Vitamin Water was founded in 1996 by a company called Energy Brands. The company was purchased by Coca-Cola in 2007, and 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) became an owner of the Vitamin Water brand when he signed a deal…
Lowes and Home Depot are both large home improvement retailers in the United States. Lowes is owned by Lowe’s Companies Inc, while Home Depot is owned by The Home Depot, Inc. Lowe’s Companies was founded in 1946 and is based…
Ross Stores, Inc. is a chain of American off-price department stores headquartered in Dublin, California. Ross Dress for Less and dd’s Discounts are the two brands owned by the company. Ross Stores was founded in 1957 by Morris “Morrie” Ross…
Meijer Grocery Store is a privately owned company that was founded in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer. The original store was located in Greenville, Michigan and the chain has since grown to more than 240 stores across six states. The majority…
Mariano’s Grocery Store is owned by the Kroger Company, which is a major American retail company. The Kroger Co. was established in 1883 and has grown to be one of the largest grocery store chains in the United States with…
Goodwill Industries International Inc., is a nonprofit organization that owns and operates the Goodwill thrift stores. It was founded in 1902 by Reverend Edgar J Helms in Boston, Massachusetts as part of his ministry to help the poor. The mission…
Ralphs Grocery Store is owned by The Kroger Co. (also known as Kroger). Founded in 1883, Kroger is the largest grocery chain in the United States, with over 2,700 stores located throughout 35 states and Washington D.C. Ralphs was acquired…
Vons Grocery Store is owned by Albertsons Companies, Inc. Albertsons Companies, Inc., a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, operates more than 2,200 stores across 35 states and Washington D.C.,…
Ralphs Grocery Stores are owned by The Kroger Co. It is a multinational retailing corporation based in Cincinnati, Ohio and founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883. Kroger operates over 2,800 stores across the United States making it one of the…
The H-E-B Grocery Stores are owned by the Charles Butt family. Charles C. Butt is the Chairman and CEO of HEB, which was founded in 1905 by his grandfather, Florence Butt. The company remains family-owned and operated, with more than…
Dillard’s, Inc. is an American department store chain with 325 locations in 29 states. The company was founded by William T. Dillard and his family in 1938 and is still owned by the same family today. The Dillard’s stores are…
Meijer Grocery Stores are owned by the Meijer family. The company was founded in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer and his son, Frederik Meijer. The first store was opened in Greenville, Michigan and since then has grown to over 200 stores…
Kohl’s Corporation is the owner of Kohl’s Department Store. The company was founded in 1962 by Maxwell Kohl and it has grown to become one of the largest department store retailers in the United States. It operates more than 1,100…
Harris Teeter Grocery Stores is a subsidiary of The Kroger Co. which has owned the chain since 2014. Harris Teeter was originally founded in 1936 by William and Lillian Harris and W.T.Teeter, hence the name ‘Harris Teeter’. The company operates…
Public lands stores are owned by the government, either at the federal or state level. The United States government owns large tracts of land, which it has divided into national parks, forests and wildlife preserves. These public lands are managed…