Talk:Supermarkets in the United States

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[edit] Online Grocers

Should we include online grocers in the United States such as Peapod, MyWebGrocer, SimonDelivers, Amazon.com, etc.? There's no existing Wikipedia article or category for the such.

[edit] Met Foodmarkets

Does Met Foodmarkets (metro New York City) count as a supermarket chain?

Other info: http://www.metfoods.com/ 1861 Archer St Bronx, NY 10467

Founded over 40 years ago, there're 80+ Met Foodmarkets in the New York metropolitan area. Each store is independently owned and operated.

[edit] Target, Wal-Mart

Is Target a supermarket? I know Wal-Mart and K-Mart both are, but I have never seen a Target supermarket. A couple of aisles of cereal, soft drinks, and crackers I don't think qualify it to be a supermarket. H2O 10:08, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

   Yes, there are some Target stores with a supermarket in them.

[edit] Major Vs. Smaller

I don't think we have very good distinction on the difference between major and 'smaller' supermarket chains. The two lists either need to be defined or combined. I found this list of the largest supermarket chains in the United States (2003): http://www.agmrc.org/markets/info/largestsupermarkets.pdf

How are we distinguishing between discount and non-discount stores? It's a fairly opinionated distinction.

If we are going to list the general area of the smaller chains, I think we should list the location of the smaller chains owned by a larger (i.e. Los Angeles based Ralphs is owned by Kroger). That could probably done by nested lists.

- Idiotfromia 14:55, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

  • I renamed "major" as "national" and "smaller" as "regional and local." Yup, I was "bold." Perhaps somebody can go through and sort them better. --Captadam 07:04, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why the hell are we leading with Retailers Cooperatives?

Just wondering. Is there any region of the country in which cooperatives actually are more prominent then any of the major chains? It seems to me it would be more logical to lead with the major chains and then all the various other types of supermarket chains. If no one defends this bit of idiocy then I'm fixing it in a few weeks. --Coolcaesar 07:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Not anymore!! --Captadam 07:04, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Royal Blue

Does anyone else remember Royal Blue? This was a grocery store cooperative founded around the 1930s. One site I visited said it had over 200 stores in the Chicago area. The one I remember was in Bettendorf, Iowa. My family went there for generations. It's definitely out of business now, but I'm not sure when it closed-- early 1990s? Other sources indicate there were Royal Blue stores in Texas and Wisconsin, too.--Firsfron 10:19, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Price Chopper

Not certain if this is referring to another chain, but Price Chopper is a major presence in the Kansas City market and, in that market at least, is not a discount retailer at all. 24.5.91.143 11:57, 23 October 2007 (UTC)