Grand Union had Grand Way
Stop & Shop owned Bradlees
Big Bear had Harts
Meijer had Thrifty Acres (and a small concept called "Meijer Square" for a few years)
Red Owl had had their Family Centers
Copps had discount department stores under their own name (Simply just called Copps Department Store)
Giant Landover had a chain called Super Giant, and they also had Giant Department stores
Canadian chain Steinberg had Miracle Mart discount stores
And Shop-Rite had... Big Scot (Yes, with one "T", not two)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/114983808/
Did Shop-Rite own this? Was this their discount division? Or was it just a completely unrelated discount store that had an agreement with them or something?
Shop-Rite's discount dept. store division?
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Re: Shop-Rite's discount dept. store division?
My guess is the latter (and maybe not even an agreement). It was not uncommon for an an anchor to do a "welcome" promotion when a new store entered the center.retail_person_247 wrote: ↑17 Jan 2023 13:31Did Shop-Rite own this? Was this their discount division? Or was it just a completely unrelated discount store that had an agreement with them or something?
Shop-Rite was/is more a co-op than an actual chain, although they did/do have some corporate-owned stores, so a Shop-Rite-owned discount chain would present logistical challenges. All I can really dig up about Big Scot is that they operated one or more stores in the Hudson Valley area of New York, and nothing that really suggests a connection to Shop-Rite. But I suppose it's possible there could be a connection to a specific Shop-Rite member.
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Re: Shop-Rite's discount dept. store division?
retail_person_247 wrote: ↑17 Jan 2023 13:31 Grand Union had Grand Way
Stop & Shop owned Bradlees
Big Bear had Harts
Meijer had Thrifty Acres (and a small concept called "Meijer Square" for a few years)
Red Owl had had their Family Centers
Copps had discount department stores under their own name (Simply just called Copps Department Store)
Giant Landover had a chain called Super Giant, and they also had Giant Department stores
Canadian chain Steinberg had Miracle Mart discount stores
And Shop-Rite had... Big Scot (Yes, with one "T", not two)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/87015127/
Did Shop-Rite own this? Was this their discount division? Or was it just a completely unrelated discount store that had an agreement with them or something?
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Re: Shop-Rite's discount dept. store division?
They are still a "member owned cooperative", with members varying from those who own just one store to others that have dozens. They do have a corporate subsidiary (ShopRite Stores) that is run by Wakefern (the name of the co-op), and they have a fair number of stores now, as they bought out one member (Big V) when they were in bankruptcy a number of years back.Groceteria wrote: ↑17 Jan 2023 16:18 My guess is the latter (and maybe not even an agreement). It was not uncommon for an an anchor to do a "welcome" promotion when a new store entered the center.
Shop-Rite was/is more a co-op than an actual chain, although they did/do have some corporate-owned stores, so a Shop-Rite-owned discount chain would present logistical challenges. All I can really dig up about Big Scott is that they operated one or more stores in the Hudson Valley area of New York, and nothing that really suggests a connection to Shop-Rite. But I suppose it's possible there could be a connection to a specific Shop-Rite member.
Big V was the member who had stores in the Hudson Valley (and all the way up to the Albany area) - pretty much most any ShopRite in NY State outside of the metro NYC/Westchester areas. So, if there was any connection, that would probably be who made such a connection.
I don't go back far enough (being born in 1976, and being further up towards Albany) to know anything specific on this, but that is a general overview for informational purposes.
The stores I know of were either separate buildings (most of the greater Albany locations) or partnered with other known chains (like Barkers/Kings/Ames in one spot, Jamesway in another and a Kmart that was apparently originally a Grants in a third).
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Re: Shop-Rite's discount dept. store division?
Other discount stores owned by supermarket chains:retail_person_247 wrote: ↑17 Jan 2023 13:31 Grand Union had Grand Way
Stop & Shop owned Bradlees
Big Bear had Harts
Meijer had Thrifty Acres (and a small concept called "Meijer Square" for a few years)
Red Owl had had their Family Centers
Copps had discount department stores under their own name (Simply just called Copps Department Store)
Giant Landover had a chain called Super Giant, and they also had Giant Department stores
Canadian chain Steinberg had Miracle Mart discount stores
Oshawa Group in Canada (franchiser of IGA up there pre-Sobeys) had Towers/Bonimart
Jewel had Turn Style
Lucky had Gemco/Memco
Ralphs had The Giant (formerly Zody's)
Vornado, the Two Guys/Unimart parent, owned Food Giant/DeFalco's
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Re: Shop-Rite's discount dept. store division?
Since you brought up Canada it reminded me about Steinberg's Miracle Martretailfanmitchell019 wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023 02:29Other discount stores owned by supermarket chains:retail_person_247 wrote: ↑17 Jan 2023 13:31 Grand Union had Grand Way
Stop & Shop owned Bradlees
Big Bear had Harts
Meijer had Thrifty Acres (and a small concept called "Meijer Square" for a few years)
Red Owl had had their Family Centers
Copps had discount department stores under their own name (Simply just called Copps Department Store)
Giant Landover had a chain called Super Giant, and they also had Giant Department stores
Canadian chain Steinberg had Miracle Mart discount stores
Oshawa Group in Canada (franchiser of IGA up there pre-Sobeys) had Towers/Bonimart
Jewel had Turn Style
Lucky had Gemco/Memco
Ralphs had The Giant (formerly Zody's)
Vornado, the Two Guys/Unimart parent, owned Food Giant/DeFalco's
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