National Chains
- Aldi 1,401 stores
- Delhaize Group 1,300 stores under the Bottom Dollar Food, Food Lion, Hannaford, Harveys, and Sweetbay Supermarket labels. Also operated the now-defunct Bloom chain (since merged into Food Lion).
- Kroger 2,460 stores. Besides the parent company, stores operate under the Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Foods Co., Fred Meyer (technically a hypermarket), Fry's Food and Drug, Gerbes, JayC Food Stores, King Soopers, Owen's Market, Pay Less Food Markets, Quality Food Centers, Ralphs, Scott's Food & Pharmacy, and Smith's Food and Drug names.
- Safeway Inc. 1,458 stores. Besides the parent company, some stores are operated under these banners: Carrs, Dominick's, Genuardi's, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, and Vons.
- Kmart Supercenters 26 stores
- SuperValu Inc. 2,398 stores. The Save-A-Lot name is its most common name; other banners are Acme Markets, Albertsons, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy, Hornbacher's, Jewel-Osco, Lucky, Shaw's, Shop 'n Save, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, and Star Market.
- SuperTarget 251 stores
- Trader Joe's 353 stores
- Walmart Supercenters 3,016 stores, plus 167 Walmart Neighborhood Markets.
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