Kroger

Kroger is the number one "pure" grocery retailer in the United States and also ranks as the number two general retailer, behind Wal-Mart.CNNMoney: Fortune 500 2009 Kroger owns thousands of stores across America, including the Ralphs chain (California) and the Dillons chain (Kansas). As of January 31, 2009, Kroger operated, either directly or through its subsidiaries, 2,481 supermarkets and multi-department stores.

1. Ralphs
2. Dillons
3. Fry's Food and Drug
4. Pay Less Super Markets
5. City Market
6. Food4Less

• Mailing address: The Kroger Co., Customer Relations, 1014 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-1100
• Phone number: 866-221-4141

In 1883, Barney Kroger opened a grocery store in Cincinnati with his life savings of $372 . Now over a 120 years later they have almost 2,500 stores in 31 states under twenty four banners with and annual sales of more than $70 billion. He had a simple motto: “Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.”