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Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market opened its first store in Austin, Texas in 1980, founded by John Mackey and three business partners, built from the start around a specific focus on natural and organic foods at a time when that category was still a small niche of the overall grocery industry. The chain grew into the largest dedicated natural and organic grocery retailer in the United States over the following three decades, expanding through both new store openings and the acquisition of numerous smaller regional natural-foods chains. Whole Foods was acquired by Amazon in 2017 for approximately $13.7 billion, one of Amazon's largest acquisitions ever, giving the e-commerce giant its most significant physical retail footprint and enabling integrations like Amazon Prime delivery and discounts directly through Whole Foods stores. Whole Foods Market's combination of its pioneering role building the natural and organic grocery category and its landmark acquisition by Amazon has made it one of the most consequential grocery chains in American retail history.
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Kroger
Kroger was founded in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio by Bernard Kroger, making it one of the oldest continuously operating grocery chains in the United States, and it grew over more than a century into the largest supermarket chain in the country by revenue. The company has grown substantially through decades of acquisitions of regional grocery chains, operating numerous store banners under different regional names, including Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, and King Soopers, while consolidating supply chain and private-label operations under the parent Kroger brand. Kroger's scale has made it one of the largest employers in the United States, and the company pursued a major proposed merger with rival chain Albertsons that drew significant regulatory scrutiny over its potential effect on grocery competition and pricing nationwide. Kroger's combination of its status as one of the oldest major American grocery chains and its growth into the country's largest supermarket operator through a wide network of regional banners has made it one of the most significant grocery companies in American history.
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