Defunct supermarket chain in the midwestern United States
For the San Diego County, California supermarket chain, see Big Bear Markets.
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Big Bear Stores was an American regional supermarket chain operating in the U.S. states of Ohio and West Virginia between 1933 and 2004. The company was founded in Columbus, Ohio, and was headquartered there until its acquisition by Syracuse, New York–based Penn Traffic in 1989. Upon Penn Traffic's bankruptcy in 2004, all remaining Big Bear Stores closed. For nearly 75 years, the chain was a Central Ohio institution.
BigBearStores was an American regional supermarket chain operating in the U.S. states of Ohio and West Virginia between 1933 and 2004. The company was...
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1984; stores closed by 2003 AJ Bayless- Arizona; stores sold to Bashas' in 1993 Alpha Beta – converted to Ralphs or Food 4 Less in 1994 BigBearStores –...
location closed in early 2017. In 2004, Giant Eagle purchased nine former BigBearstores in Columbus, Newark, and Marietta from parent company Penn Traffic...
[citation needed] Lucky grew by acquisition in many markets including BigBearStores and Mayfair (Seattle), Jim Dandy and Food Basket (Southern California)...
founded in 1922 in Portland, Oregon, United States, by Fred G. Meyer. The stores operate in the northwest U.S., with locations in Oregon, Washington, Idaho...
introduced. Giant Food Stores also began sponsoring the Giant Center arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the home of the Hershey Bears hockey team, as well...
years in Columbus, Ohio. In 1954, BigBearStores Co., Columbus, OH based supermarket chain purchased Harts Stores, a department store that was operating...
Safeway's primary base of operations is in the Western United States with some stores located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard. The subsidiary...
share away from Pathmark. On November 23, 2000, Big V Supermarkets, which operated 39 ShopRite stores in New Jersey and New York, filed for Chapter 11...
was founded by Supermarkets General, which previously operated ShopRite stores as a member of the Wakefern cooperative and chose to go into business for...
Westgate Location in Fairview Park, Ohio closed in 1983 Harts Stores a division of BigBearStores, Columbus, Ohio Heck's Department Store Higbee's (Cleveland)...
had nine stores in the Midwest. In April 2015, the first Michigan store was opened in East Lansing. By August 2015, the company had 28 stores in Illinois...
Keene, New Hampshire. As of 2024, 503 independently owned Piggly Wiggly stores currently operate across 18 states, primarily in smaller cities and towns...
an American supermarket chain based in Amherst, New York, that operates stores in Upstate New York, Vermont, and Northern Pennsylvania. The chain operates...
from 1948 to 1999 Gemco – division of Lucky Stores Harts Stores / BigBear Plus – division of BigBearStores Hypermart USA – division of Wal-Mart Kmart...
Vegas Valley. It is headquartered in Fullerton, California, and operates stores under the Vons and Pavilions banners. It was owned by Safeway Inc. and headquartered...
store. He would have to compete with larger chains and with independent stores that used cooperative distributors. To start his business, Ingle joined...
to many other Indian restaurants and stores. Previously in Canada, Patel Brothers used to operate three stores in the Greater Toronto Area in Scarborough...
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