Jewel-Osco is a supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. It currently has 188 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest Indiana. Jewel-Osco and Jewel are currently wholly owned subsidiaries of Boise-based Albertsons. The company originally started as a door-to-door coffee delivery service before it expanded into delivering non-perishable groceries and later into grocery stores, and supermarkets. Prior to its 1984 acquisition by American Stores, Jewel evolved into a large multi-state holding company that operated several supermarket chains and other non-food retail chain stores located from coast to coast and had operated under several different brand names. History Beginnings with home deliveries In 1899, Frank Vernon Skiff founded Jewel in Chicago as a door-to-door coffee delivery service. In 1902, Skiff partnered with his brother-in-law Frank P. Ross, renaming the venture the Je
Jewel-Osco es una cadena de supermercados en la zona metropolitana de Chicago, con sede en Itasca, un suburbio occidental. Actualmente cuenta con 188 tiendas en el norte, centro y oeste de Illinois; el este de Iowa; y porciones del noroeste de Indiana. Jewel-Osco y Jewel son actualmente subsidiarias de propiedad total de Boise-based Albertsons. La compañía comenzó originalmente como un servicio de entrega de café puerta a puerta antes de expandirse a suministrar comestibles no perecederos y más tarde a tiendas de comestibles y supermercados. Antes de su adquisición por American Stores en 1984, Jewel evolucionó a una gran holding multinacional que operaba varias cadenas de supermercados y otras cadenas de comercio minorista no alimentario ubicadas de costa a costa y había operado bajo varias marcas diferentes. Historia Comenzando con las entregas a domicilio En 1899, Frank Vernon Skiff fundó Jewel en Chicago como un servicio de entrega de puerta a puerta.