There is a wide variety of regional grocery store chains in the US… or are there? Katie and Emily started grocery shopping together when they lived in college and noticed many things about grocery store availability in different states. Walk through the aisles of several grocery chains and learn how they have an influence on the way that you shop for food and some future trends in the grocery store economy. 
 
Which grocery stores are part of the same grocery family? 
How did several large grocery store chains get their start?
What is market share and which grocery chains control the most of it? 
Who’s crazy idea was it to have shopping carts???
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/grocery-store-owners-map-kroger-albertsons-merger/ 
https://www.meijer.com/shopping/c/collections/our-brands.html
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/28/when-did-kroger-first-open-who-is-kroger-named-for/69986036007/
https://www.mashed.com/90061/untold-truth-kroger/
https://dirtamericana.com/2023/08/giant-supermarkets-carlisle-landover-neon/
Economic data from Statistica

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