These are histories of chains that were limited to one specific geographical region; use this link to see national chains.
Obviously, this list does not (and will never) include every noteworthy regional chain in the US and Canada. If you are interested in contributing to this section, please let me know!
- Almacs
- American Stores/ACME
- Alpha-Beta
- Bel Air (Sacramento)
- H.C. Bohack
- Cala Foods and Bell Markets
- Central Market, Price Chopper, and Market 32
- Centromart
- Colonial Stores, Pender’s, and Big Star
- Food Town and Food Lion
- Fry’s
- First National/Finast
- Giant Eagle
- Giant Food (Washington, DC)
- Grand Union
- Hannaford Bros
- Harris Teeter
- HEB (H.E Butt)
- Hughes Markets
- Jewel
- Littleman Stores
- Lucky Stores
- Market Basket
- Mayfair Markets
- Metro
- Penn Fruit
- Publix
- Purity Stores (California)
- QFI
- Save-Mart
- Raley’s
- Ralphs Grocery Company
- Stater Bros
- Steinberg
- Stop & Shop
- Thriftimart
- Tops Markets
- Vons
- Winn-Dixie
