American Stores was the name of a United States chain of supermarkets. It was formed in 1917 when Acme Markets merged with four other Philadelphia area grocery chains into American Stores. In 1961, the company acquired California's Alpha-Beta stores. The company itself was acquired in 1979 by Skaggs Drug Centers, which took the American Stores name, and the company located its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company expanded further by acquiring in 1984 the Jewel supermarket chain, which had owned Osco since 1961. It consolidated its hold in California by buying Lucky Stores in 1988, also in California, and then divested Alpha-Beta, Buttrey Food and Drug, and Star Markets. A Target chain store. ... Exterior appearance of typical American supermarket (a Safeway) A supermarket or grocery store is a store that sells a wide variety of food. ... There are two grocery store chains named Acme. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ... Alpha Beta was a chain of Southern California supermarkets started by Albert and Hugh Gerrard. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Skaggs Companies were predecessors to many famous United States retailing chains, including Safeway, Albertsons, Osco, Longs Drug Stores. ... Nickname Crossroads of the West Location Location of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah Government County Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water 285. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jewel is a supermarket chain that has approximately 200 stores in the Chicago metropolitan area. ... Osco Drug is a chain pharmacy merged with Jewel Tea and owned by Albertsons. ... Lucky Stores first began in San Mateo County, California when Charles Crouch expanded his lucky stores to the East Bay in 1935. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ... Alpha Beta was a chain of Southern California supermarkets started by Albert and Hugh Gerrard. ... Shaws, along with sister store, Star Market, is presently the second largest grocery group in the northeast United States. ...

The company ceased to exist when in 1998 American Stores was taken over by Albertson's. All of their former divisions except for Lucky Stores still exist, while Albertson's rebranded Lucky because both chains had had stores in the same region. There are four other former divisions which Albertson's has preserved: Acme Markets, Jewel-Osco, Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs. There will be no more freestanding Sav-on or Osco stores soon because CVS Corporation will take over and rebrand the stores to their own banner. However, Albertson's will retain the trademarks because the pharmacies in their grocery stores are either Sav-on or Osco (Sav-on at Albertson's and Acme, Osco at Albertson's, Jewel, Shaw's and Star Markets.) A typical Albertsons store. ... Lucky Stores first began in San Mateo County, California when Charles Crouch expanded his lucky stores to the East Bay in 1935. ... There are two grocery store chains named Acme. ... See: Jewel Osco This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Osco Drug is a chain pharmacy acquired by The Jewel Companies, Inc. ... Osco Drug is a chain pharmacy acquired by Jewel Tea and owned by Albertsons. ... A typical CVS/pharmacy CVS Corporation, NYSE: CVS is the largest pharmacy chain in the United States, based on store count. ...