The Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (AP) engages in the retail food business. The company operates conventional supermarkets, combination food and drug stores, and discount food stores under AP, Super Fresh, Sav-A-Center, Farmer Jack, Waldbaum's, Super Foodmart, Food Basics, and The Food Emporium trade names in nine U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It sells grocery, frozen foods, dairy, general merchandise/health and beauty aids, liquor, pharmacy, and fuel; meat, deli, bakery, ...

Delhaize Group operates retail food supermarkets in North America, Europe, and southeast Asia. Its sales network also includes other store formats, such as proximity stores, convenience stores, and specialty stores. The company also engages in food wholesaling to stores in its sales network and in retailing of non food products, such as pet products and health and beauty products. Delhaize Group operates primarily in the United States, Belgium, and Greece. As of December 31, 2006, its sales netw ...

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in research, education, industry relations and public affairs on behalf of its 1,500 member companies — food retailers and wholesalers — in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate approximately 26,000 retail food stores with a combined annual sales volume of $680 billion — three-quarters of all retail food store sales in the United States. FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms an ...

Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. was founded in 1931 with one store in Muncie, Indiana. In 1953, the Company went public with 16 stores. Today, it is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Company operates 79 Marsh Supermarkets, 19 LoBill Foods, 6 O'Malia's Food Markets, and Crystal Food Services,a specialist in catering, office coffee, coffee roasting, business cafeteria management, vending and concessions, Primo Banquet Catering and Centers, and Floral Fashions. The nearly 14,000 Marsh employees ...

As a progressive leader in the food distribution industry, Spartan Stores, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, owns and operates 102 supermarkets and drugstores in Michigan and Ohio under the D&W Fresh Markets, Family Fare Supermarkets, Felpausch Food Centers, Glen’s Markets, and The Pharm banners. The company also supplies more than 40,000 private label and national brand products to nearly 400 independent grocery stores.

Under the direction of corporate leadership and a Board of Directors, Sp ...

Operates chain of retail supermarkets and milk processing and packaging business. (Nasdaq: IMKTA).

Ruddick Corporation (NYSE:RDK) is a holding company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., with consolidated revenues of $3.3 billion for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2006 (“Fiscal 2006”). The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, is engaged in two primary businesses: Harris Teeter, Inc. currently operates a regional chain of supermarkets in seven southeastern states and American & Efird, Inc. manufactures and distributes thread and technical textiles on a global basis. At October 1, 2006, ...

Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market® is now the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods, with 194 stores in North America and the United Kingdom. To date Whole Foods Market remains uniquely mission driven: We're highly selective about what we sell, dedicated to stringent Quality Standards, and committed to sustainable agriculture.

We believe in a virtuous circle entwining the food chain, human beings and Mother Earth: each is reliant upon the ...

Operates supermarkets, combination food-drug stores, and warehouse stores. Includes a store locator, employment details, and company overview.