B SUPERMARKET CHAINS

B & B CASH GROCERY (Florida)
U-Save Supermarkets ~ Handy Neighborhood Food Stores

1923 - Charles Bever and his wife Charlotte founded B & B Cash Grocery in Avon Park, FL.
1930's - The company grew with the opening of smaller grocery stores in the area.
1940's - The company began opening larger grocery stores.
1950's - B & B launched its lower priced U-Save Supermarkets format and began converting many of the chains existing
B & B Cash Grocery stores to the U-Save Supermarkets name and format.
2002 - Concentrating more on commercial real estate than supermarkets, the company operates 11 U-Save Supermarkets
and 26 Handy Food Stores in the Tampa, Florida area.

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B & R STORES (Nebraska)
Russ's Markets ~ Super Saver ~ Alps

1962 - Russ Raybould and Clayton Burnett founded B & R Stores in Lincoln, NE.
2008 - As an employee-owned company, B & R Stores operates 19 supermarkets in Nebraska under the Super Saver, Alps
and Russ's Market banners.

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BALDUCCI'S FOOD LOVERS MARKETS

1946 - Balducci's is founded in New York City by Louis Balducci.
2003 - The company is acquired by a Bear Sterns investment group.
2008 - Catering to the up-scale customer, Balducci's operates 10 markets in NY, CT, MD, VA and DC.

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New York City

BALL'S FOOD STORES (Kansas)
Price Chopper ~ Hen House Markets

1923 -Sidney and Mollie Ball founded Ball's Food Stores in Kansas City, KS.
2008 - Ball's Food Stores operates 12 Hen House Markets, 14 Price Chopper stores and 1 Village Market in Kansas and Missouri.

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BASHA'S (Arizona)
A.J.'s Fine Foods ~ Food City ~ Ikes Farmer's markets

1932 - Basha's is founded in Arizona.
1968 - Basha's operated 17 stores in Arizona.
1989 - The company operated 45 supermarkets.
1992 - Basha's acquired the A.J.'s Fine Foods chain.
1993 - Basha's acquires the Hispanic grocery chain Food City.
1994 - The company operated 67 supermarkets in Arizona.
1996 - Basha's acquired the 16-store, Arizona-based Megafoods discount grocery chain. Basha's now operated 89 stores.
2001 - The company acquired 22 former Southwest Supermarkets locations and operates them under its Food City banner.
2002 - Basha's operated 135 stores.
2007 - Basha's operates 153 stores under the Basha's, Food City, A.J.'s Fine Foods, Ike's Farmer's Markets and Basha's Dine
Markets banners in AZ, NM and CA. (Basha's Dine Markets are located on Indian Reservations throughout AZ).

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A.J. BAYLESS (Arizona)

A.J. Bayless was a supermarket chain which operated in Arizona until the 1980's.

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BEST YET MARKETS (New York)

1994 - Produce Warehouse of Ronkonkoma opened its first store on Long Island, NY.
2002 - The company changed its name to Best Yet Markets.
Best Yet Markets is a family owned chain of 8 supermarkets located on Long Island, NY.

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BIG BOY MARKETS (California)

1958 - Big Boy Markets is founded in Escalon, CA

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BIG V Supermarkets (New York)

ShopRite

BIG Y WORLD CLASS MARKETS (New England)

1936 - Paul & Gerald D'Amour purchased a supermarket in Chicopee, MA and named it Cash Y Market.
1947 - The company is incorporated and renamed Big Y Foods, Inc.
1963 - The company launched its liquor stores.
1968 - Big Y acquired the 7-store Jumbo Supermarket chain.
1972 - Big Y purchased 2 Popular Supermarket locations.
1984 - Big Y ventures outside of Massachusetts when it opens its first store in Connecticut. The company also purchases
Adams Supermarket in Berkshire County, MA.
1986 - Big Y Markets celebrated its 50th anniversary with 21 stores in MA and CT.
1996 - Big Y acquired 6 former Edwards Super Food Stores locations from Ahold USA.
2001 - Big Y opened its first in-store pharmacy.
2003 - Big Y purchased 4 former A&P locations in MA and CT. The family-owned company operates 51 supermarkets and
liquor stores.

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BOYER'S FOOD MARKETS (Pennsylvania)

1949 - Boyer's Food Markets was founded in Orwigsburg, PA.
2008 - The company operates 17 supermarkets in Pennsylvania.

BRAVO SUPERMARKETS

Bravo Supermarkets is a banner for independently owned food stores catering to a Hispanic clientele in NY, NJ, CT and FL.

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BROOKSHIRE BROTHERS (Texas)

1921 - Brookshire Brothers Grocery is founded in Lufkin, TX.
2008 - Brookshire Brothers operates 70 supermarkets under the Brookshire Brothers and B&B Foods banners in LA and TX
and 7 stand-alone pharmacies.

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BROOKSHIRE GROCERY COMPANY (Texas)

1939 - Originally a part of the Brookshire Brothers chain, Wood Brookshire took control of the Tyler, TX-area stores in exchange
for his share in Brookshire Brothers.
1960's - Brookshire Grocery Company expanded into Louisiana.
1970's - The company expanded into Arkansas.
1980's - The company launched its warehouse stores under the name Super 1 Foods.

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BROULIM'S (Idaho)

1922 - Charlie Broulim opened Broulim's in Rigby, ID.
2008 - Broulim's operates 8 supermarkets in Idaho.

BUEHLER'S (Ohio)

1929 - E.L. and Helen Buehler open their first food store in New Philadelphia, OH.
1932 - Buehler's opens its 2nd store in Wooster, OH.
2007 - The Buhler family-owned company operates 13 stores in Ohio.

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