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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Discount Grocery Retail |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Compton, California |
Number of locations | 101 (Food 4 Less),[1] 20 (Foods Co.)[2] |
| Products | Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor, bulk foods |
| Parent | Kroger |
| Website | www www www |
Food 4 Less is the name of several grocery store chains, the largest of which is currently owned by Kroger.[4] It is a no-frills grocery store where the customers bag their own groceries at the checkout. Kroger operates Food 4 Less stores in the Chicago metropolitan area (Illinois and Indiana) and in Southern California. Kroger operates their stores as Foods Co. in northern and central California, including Bakersfield and the Central Coast, because they do not have the rights to the Food 4 Less name in those areas. Other states, such as Nevada, formerly contained Kroger-owned Food 4 Less stores.[5]
There are other stores scattered throughout the United States with the Food 4 Less name, part of franchise agreements with various wholesalers, including Unified Western Grocers and Associated Wholesale Grocers Midwest. These stores have particular penetration in central and northern California. The Food 4 Less name was previously used by Fleming Companies, Inc., but as Fleming exited various regions and ultimately collapsed, the rights to the name went to wholesalers who picked up some of Fleming's former customers.
- ^ "Food4less Grocery Store Locations". food4less.com. The Kroger Co. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ "Number of Foods Co retail stores in the United States in 2023". ScrapeHero. January 16, 2023. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ "East Hollywood Food 4 Less to close in wake of "Hero Pay" ordinance". The Eastsider Fresno. Archived from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ "The Kroger Company". The Kroger Company. Kroger. Archived from the original on March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ Robison, Jennifer (October 31, 2024). "Food 4 Less stores to exit Las Vegas market". Las Vegas Review Journal. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2021.