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A supermarket is a
self-serviceshop offering a wide variety of
food,
beverages and
household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earlier
grocery stores, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a
hypermarket or
big-box market. In everyday United States usage, however, "grocery store" is often used to mean "supermarket".
The supermarket typically has places for fresh meat, fresh
produce,
dairy,
deli items, baked goods, and similar foodstuffs.
Shelf space is also reserved for canned and packaged goods and for various non-food items such as
kitchenware,
household cleaners,
pharmacy products and pet supplies. Some supermarkets also sell other household products that are consumed regularly, such as alcohol (where permitted), medicine, and
clothing, and some sell a much wider range of non-food products:
DVDs, sporting equipment, board games, and seasonal items (e.g.,
Christmaswrapping paper,
Easter eggs, school uniforms, Valentine's Day themed gifts, Mother's Day gifts, Father's Day gifts and
Halloween).
A larger full-service supermarket combined with a
department store is sometimes known as a
hypermarket. Other services may include those of banks, cafés, childcare centers/creches, insurance (and other financial services),
mobile phone sales, photo processing, video rentals, pharmacies, and
gas stations. If the eatery in a supermarket is substantial enough, the facility may be called a "grocerant", a
portmanteau of "grocery" and "restaurant".
The traditional supermarket occupies a large amount of floor space, usually on a single level. It is usually situated near a residential area in order to be convenient to consumers. The basic appeal is the availability of a broad selection of goods under a single roof, at relatively low prices. Other advantages include ease of parking and frequently the convenience of shopping hours that extend into the evening or even 24 hours of the day. Supermarkets usually allocate large budgets to advertising, typically through newspapers and television. They also present elaborate in-shop displays of products. (Full article...)
SPAR, originally DESPAR, styled as DE SPAR (Dutch pronunciation:[dəˈspɑr]), is a Dutch multinational
franchise that provides branding, supplies and support services for independently owned and operated food retail stores. It was founded in the
Netherlands in 1932, by
Adriaan van Well, and consists of 13,996 stores in 48 countries.
Its headquarters are in
Amsterdam. The company operates a partnership programme and has a presence in most
European countries, as well as many others throughout
Asia,
Africa and
Oceania. (Full article...)
Mein Real (stylized mein real; real until 2022 and real,- until 2017) was a chain of
hypermarkets in Germany, until 2020 owned by
Metro AG. It was formed in 1992, from the merger of chains divi, Basar, Continent, Esbella and real-kauf. Until 2014 it was also active internationally, in Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey; most of these operations were bought by French retail company
Auchan Group. In 2018, Metro decided to divest the Real chain and in 2021, many markets were taken over by either
Edeka,
Kaufland,
Globus,
Rewe or V-Markt and got
rebranded with the brand of the respective new owner. The process of selling was finished by mid of 2022. However, the original plans to liquidate real completely were dropped in early 2022 when it was decided that the remaining 60 stores will continue under the real brand name under new ownership. Real's former website (real.de) was replaced by
kaufland.de in 2021. The new website can be found at meinreal.de.
In September 2023, the remaining company filed for bankruptcy. After some rescue attempts failed, the remaining 45 stores that will not be taken over by competitors will close by the end of March 2024 and the company will finally cease trading and be liquidated. (Full article...)
The overall size of the sector has been increasing since the end of the
1997 Asian financial crisis, with retail sales increasing by 30% between 1999 and 2005. One contributing factor was the growth of larger stores with greater
buying power and
economies of scale, at the cost of smaller
bricks and mortar merchants. Another contributing factor was low price inflation, with the price of imported goods falling 12% during that period. (Full article...)
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PlaceMakers is the trading name of Fletcher Distribution Limited, the retail trading arm of
Fletcher Building in New Zealand. PlaceMakers also manufactures wall frames, roof trusses and structural components at various frame and truss operations. PlaceMakers origins began in August 1981 as part of Fletcher Timber Limited's retailing operations within the Manufacturing and Merchandising Sector of Fletcher Challenge Limited.
The chain has 62 stores in 2019, up from 52 in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It has 11 stores in Auckland, with a head office in
Panmure, Auckland. (Full article...)
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Rodd & Gunn (Rodd and Gunn) is a
New Zealand manufacturer of clothing footwear and accessories. It was founded in 1946 in
New Zealand by Jim Jarvis. By 1995, the label had been acquired by the Australian firm
Action Downunder. The firm outfitted the New Zealand national team participating in the
2012 London Summer Olympics.
The company operates 50 stores in New Zealand (19),
Australia (20),
United States (10) and the
United Kingdom (1). They also operate 10 outlet locations in New Zealand (3), Australia (6) and the United States (1). They are also stocked in Canada, Ireland and France. (Full article...)
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Retail Apparel Group is an Australian and New Zealand clothing retail company, wholly owned by the
Foschini Group. The company operates stores under the Tarocash, Connor, yd., Johnny Bigg, Rockwear and AXL+Co brands. (Full article...)
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Intermarché (English translation: Intermarket) is a brand of general commercial supermarkets or grocery stores found in France and other European countries, part of the large retail group
Les Mousquetaires founded in 1969 under the name EX Offices, by Jean-Pierre Le Roch. EX Offices was renamed Intermarché in 1972.
Founder Le Roch is the founder also became the first president of this franchise, and has provided leadership until 1994, then directly through Les Mousquetaires made necessary by the creation of other brands. (Full article...)
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Overland Footwear Group is a New Zealand and Australian
footwear and fashion retail company. It operates the Merchant 1948 and Mi Piaci retail chains in both countries and produces its own footwear lines. (Full article...)
Costco's worldwide headquarters are in
Issaquah, Washington, an
eastern suburb of Seattle, although its Kirkland Signature house label bears the name of its former location in
Kirkland. The company opened its first warehouse (the chain's term for its retail outlets) in Seattle in 1983. Through mergers, however, Costco's corporate history dates back to 1976, when its former competitor
Price Club was founded in
San Diego, California. , Costco has 871 warehouses worldwide: 602 in the United States, 108 in Canada, 40 in Mexico, 33 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 18 in South Korea, 15 in Australia, 14 in Taiwan, six in China, four in Spain, two in France, and one each in Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. (Full article...)
Galaxias (
Greek: Γαλαξίας) is a
supermarket chain in
Greece, established in 1982. Its corporate name is PENTE SA and it is headquartered in
Athens. As of 2012, Galaxias has 132 stores, approximately half located in the greater Athens area and half in the rest of the country. Galaxias is the tenth biggest supermarket chain in Greece according to market share. (Full article...)
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The Just Group owns and operates a total of seven retail brands: Just Jeans (Australian clothing
chain store),
Jay Jays, Jacqui E, Portmans,
Dotti, Peter Alexander Sleepwear, and
Smiggle. The group has over 1,000 stores throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom. (Full article...)
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Restaurant Brands New Zealand Limited, trading as Restaurant Brands, is a
New Zealandfast food company. Restaurant Brands currently operates and owns the master franchising rights for the
Carl's Jr.,
KFC,
Pizza Hut, and
Taco Bell brands in New Zealand. Restaurant Brands operates most of New Zealand's stores for the brands they own rights to and provides management and support services to New Zealand's independent franchisees of the remaining stores. (Full article...)
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Arvanitidis (
Greek: Αρβανιτίδης) was a regional
Greeksupermarket chain situated in northern Greece. The company was established in 1950 by N. Arvanitidis initially as a
wholesaler. In 1986 Arvanitidis opened its first supermarket in
Veria. As of January 2012, the company has a total of 163 stores, the majority of which are located in northern Greece. Arvanitidis is the second biggest regional grocery retail chain in Greece. The company belongs to the Arvanitidis family. In 2013, a scandal broke out, bringing the retail chain to sell products that were produced in its storehouses under the name of famous brands.[citation needed] (Full article...)
Smiggle is an Australian-based
retail store chain that sells
stationery and related accessories. It was founded in
Melbourne by Stephen Meurs and Peter Pausewang in 2003 and acquired by the
Just Group in July 2007. As of February 2016, the chain has stores located across Australia (135), New Zealand (23), Singapore (17), United Kingdom (100), Hong Kong (14), Malaysia (22) and the Republic of Ireland (3). Smiggle is renowned for its use of vibrant bold colours and quirky graphics on most of its branded products. (Full article...)
Independent Grocers of Australia is an Australian chain of supermarkets. The IGA brand is owned by Australian conglomerate
Metcash under their Food & Grocery division, but individual IGA stores are owned and operated independently. Its main competitors are
Aldi,
Coles and
Woolworths. IGA is the fourth largest supermarket chain in Australia, following Aldi overtaking Metcash in supermarket revenue. (Full article...)
The overall size of the sector has been increasing since the end of the
1997 Asian financial crisis, with retail sales increasing by 30% between 1999 and 2005. One contributing factor was the growth of larger stores with greater
buying power and
economies of scale, at the cost of smaller
bricks and mortar merchants. Another contributing factor was low price inflation, with the price of imported goods falling 12% during that period. (Full article...)
... that before Angeli Foods was sold this year, the first self-service grocery store in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan had been owned by three generations of a single family?
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Wikipedia portal for content related to Supermarkets
The Supermarkets Portal
A supermarket is a
self-serviceshop offering a wide variety of
food,
beverages and
household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earlier
grocery stores, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a
hypermarket or
big-box market. In everyday United States usage, however, "grocery store" is often used to mean "supermarket".
The supermarket typically has places for fresh meat, fresh
produce,
dairy,
deli items, baked goods, and similar foodstuffs.
Shelf space is also reserved for canned and packaged goods and for various non-food items such as
kitchenware,
household cleaners,
pharmacy products and pet supplies. Some supermarkets also sell other household products that are consumed regularly, such as alcohol (where permitted), medicine, and
clothing, and some sell a much wider range of non-food products:
DVDs, sporting equipment, board games, and seasonal items (e.g.,
Christmaswrapping paper,
Easter eggs, school uniforms, Valentine's Day themed gifts, Mother's Day gifts, Father's Day gifts and
Halloween).
A larger full-service supermarket combined with a
department store is sometimes known as a
hypermarket. Other services may include those of banks, cafés, childcare centers/creches, insurance (and other financial services),
mobile phone sales, photo processing, video rentals, pharmacies, and
gas stations. If the eatery in a supermarket is substantial enough, the facility may be called a "grocerant", a
portmanteau of "grocery" and "restaurant".
The traditional supermarket occupies a large amount of floor space, usually on a single level. It is usually situated near a residential area in order to be convenient to consumers. The basic appeal is the availability of a broad selection of goods under a single roof, at relatively low prices. Other advantages include ease of parking and frequently the convenience of shopping hours that extend into the evening or even 24 hours of the day. Supermarkets usually allocate large budgets to advertising, typically through newspapers and television. They also present elaborate in-shop displays of products. (Full article...)
SPAR, originally DESPAR, styled as DE SPAR (Dutch pronunciation:[dəˈspɑr]), is a Dutch multinational
franchise that provides branding, supplies and support services for independently owned and operated food retail stores. It was founded in the
Netherlands in 1932, by
Adriaan van Well, and consists of 13,996 stores in 48 countries.
Its headquarters are in
Amsterdam. The company operates a partnership programme and has a presence in most
European countries, as well as many others throughout
Asia,
Africa and
Oceania. (Full article...)
Mein Real (stylized mein real; real until 2022 and real,- until 2017) was a chain of
hypermarkets in Germany, until 2020 owned by
Metro AG. It was formed in 1992, from the merger of chains divi, Basar, Continent, Esbella and real-kauf. Until 2014 it was also active internationally, in Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey; most of these operations were bought by French retail company
Auchan Group. In 2018, Metro decided to divest the Real chain and in 2021, many markets were taken over by either
Edeka,
Kaufland,
Globus,
Rewe or V-Markt and got
rebranded with the brand of the respective new owner. The process of selling was finished by mid of 2022. However, the original plans to liquidate real completely were dropped in early 2022 when it was decided that the remaining 60 stores will continue under the real brand name under new ownership. Real's former website (real.de) was replaced by
kaufland.de in 2021. The new website can be found at meinreal.de.
In September 2023, the remaining company filed for bankruptcy. After some rescue attempts failed, the remaining 45 stores that will not be taken over by competitors will close by the end of March 2024 and the company will finally cease trading and be liquidated. (Full article...)
The overall size of the sector has been increasing since the end of the
1997 Asian financial crisis, with retail sales increasing by 30% between 1999 and 2005. One contributing factor was the growth of larger stores with greater
buying power and
economies of scale, at the cost of smaller
bricks and mortar merchants. Another contributing factor was low price inflation, with the price of imported goods falling 12% during that period. (Full article...)
Image 3
PlaceMakers is the trading name of Fletcher Distribution Limited, the retail trading arm of
Fletcher Building in New Zealand. PlaceMakers also manufactures wall frames, roof trusses and structural components at various frame and truss operations. PlaceMakers origins began in August 1981 as part of Fletcher Timber Limited's retailing operations within the Manufacturing and Merchandising Sector of Fletcher Challenge Limited.
The chain has 62 stores in 2019, up from 52 in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It has 11 stores in Auckland, with a head office in
Panmure, Auckland. (Full article...)
Image 4
Rodd & Gunn (Rodd and Gunn) is a
New Zealand manufacturer of clothing footwear and accessories. It was founded in 1946 in
New Zealand by Jim Jarvis. By 1995, the label had been acquired by the Australian firm
Action Downunder. The firm outfitted the New Zealand national team participating in the
2012 London Summer Olympics.
The company operates 50 stores in New Zealand (19),
Australia (20),
United States (10) and the
United Kingdom (1). They also operate 10 outlet locations in New Zealand (3), Australia (6) and the United States (1). They are also stocked in Canada, Ireland and France. (Full article...)
Image 5
Retail Apparel Group is an Australian and New Zealand clothing retail company, wholly owned by the
Foschini Group. The company operates stores under the Tarocash, Connor, yd., Johnny Bigg, Rockwear and AXL+Co brands. (Full article...)
Image 6
Intermarché (English translation: Intermarket) is a brand of general commercial supermarkets or grocery stores found in France and other European countries, part of the large retail group
Les Mousquetaires founded in 1969 under the name EX Offices, by Jean-Pierre Le Roch. EX Offices was renamed Intermarché in 1972.
Founder Le Roch is the founder also became the first president of this franchise, and has provided leadership until 1994, then directly through Les Mousquetaires made necessary by the creation of other brands. (Full article...)
Image 7
Overland Footwear Group is a New Zealand and Australian
footwear and fashion retail company. It operates the Merchant 1948 and Mi Piaci retail chains in both countries and produces its own footwear lines. (Full article...)
Costco's worldwide headquarters are in
Issaquah, Washington, an
eastern suburb of Seattle, although its Kirkland Signature house label bears the name of its former location in
Kirkland. The company opened its first warehouse (the chain's term for its retail outlets) in Seattle in 1983. Through mergers, however, Costco's corporate history dates back to 1976, when its former competitor
Price Club was founded in
San Diego, California. , Costco has 871 warehouses worldwide: 602 in the United States, 108 in Canada, 40 in Mexico, 33 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 18 in South Korea, 15 in Australia, 14 in Taiwan, six in China, four in Spain, two in France, and one each in Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. (Full article...)
Galaxias (
Greek: Γαλαξίας) is a
supermarket chain in
Greece, established in 1982. Its corporate name is PENTE SA and it is headquartered in
Athens. As of 2012, Galaxias has 132 stores, approximately half located in the greater Athens area and half in the rest of the country. Galaxias is the tenth biggest supermarket chain in Greece according to market share. (Full article...)
Image 11
The Just Group owns and operates a total of seven retail brands: Just Jeans (Australian clothing
chain store),
Jay Jays, Jacqui E, Portmans,
Dotti, Peter Alexander Sleepwear, and
Smiggle. The group has over 1,000 stores throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom. (Full article...)
Image 12
Restaurant Brands New Zealand Limited, trading as Restaurant Brands, is a
New Zealandfast food company. Restaurant Brands currently operates and owns the master franchising rights for the
Carl's Jr.,
KFC,
Pizza Hut, and
Taco Bell brands in New Zealand. Restaurant Brands operates most of New Zealand's stores for the brands they own rights to and provides management and support services to New Zealand's independent franchisees of the remaining stores. (Full article...)
Image 13
Arvanitidis (
Greek: Αρβανιτίδης) was a regional
Greeksupermarket chain situated in northern Greece. The company was established in 1950 by N. Arvanitidis initially as a
wholesaler. In 1986 Arvanitidis opened its first supermarket in
Veria. As of January 2012, the company has a total of 163 stores, the majority of which are located in northern Greece. Arvanitidis is the second biggest regional grocery retail chain in Greece. The company belongs to the Arvanitidis family. In 2013, a scandal broke out, bringing the retail chain to sell products that were produced in its storehouses under the name of famous brands.[citation needed] (Full article...)
Smiggle is an Australian-based
retail store chain that sells
stationery and related accessories. It was founded in
Melbourne by Stephen Meurs and Peter Pausewang in 2003 and acquired by the
Just Group in July 2007. As of February 2016, the chain has stores located across Australia (135), New Zealand (23), Singapore (17), United Kingdom (100), Hong Kong (14), Malaysia (22) and the Republic of Ireland (3). Smiggle is renowned for its use of vibrant bold colours and quirky graphics on most of its branded products. (Full article...)
Independent Grocers of Australia is an Australian chain of supermarkets. The IGA brand is owned by Australian conglomerate
Metcash under their Food & Grocery division, but individual IGA stores are owned and operated independently. Its main competitors are
Aldi,
Coles and
Woolworths. IGA is the fourth largest supermarket chain in Australia, following Aldi overtaking Metcash in supermarket revenue. (Full article...)
The overall size of the sector has been increasing since the end of the
1997 Asian financial crisis, with retail sales increasing by 30% between 1999 and 2005. One contributing factor was the growth of larger stores with greater
buying power and
economies of scale, at the cost of smaller
bricks and mortar merchants. Another contributing factor was low price inflation, with the price of imported goods falling 12% during that period. (Full article...)
... that before Angeli Foods was sold this year, the first self-service grocery store in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan had been owned by three generations of a single family?
Do you have a question about supermarket-related content on Wikipedia that you can't find the answer to? Consider asking it at the
Wikipedia reference desk.