# Supermarket Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930 "2015-07-23T05:10:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/61 "2015-07-24T04:30:00Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > When I lived in Philadelphia I sometimes shopped at Acme (pronounced Ac-A-Me). Then again, many called the city Filthadelphia and I drove every day on the SureKill Expressway. What a town. > > I currently shop at Giant Eagle. So don’t fuck with me, cause, you know, Giant Eagle. I remember Acme from when I was a kid in Pennsylvania. I was always looking for Wile E. Coyote when we went shopping. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/62 "2015-07-24T04:38:49Z")
I live in the birthplace of Piggly Wiggly (Memphis) and there is only one left in town. But we do have The Pink Palace, a beautiful mansion built by the supermarket inventor but never lived in as he lost his fortune soon after it was built. Now it is a wonderful museum. Just a little history hijack. 🙂 I shopped at the Piggly Wiggly (aka The Pig) for years when I lived in Midtown. Now it’s a Cash$aver. Since I moved out east, I shop at Kroger. There aren’t any other big-name stores in the area. There are a few cheap ones, though. I pass a Sav-A-Lot on my way home from work. One night I just needed some fruit for my lunches and decided to check it out. It had a tiny produce section and the stuff looked like it had come from the dumpsters behind real grocery stores. I’ve never seen such disgusting bananas. And the prices weren’t even cheaper than Kroger. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/63 "2015-07-24T04:41:55Z")
Honolulu has: Foodland (local) Times (local) Food Pantry (local, in Waikiki only) Don Quijote (Japanese) Safeway (national) Whole Foods (national) We do NOT have Super Wal-mart or Super Target, just the regular stores with limited grocery sections. My WAG is the unions keep them out. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/64 "2015-07-24T04:55:20Z")
Here in Nebraska there used to be a chain called (no shit) Hinky Dinky. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/65 "2015-07-24T06:36:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ve never seen a Food Lion IRL, but whenever I see the name I want to call it ‘Food Loin’. > > There are stores called Super Valu. I always pronounce it ‘Super vuh-LOO.’ > > I haven’t seen an Alpha Beta in a while (apparently they haven’t existed in 20 years), but I liked to call them Alpha Beta Gamma Delta. Alpha Beta got merged into Ralph’s, I think. Does Denver still have King Sooper stores? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/66 "2015-07-24T09:38:02Z")
I remember shopping at a Kash n Karry in Florida, along with Publix and another one I forgot. Other competition for Whole Foods are Earth Fare and Fresh Market. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/67 "2015-07-24T10:22:36Z")
Speaking of Piggly Wiggly, they used to sell black bumper stickers with yellow lettering that said “I’m sticking with the Pig!” I was behind a car one day that had a new version of the sticker: they took a black sharpie to the “with”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/68 "2015-07-24T11:37:03Z")
While vacationing in St Martin, we get groceries at Le Grand Marche. Prices are in Dutch (florins?) which is sometimes scary. The register says you owe 213.00, then they convert it to US dollars and it’s $33.50. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/69 "2015-07-24T13:11:06Z")
Does anyone in the Dallas area remember Tom Thumb? I think it was a gourmet-ish grocery store before those were common. (My former mother-in-law used to pronounce it “tom tum.”) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/70 "2015-07-24T13:19:38Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > While vacationing in St Martin, we get groceries at Le Grand Marche. Prices are in Dutch (florins?) which is sometimes scary. The register says you owe 213.00, then they convert it to US dollars and it’s $33.50. The Netherlands uses the euro. Before 2002, it was the guilder. Strangely enough, the symbol for guilder was _fl._ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/71 "2015-07-24T13:31:37Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > The Netherlands uses the euro. Before 2002, it was the guilder. Strangely enough, the symbol for guilder was _fl._ Yep, I was guessing florin based on the fl. On the French side most things are marked in Euros, and places that want to attract Americans have =E signs. The Dutch side is all over the place, with fl,E, equally represented. Buying gasoline can be scary, as some pumps are in guiders/liter. The money wheel spins very fast. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/72 "2015-07-24T13:42:22Z")
Places I shop(ped): Moo & Oink Wegmen’s (sp?) Target Walmart Aldi Dominick’s Eurofresh Joe Caputo & Sons Jewel Royal Blue Garden Fresh Fresh Market Whole Foods Meier Mariano’s Various and sundry neighborhood markets for ethnic food or butcher shops that aren’t chains and whose names escape me and maybe a few other stores that I just can’t remember. And I am planning a MOMENTUS campaign whereby I will get Piggly Wiggly in the old Dominick’s where I always shopped. So far, it is not working, but I will carry on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/73 "2015-07-24T14:41:57Z")
Sack ‘n’ Save ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/74 "2015-07-24T15:08:30Z")
The Denver area is still awash in King Soopers, which seem to be a subsidiary of Kroger’s. There used to be Kroger’s in south central Texas, but HEB seems to have run them out, although I noticed that Kroger’s can still be found in the Dallas area. Kum & Go are not to be found in south central Texas, which is good, because we would have laughed ourselves sick. Instead, one will find Sac-N-Pac, except in individual stores which have broken free of the chain, and often call themselves Pac-N-Sac. The Texas Gulf Coast used to have Maverick Market. In recent decades, they seem to have closed them down. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/75 "2015-07-24T15:09:51Z")
There is a convenience store in New London CT called - _deep breath_ - PUMP N’ MUNCH. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/76 "2015-07-24T15:59:56Z")
There’s a local chain (2 stores) in Cincinnati called [Jungle Jim’s](http://www.junglejims.com/). It’s ridiculously over-sized. But they have foods from every region on earth. If you have a recipe that calls for something unusual, this is the place to go. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/77 "2015-07-24T23:09:29Z")
We have lots around here (DFW, Texas). We mostly go to Kroger, Tom Thumb (not especially gourmet, **ThelmaLou** ), or Market Street, sometimes Aldi if we’re passing by. We get some canned goods and random stuff at Costco (warehouse store), and drop in to several others once in a while: Big Lots, a couple of dollar stores, Target. Then there are Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Trader Joe’s. We used to go to a Hispanic-oriented supermarket called Elrod’s, but they changed to Foodland and closed soon after. And don’t forget the assorted ethnic markets! (I see I left out Central Market, probably because I never liked that place much.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/78 "2015-07-24T23:11:03Z")
Food Lion actually tried to establish a presence in Bangkok but sold its few branches to Tops Supermarket 11 years ago. I recall it not being very good, at least not the ones here. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/79 "2015-07-24T23:19:46Z")
Of the. Name worthy of mention by me. Big Y Pricechopper I don’t have a clue what the big Y means. Pricechopper has a logo of a axe to a coin. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930/80 "2015-07-24T23:40:58Z")
Jitney Jungle. It was mentioned in _To Kill a Mockingbird._ > **[Jitney Jungle](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitney_Jungle)** > > Jitney Jungle was a chain of supermarkets that began in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1919. It was a private Forbes 500 company and one of the largest privately held grocery store chains in the United States. It was acquired by Winn-Dixie in 2000. > Originally, brothers Judson McCarty Holman and William Henry Holman and their cousin William Bonner McCarty founded a grocery store in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1912. Over the next few years, they opened additional stores, but in 1916, one of their stores fo... > [@Catamount](#): > > Speaking of Piggly Wiggly, they used to sell black bumper stickers with yellow lettering that said “I’m sticking with the Pig!” I was behind a car one day that had a new version of the sticker: they took a black sharpie to the “with”. 😃 Our local Piggly Wiggly website is: > **[Home](https://www.ttownpig.com)** > > Our goal is to provide our customers with a clean, fully stocked and well-merchandised store offering the highest quality products and values in an appealing, friendly, service-oriented environment... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-names/725930.md?page=5)