarket chain carries Flavorite brand food items in direct competition to the national brand food items.AnimeJanai 02:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cub Foods

Interestingly, WinCo operated various Cub Foods stores which Supervalu acquired in 1980. WinCo operated various Cub Food stores (q.v. http://www.wincofoods.com/history.htm ) until 1999 where they changed the names of those stores to WinCo. So, was WinCo operating Cub Foods franchises or what? There is a big gap between 1980 and 1999 when Cub Foods changed name to WinCo.AnimeJanai 02:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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