NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jewel (supermarket)

Jewel is an American supermarket chain that has 203 stores in the Chicago metropolitan area, northern and central Illinois.^[1] Jewel's warehouse and management offices are located in Melrose Park, Illinois. As of June 2, 2006, Jewel and Jewel-Osco have become a wholly owned subsidiary of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Supervalu. Supervalu has publicly stated that Jewel's headquarters and operations management will remain in Melrose Park, while the support for the Osco side of the company will remain in Scottsdale, Arizona for the time being. Image File history File links Logo_jewelosco. ... Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... Melrose Park is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... Supervalu Inc. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Jewel Food Stores was a discount supermarket chain in Australia that is now defunct. ... Exterior of a typical British supermarket (a Tesco Extra) Exterior of typical North American supermarket (a Safeway) This Flagship Randalls store in Houston, Texas is an example of an upscale supermarket. ... Chain stores are a range of retail outlets which share a brand and central management, usually with standardised business methods and practices. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... Melrose Park is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... SuperValu is an Irish supermarket chain owned by the Musgraves wholesaler firm. ... Scottsdale (Oodham S-vaá¹£ai Vaá¹£onÄ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, adjacent to Phoenix. ...

History

Beginning

Jewel was founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Frank Vernon Skiff in 1899 as a door-to-door delivery service for coffee. In 1902 it took the name Jewel Tea Company when Skiff partnered with Frank P. Ross. In 1932 Jewel acquired the Chicago unit of Loblaw Groceterias, Inc., then a chain of 72 self-service stores and four Chicago grocery stores operated by the Middle West Stores Company, and began operating them under the name Jewel Food Stores, Inc. Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... A cup of coffee Workers sorting and pulping coffee beans in Guatemala Coffee is a widely consumed beverage prepared from the roasted seedsâ€”commonly referred to as beansâ€”of the coffee plant. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...

In 1934, Jewel Food Stores merged with Jewel Tea Company. In the 1960s and 1970s, Eisner Food Stores, located in downstate Illinois, were part of the Jewel company; some time in the early 1980s, those store were converted to the Jewel name. Jewel sold its home shopping service in 1981. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Before 1970, Jewel stores were typically located on main arteries of city streets. Between 1970 and 1990, Jewel moved or expanded most of their stores to be freestanding buildings with ample parking. After its 1961 acquisition of Osco, Jewel built and operated many side-by-side stores during the 1960s and 1970s, but most construction after 1983 consolidated Jewel and Osco stores together as one large store under one roof. The two stores operate to the customer as one unit; for instance, a customer can check out any items at Jewel or Osco registers, find Jewel and Osco merchandise co-mingled throughout the store, and can call one telephone number to reach their Jewel-Osco. However, each operating unit keeps its own separate marketing identity to the public as a "food store" or a "drug store." Jewel and Osco stores under the same roof have separate managers, ordering and receiving procedures, budgets, and employees. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

American Stores

Jewel Food Stores was taken over by American Stores in 1984. American Stores was the name of a United States chain of supermarkets. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

To consolidate the names of some of its subsidiaries under one title with nationwide recognition, American Stores renamed some of its Skaggs Alpha Beta stores to Jewel Osco in mid-September 1991. American replaced the Skaggs Alpha Beta name with that of Jewel Osco on all 76 stores in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas. Within months, the renamed stores in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas would be sold to Albertsons. The Skaggs Companies were predecessors to many famous United States retailing chains, including Safeway, Albertsons, Osco, Longs Drug Stores. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 kmÂ²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area Ranked 20th - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 kmÂ²) - Width 230 miles (370 km) - Length 298 miles (480 km) - % water 1. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area Ranked 5th - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 kmÂ²) - Width 342 miles (550 km) - Length 370 miles (595 km) - % water 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area Ranked 29th - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 kmÂ²) - Width 239 miles (385 km) - Length 261 miles (420 km) - % water 2. ...

Albertsons and Supervalu

Jewel became part of Albertsons holdings in 1999 when American Stores was taken over.^[2] A typical Albertsons store. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Seven years later, parent company Albertsons and its stores would be taken over by two separate groups. With the approval on May 30, 2006 by shareholders of the break-up of Albertsons, all Jewel-Osco and Jewel Food Stores outside of Springfield, Illinois are now wholly owned by Supervalu (and the Springfield stores, which had been acquired by an investment group led by Cerberus Capital Management, are being sold to the operators of the Cub Foods stores in the Springfield market, who will rebrand them as Cub Foods), while all free-standing Osco drugstores are now owned by CVS. The company will continue to use the Osco name as the licenses for pharmacies in Albertsons, Jewel, Star Market and Shaw's. Nickname: i did your mom a fovor tomake you a sandwich Motto: poo poo smells Location of Springfield within Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Sangamon Founded 1819 - Mayor Timothy Davlin Area - City 156. ... Supervalu Inc. ... Cerberus Capital Management LP is one of the largest private equity investment firms in USA. The firm is based in New York, N.Y., and run by 45-year-old financier Steve Feinberg. ... Supervalu Inc. ... CVS/pharmacy is a pharmacy and convenience store chain in the United States. ... Shaws, along with sister store, Star Market, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Supervalu. ...

Supervalu announced on January 5, 2007, that it would offer for sale its Jewel-Osco stores in the Milwaukee area.^[3] Pick 'n Save agreed to take five of the 15 stores.^[4] Two other stores were purchased by Lena's Food Market.^[5] Supervalu announced to its workers that the remaining stores, if unsold, would close at the end of March.^[6]

Today

Currently, Jewel, together with sister company Osco Drug, employ over 45,000 associates. Its customer base gives it a 45% share of the grocery market in Illinois,^[2] where the chain shares a virtual duopoly with the Safeway Inc.-owned Dominick's chain second at 15%^[7]. Eighty percent of all households in Illinois are in a Jewel-Osco store at least once a month.^[8] Osco Drug is a chain pharmacy acquired by The Jewel Companies, Inc. ... A true duopoly is a form of oligopoly where only two producers exist in a market. ... Safeway Inc. ... Dominicks is a grocery store chain based mainly in the Chicago area. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...

Jewel Grand Bazaar

From 1962 into the 1970s, the chain operated an experimental Jewel Grand Bazaar, which built out in one store on the southwest side of Chicago—a store that encompassed an entire city block at the northwest corner of 54th Street and Pulaski Road. These stores featured bulk packaging, free samples on weekends, and 24-hour service. See photos: photos This experimental store was in service from 1962 until that particular building was remodeled and updated in the late 1970s. In the 2000s it has been converted to a standard Jewel-Osco store. In 1977, a "Jewel Grand Bazaar" was opened at 6505 W. Diversey in the Brickyard Mall. The Diversey Grand Bazaar was later reformatted in the 1990s to a regular Jewel grocery store, but continued to carry some of the traditional "Grand Bazaar" features such as bulk foods. With the reconstruction of the Brickyard Mall in 2003, the Grand Bazaar store was demolished and replaced with a smaller Jewel grocery store. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

Other concepts

Jewel Companies tried other concepts and ideas. They are credited with selling the first generic brand product line in 1977.^[9] The packaging had no name or pictures — just what the contents were and a UPC code and required nutritional information on a white package with an avocado-green stripe. A generic brand product is one made by a manufacturer the customer doesnt know much about who may or may not put thier name on the product. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

Jewel once operated a store branded No Frills, a very basic store they only sold generic products, similar to ALDI. In Rockford, Illinois, a store called Magna is an upgraded version of No Frills, a store with namebrand products. ALDI is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany and one of the largest retail chains in its home market. ...

President's Choice house brand

Jewel-Osco has been offering Canadian staple President's Choice branded products since the early 1990s. President's Choice is a house brand created and distributed by Loblaw Companies Limited Toronto, Ontario. Even though Jewel-Osco carries President's Choice products, the parent compaines of Supervalu and Loblaw Companies Limited are unrelated. Presidents Choice is the upscale private label brand of Loblaw Companies Limited, covering a wide variety of food, drinks and other products found, in Canada, only through Loblaw-owned or -supplied stores including Loblaws, Zehrs, Maxi, Provigo, The Real Canadian Superstore, Atlantic Superstore, and (in Newfoundland and Labrador) Dominion. ... Loblaw Companies Limited is the largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,690 supermarkets operating under a variety of names including: Atlantic Superstore, Atlantic SuperValu, Atlantic Cash & Carry, SaveEasy, Dominion-Superstores, Extra Foods, Maxi, Provigo, Fortinos, Loblaws, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Valu-Mart, Your Independent Grocer, and Zehrs. ... SuperValu is an Irish supermarket chain owned by the Musgraves wholesaler firm. ... Loblaw Companies Limited is the largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,690 supermarkets operating under a variety of names including: Atlantic Superstore, Atlantic SuperValu, Atlantic Cash & Carry, SaveEasy, Dominion-Superstores, Extra Foods, Maxi, Provigo, Fortinos, Loblaws, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Valu-Mart, Your Independent Grocer, and Zehrs. ...

Chain expansion

Jewel-Osco has steadily expanded in the Chicago area. Only eleven of the chain's Chicago stores are the stand-alone Jewel Food Stores that date back to the 1950s and '60s; the rest are all newer Jewel-Osco concept stores. Jewel had Osco stores in Florida and small discount grocery stores called Jewel-T, a play on the original company name Jewel Tea.^{[citation needed]} In 1989 American Stores expanded to Florida using the Jewel-Osco name but operating as a separate division distinct from the midwest Jewel-Osco operations.^[10] Florida was considered a good market for Jewel because of the high number of Chicagoans who had relocated to that state. However, after a few years, Jewel closed those stores. In the late 1990s, Jewel purchased a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, food chain and opened fifteen Jewel-Osco combo stores in the Milwaukee metro area, some of which employed urban designs.^[11] // Recovering from World War I and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area Ranked 22nd - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] kmÂ²) - Width 361 miles (582 km) - Length 447 miles (721 km) - % water 17. ... Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Government - Mayor Tom Barrett Area - City 97 sq mi (251. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area Ranked 23rd - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 kmÂ²) - Width 260 miles (420 km) - Length 310 miles (500 km) - % water 17 - Latitude 42Â°30N to 47Â°3N - Longitude 86Â°49W to 92Â°54W Population Ranked...

Workers at Chicago area Jewel stores are members of the UFCW Local 881, make higher wages than workers in nonunionized stores, and constitute a stable workforce.^[8] Meat and deli employees are members of UFCW Local 1546. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1. ...

Organizational philosophy

A 1972 book written by Jewel senior leaders, The Jewel Concepts, stressed good citizenship within their community, "watching the horizon," and sponsorship of young people. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

In an Illinois Retail Merchants Association online article, retired Jewel-Osco chairman Don Perkins reflects, "Jewel has a tradition of people orientation." One of these traditions came in the form of the "first assistant" philosophy of management.^[8] Each higher-level manager was to see himself or herself as serving the employees he or she managed. On the store level, this would mean that the manager would be the "first assistant" to the employees by making personal contact and taking personal interest, solving problems, suggesting solutions, and using flexibility in order to best serve the employees' concerns. Then the floor employees' duty was to be in service as the "first assistant" to the customers.

Jewel also was progressive in creating partnerships with vendors, at a time when the practice was rare.

Stores

References

^ Jewel-Osco, SuperValu. Last accessed February 24, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Jewel-Osco information, Hoovers.com, Last accessed January 17, 2007.
^ Jewel-Osco stores for sale, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 5, 2007.
^ 5 Jewel-Osco stores to reopen Friday as Pick 'n Saves, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 30, 2007.
^ Lena's buying 2 Jewel stores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 2, 2007.
^ Jewel workers receive notice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 24, 2007.
^ Chicago Tribune, Feb 13, 2007,[[1]]
^ ^a ^b ^c It’s not only how he works, but how well he works with others that has made Greg Josefowicz the 1999 Illinois Retailer of the Year, Illinois Retail Merchants Association, October 1999 (#189).
^ A historic walk down the aisles of the supermarket, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 17, 1999.
^ Jewel Osco dazzles Tampa with sparkling new format, Drug Store News, April 3, 1989.
^ Milwaukee pushes retailers for "responsible" development, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 11, 2004.

External links

Supervalu, Inc.

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