King Soopers & City Market
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| King Soopers & City Market
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| Type | Grocery |
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| Founded | 1883 (Cincinnati) |
| Headquarters | Cincinnati, Ohio
<tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>David Dillon, CEO & Chairman</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Retail</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>USD</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Parent</th><td>Kroger</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Slogan</th><td>"Right Store. Right Price."</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>[1] [2]</td></tr> |
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[edit] King Soopers
King Soopers is a grocery store chain with a significant presence in the state of Colorado, on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. The store is named for its founder, Lloyd King.<ref> King Soopers at 9News Colorado Shares website</ref> In 1947, Lloyd King opened the first King Soopers store in Arvada, Colorado. His mission was to offer shoppers "friendly service, value, cleanliness and quality." A few years later, King Soopers had grown to nine stores, and it was acquired by the Dillon Co. in 1957. Nearly 30 years later, Dillon merged into Kroger, the nation's largest operator of conventional supermarkets.<ref> Grocery Headquarters, April 1, 2006</ref>
[edit] City Market
City Market is a grocery store chain on the western slope of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. City Market has one store in Moab, Utah. City Market is owned by Kroger.
City Market was founded by the Prinster family in 1924, when four brothers - Paul, Frank, Leo and Clarence - moved to Grand Junction from La Junta, Colorado. Tony Prinster's father, Frank Prinster Jr., was also president of the City Market, serving from 1961 to 1978. Joseph C. Prinster was president from 1978 to 1987 and Leo T. Prinster served as president from 1987 to 1990. Tony Prinster was president from 1990 until 2001. He joined the company in 1987 after practicing law.
Phillis Norris took the presidency February 4, 2001 and was the first non-member of the Prinster family to do so. She began her City Market career in 1974 as a store checker. She moved through the ranks of store management, eventually becoming vice president of retail operations in 1994, a position she held for five years.
In 1969, the company was acquired by the Dillon Companies. City Market became part of The Kroger Co. when Dillon and Kroger merged in 1983. City Market currently operates 38 stores in western Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico. [Stores press release]
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| The Kroger Company |
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Corporate Directors: David B. Dillon | Robert D. Beyer | John T. LaMacchia | Edward M. Liddy | Katherine D. Ortega | Bobby S. Shackouls | John L. Clendenin | David B. Lewis | Susan M. Phillips | Reuben V. Anderson | Don W. McGeorge | W. Rodney McMullen | Clyde R. Moore | Steven R. Rogel |
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Chains owned by: Baker's | Cala Foods | Dillons | Food 4 Less & Foods Co. | Fred Meyer | Fred Meyer Jewelers | Fry's Food and Drug | Gerbes | Hilander Foods | JayC | King Soopers & City Market | Kroger Food and Drug | Loaf 'N Jug | Owen's Market | Pay Less Food Markets | Quality Food Centers | Ralphs | Smith's Food and Drug | |
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Net revenue: $60.55 billion USD (Image:Green Arrow Up.svg7.3% FY 2006) | Employees: 290,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: KR | Website: www.thekrogerco.com |
