Fred Meyer, Inc is an American company founded in 1922 in
Portland, Oregon by Fred G. Meyer. The company was one
of the pioneers of the retail supercenter or hypermarket format
of store which combines a grocery supermarket and a
department store. It has locations throughout the Pacific
Northwest. Prior to the company's merger with Kroger it traded
on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FMY.
Although the company is now a division of The Kroger
Company, Fred Meyer and the western region of Kroger are
still headquartered in Portland. Fred Meyer is sometimes known
as Freddy’s, a nickname the company has used in its advertising
and for its mascot, Fred Bear.
For a number of years the company has used the marketing
jingle, What's on your list today. You'll find it at Fred Meyer,
in print, radio and television advertising.
The Kroger Co. is an American retail supermarket chain and
parent company, founded by Bernard Henry Kroger in 1883 in
Cincinnati, Ohio. It reported over US$70 billion in sales during
fiscal year 2008 and is currently the second-largest grocery
retailer in the country by volume and third place general retailer
in the country, with Wal Mart and The Home Depot filling slots
one and two, respectively.
As of the third quarter of 2008, Kroger operated, either directly
or through its subsidiaries, 2,477 supermarkets, and had 750
fuel centers.
Kroger's Headquarters are centralized in Cincinnati,
OH, but it spans many states with store formats that include
supermarkets, hypermarkets, department stores, convenience
stores and mall jewelry stores. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina,
Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, and West Virginia are among those with Kroger stores
carrying the Kroger name.
