Foodtown [SEP] parent company
Foodtown
Foodtown was a New Zealand supermarket chain owned by Progressive Enterprises. All the stores were rebranded as Countdown by the end of 2011. The supermarkets tended to be integrated with a shopping mall, rather than being stand-alone stores.
History.
History 1958-1961 Foodtown Supermarkets Limited.
On 18 June 1958, the first Foodtown supermarket of 1,400 square metres was opened on a 1.1-hectare site at Otahuhu. Three small business owners - Tom Ah Chee, Norman Kent, and John Brown - sold their small businesses
Foodtown (United States)
Foodtown is a northeastern United States supermarket cooperative founded in 1955 by Twin County Grocers in New Jersey. Currently, there are 66 Foodtown stores in New Jersey, New York and eastern Pennsylvania. Foodtown's corporate offices are located in Iselin, New Jersey.
Much like other retailers cooperatives, such as ShopRite, each Foodtown is independently owned and operated, with some owners operating multiple stores. Foodtown's parent company, Allegiance Retail Services, supplies Foodtown-branded items and acts as a supplier for