Supermarket
Club Card?
# of stores
State(s)
Link to Info & Applications
(Owned by Fleming)
47
MN, WI
A reader writes: "Its card program has been around as long as the store, about 20 years."
(Privately Owned; also owns Bel Air, Nob Hill, and Food Source stores)
97
CA, NM, NV
Readers of Consumer Reports named Raley's the #1 supermarket chain in the US. (source)
For a list of all locations, click here
(Owned by Kroger)
Ralphs Grocery Company operates 420 stores under the Ralphs (304), Food 4 Less (84), Cala/Bell (20), and FoodsCo (7) banners in California and the Price Rite banner in Nevada(5).
320
CA
(Locally owned and operated Associated Grocer Member Stores)
41
AK, OR, WA
26
MO
Ramey's purchased 8 Albertson's stores in the southwestern MO area in April 2002.
(also owns Simon David and Tom Thumb. "Merged" with Safeway 8/99)
54
TX
Was XX --used to require ID and/or SSN.
Ray's Food Place and Ray's Shop Smart
(Family-owned by C&K Markets stores)
48
CA, OR
Real Canadian Superstore
(Owned by Loblaw)
44
Canada
The largest food wholesaler and retailer in Canada. (Had domain dispute, no website up yet)
9/8/2002
According to one shopper, the stores in western Canada do NOT require
loyalty cards.
A reader writes: "Reams' is anti-card, and has consumer comments on their website saying such."
(employee owned)
Bravo!
31
NY, PA
(Owned by Redner's)
11
NY, PA
They "Get rid of the gimmicks and games"
(Employees own the majority of Remke's stock)
8
KY, OH
(Family owned since 1937)
6
Texas
(Bought by SuperValu, Inc.) Owned Farm Fresh, Shoppers Food Warehouse, Metro
Publicly traded.
may be
3,864
30 states and D.C.
USA.'s 3rd largest drug chain.
(Independently owned and operated; Supplied by Penn Traffic Co.)
27
PA
12/12/2002
A reader writes: "They post the fact they do not want their customers
purchases tracked. They want us to have lower prices."
13
MA
VP
12
RI
(Employee owned)
(Of these 19 stores, one is called Shop'n Kart, four are Super 1 Foods, and 1 is Huckleberry's Natural Market)
19
ID, MT, OR, WA
No card by design
or
12
OR
Where do you think they get these stats?
(Confusing because they have "member stores" and own some others - many seem independent)
many
locations, many cards.
Roundy's says it's a "leader in the advancements in technology, from the early days of retailer scanning, electronic shelf tags, and self-scanning check out lanes, to today's use of target marketing and Roundy's frequent shopper card"
(Owns Bi-Lo, Tops Markets, Stop & Shop, Giant Food Stores, and more)
3,600 stores on 4 continents
Based in the Netherlands, these guys are all over the world
Read here about the threat Ahold poses to supermarket competition in the U.S.
(Family owned by the Kemp family; also owns Cloverland Dairy)
99
DE, MD, NY, VA
Rozier's Food Centre
1
Perryville, MO
The website seems to have vanished
(was at http://www.rozie
rs.com/food.html )
(Owned by B&R Stores, Inc. Also owns Super Saver)
7
NE
$ave-On-Food$
(See Brown & Cole)
A shopper writes "They consistently have lower prices. Not as glitzy, but generally clean and well taken care of. They get my $'s all the time."
Sack 'n' Save Supermarket
(Owned by Fresh Encounter, Inc.)
2?
OH
Sack 'n Save Warehouse Food Stores
(Owned by Minyards)
(Has swallowed up Dominick's, Randalls, Carr Gottstein Foods, and Vons/Pavillions)
1,659
165,000 employees
A reader tells us they are "a great family run store"
(A division of Wal-Mart)
445+
48 U.S. states
(All but VT and OR)
(Each store independently owned and operated)
900+
36 States
One store rep writes:
"Save-a-Lot will never have a frequent shopper card."
Save Mart (Info)
Its supermarkets and warehouse stores operate under the S-Mart, Save Mart, and Food Maxx banners.
(Privately owned)
101
CA
1/27/2003
A reader writes "Save Mart chain brags in their ads that you don't
need a card to shop at their store."
(Owned by Kash n' Karry, which is owned by multinational giant Delhaize-Le Lion SA)
16
FL
Please drop me a line if you know the card status of this market
(Owned by Overwaitea Food Group)
53
British Columbia and Alberta, Canada
(Owned by Winn-Dixie)
?
FL, GA
No-card status reader-confirmed on 10/17/01
A reader writes: "Winn-Dixie has converted all of its Atlanta area stores to Save Rite format. Save Rites will not have shopper cards unless Winn-Dixie expands its card program to its Atlanta Divison... "
(Owned by Albertson's)
was
is now
328
From old website:
(Family owned)
but, VP
103
MO, IL, IN, MI, MS, TN
Bought Seessel's 12-store chain in May 2002
16
CA, NV
?
IN
(Swallowed up by Spartan Stores, Inc. 3/00)
Was
Now
47
OH, MI
There is no longer any reference to a card program on the site.
23
FL
Seessel's
(purchased by Schnuck Markets)
Was
12
TN
Officially taking the Schnuck's name in June 2002
(Owned by Fleming)
15
WI
(Owned by J. Sainsbury, UK; also owns Star Market and 18 Grand Union supermarkets.)
185
CO, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT
"Shaw's Rewards Card" program introduced (inflicted!) on October 15, 2000.
Addresses to complain here
(Employee owned by Rosauers)
1
Hermiston, OR
Shop 'n Save
(Part of Hannaford, which was bought in 1999 by Delhaize Food Lion. Delhaize heavily promotes cards in its other stores.)
?
ME, NH, NH, others?
Please let me know if you have info on these stores
(Owned by SuperValu located in Minneapolis, MN)
34
IL, MO
Sister division of SHOP 'n SAVE
50+
OH, PA, WV
Their "Rewards Card" is tied to S&H greenpoints
Sister division of Shop 'n Save
(owned by Jamaica's Mechala Group)
8
Jamaica
(owned by Richfood)
38
DC, MD
"No cards to carry, No coupons to clip, No gimmicks..."
(There are 43 independent retailer/owners who operate 190 stores under the Shop Rite banner; ShopRite owns/is affiliated with Wakefern food corp.)
43
CT, DE, NJ, NY, PA
Shop-Rite
(Independent chain unrelated to ShopRite above)
~ 6
TN
2
TX
From a reader: "Simon David is the specialty grocery arm of Tom Thumb, which was bought by Randall's, which was bought by Safeway. In D/FW, all the Tom Thumb/Simon David stores kept their identity -- nobody ever mentions the name "Randall's", and I don't know if anyone even knows they're owned by Safeway. Anyway, all of them require the card..."
Skagway
(locally owned, family oriented store)
Sloan's
(Owned by Gristede's)
?
NY
(Owned by Foodtown Supermarkets of Kentucky, Inc. who also owns BigValu)
7 Slone's Markets
5 BigValu Markets
KY
"When I started in Lexington, there were 40 or 50 independent grocers; today, Slone's is the only one left. There are people out there that like to trade with a local merchant." - Bob Slone
(Amen!)
Smart & Final Iris Corporation
(Controlled by French Groupe Casino; Owns Cash & Carry)
218
CA, AZ, NV, WA, OR, ID, FL, Mexico
(Owned by Kroger)
(Was )
?
AZ, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY
Info
(They
removed their application from the web)
120
"stores in six Canadian provinces, from Newfoundland to Ontario"
So-Lo
(Owned by Furr's)
?
NM, TX
Soucy's Market
(Local, independent)
1
Nashua, NH
(Locally owned: Sparkle owners comprise a six-member Board of Directors led by President Charles Zander, owner of the Union Square Sparkle Market.)
17
OH
Advertising circulars mention "no card required"
Bravo!!
(Wholesalers supplying 450 member retail stores.)
(Retailers: Owns Ashcraft's Markets, Family Fare, Food Town, Great Day Foods, Prevo's Family Markets, and Glen's Markets.)
450 markets supplied
126 markets owned
MI, OH
Offers "loyalty" services to its member retail stores including "sourcing for card/key tag manufacturing [and] support of third party programs such as Catalina Marketing programs."
(Owned by J. Sainsbury, UK; also owns Shaw's and 18 Grand Union supermarkets.)
47
MA
"In October, 1995 Star Market was the first supermarket chain in Boston area to introduce this new concept in supermarket shopping." Uggh.
Old Star Card:
Old Kid's Card: 
(Locally owned)
155
CA
(Family owned)
7
PA
(Family owned)
3
CT, NY
VP
?
16
IN
Their anti-shoplifting technology is mentioned in this article
(Owned by Royal Ahold)
275
41,000 employees
CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI
The largest food
retailer in New England
(Owned by Nash Finch)
(May be XX)
13
ND, MN, NE
Does this market require ID?
(Family owned)
4
IL
(See Wild Oats)
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(Employee owned by Rosauers)
4
WA
(Owned by A&P)
106
DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, DC
(Owned by B&R Stores, Inc.)
8
NE
(Owned by Fleming)
23
WI
I am not sure what has happened to these markets. Fleming no longer mentions them on their site.
(Publicly traded. Owns Bigg's, Bigg's Foods, County Market, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh, Hornbachers, Metro, Save-A-Lot, Scott's Foods, Shop 'n Save, Shopper's Warehouse, Tidyman's, closed Laneco stores.)
1,059
AL, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, OH, PA, RI, WA, WI, WV
Hooray!
SuperValu has just implemented a "No Coupon and No Card Needed" program. (Starts 11/4/01)
SUPERVALU is the 10th largest food retailer and the nation's leading food distributor.
2
HI
12
DC, MD, VA, NY, CT
Sykes Grocery
1
Kalispell, MT
(This company is buying up Europe)
782
UK, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ireland, France
Claims to have "the most popular card in Europe"
(Owned by Fleming)
10
IL, IA
Thriftway, "Washington's Food Store"
28
WA
(owned by Winn-Dixie)
Was
Now
?
OH, KY
11/6/2002
A reader in West Seattle, WA writes that the Thriftway there has begun
doing "touch payment"...you use your thumbprint to pay. YIKES!
11/30/2002
According to a reader in the Cincinnati area, "Thriftway is going
the route of Krogers, it now has the card."
17
Vancouver, Canada
(Merged with Supervalu; now owns Tidyman's, Tidyman's Northwest Fresh Marketplace, County Market, and Dissmore's Food Court IGA )
(Over 50% employee-owned according to NCEO)
75
WA, ID, MT
53
TX, MN (others?)
(Operated by family-owned Haggen)
VP
16
WA, OR
1/23/2003
A reader writes "No card needed...they are the only big chain without
one in the Seattle area."
(Owned by Royal Ahold; also runs Wilson Farms Neighborhood Food Stores)
Was
Now
124
NY, PA, OH
(Privately owned)
177
AZ, CA, CT, IL, IN, MA, MD, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, VA, WA,
5
MA
27
VA
Ultra Mart, Inc.
7
WI
All traces of this market have vanished from the net. Do you know why? Please fill me in.
United Grocery Outlet
(Family owned. Also owns Bargain Barn.)
18
AL, GA, NC, TN
2
CA
United Supermarkets of Oklahoma, Inc.
(Family owned and operated)
26
OK
United Supermarkets (of Texas)
(Family owned and operated)
43
TX
(Owned by the Mechala Group)
8
Jamaica
Used to say: "Putting in place technology to facilitate the effective operation of a 'frequent customer programme' with tangible benefits to customers, e.g. prizes, discounts." Now that is gone.
(See Wild Oats)
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-
?
(Owned by Overwaitea Food Group)
(Also owns 29 Handy Food Stores. Owned by B&B Corporate Holdings, Inc.)
21
FL
3
OR, WA
1
WI
3
CA (Napa)
2
Miami, FL
(Owned by the DeGeronimo Family)
VP
20
MA, NH
(Owned by Roundy's)
?
8/31/2002
A reader writes that there is a store in Pataskala OH called "Village
Market" that was formerly called Cardinal Foods, which also had a
card program.
Village Super Market, Inc (info)
Operates 22 ShopRite supermarkets and one Village Market
(Publicly traded, but founding family owns 70% of voting stock)
23
NJ, PA
(Owned by Bruno's)
1
Birmingham, AL
Please drop me a line if you know the card status of this market
(owned by Safeway)
238
CA, NV
(Local, independent, family owned)
5
VA
Their website appears to be a work in progress.
(Local, independently owned)
5
Chicago, IL
Their website appears to be a work in progress but here's more information
(Owned by John Lewis Partnership)
136
England, Wales
Committed to no "loyalty" program
But... has a credit card and "self scanning service" for checkout
(Owned by A & P)
VP
75
NY
(Independently owned)
4
IL
3
ND, MN
(Also owns Sam's Club)
2,454
World's largest retailer
800,000 employees in U.S.
All 50 U.S. states, plus Puerto Rico, Canada, China, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Argentina and South Korea.
Wal-Mart is one of the key sponsors of the Auto-ID product identification and tracking technology. Click here to read more about it.
10
GA
Privately-held convenience store chain
500
PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA
(Privately held; also owns Chase Pitkin home improvement stores. Same card for both)
58
NY, PA
(One of first store in nation to introduce barcode scanners, then later "electronic savings cards" in 1990)
Asks for driver's license, date of birth, and social security number but now this information is "optional." (It was mandatory before)
(Owns Weis, King's, and Mr. Z's. Publicly traded; 41% owned by company directors and heirs who want to sell out)
163
PA, MD, NJ, NY, VA,WV
(See Whole Foods)
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9
Birmingham, AL
(Family owned)
1
Akron, OH
24
NY, NJ
"Primarily in inner-city neighborhoods abandoned by ... other supermarket chains."
White's Fresh Foods
(Family owned)
20
TN
For locations click here
(Has founded or purchased Bread & Circus, Food for Thought, Fresh Fields, Wellspring Grocery, Merchant of Vino, Nature's Heartland, and Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets)
Was
Now mostly !
123
AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA,IL, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NY, NC, PA, RI, TX, VA, WA, DC, WI
According to reports, Whole foods has been slowly discontinuing its card program around the country. Hooray!
Here is their old card: 
11/21/2002:
A reader writes: "Wholefoods stores in the Southern Pacific area
(the states California, Arizona, and Nevada) do not use discount cards.
"
(Owned by Nash Finch)
1
Greeley, CO
(Includes Alfalfa's Markets, Capers Markets, Oasis Fine Foods, Nature's Northwest, Sunshine Grocery, Uptown Whole Foods, and Beans, Grains & Things)
105
AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, IN, KS, MO, NJ, NM, NY, NV, OH, OR, TN, TX, UT, Canada
Wild Oats had a program which they cancelled due to customer complaints. Hooray!
Wilson Farms Neighborhood Food Stores
(Mimi-markets run by Top's, owned by Royal Ahold)
110
NY
Please Confirm
(Over 50% employee-owned according to NCEO)
30+
CA, ID, NV, OR, WA
Warehouse type food markets
(Owns Winn-Dixie Marketplace, SaveRite, Thriftway Marketplace, and Jitney Jungle. Kroger tried unsuccessfully to buy this chain in 2000)
-- ALERT! -- IMPORTANT!
VP
!!!
1,150
FL, GA, NC, SC, AL, MS, LA, KY, OH, TN, IN, VA, Bahamas
Announced plans to begin test-marketing cards in Florida and southeastern on March 7, 2002. Weep over their press release here.
Be sure you're on the CASPIAN mailing list to follow our response and fight back.
1/2/2003
A reader writes "All Winn-Dixie stores except for Save Rite has the
Customer Reward Card."
Woodman's Food Markets
(100% Employee Owned)
unknown
IL, WI
A reader writes: "They have the best selection and prices of any grocery store I have ever shopped at"
An employee writes "Phil Woodman (CEO) has vowed the only way we would ever do a customer registration program is after he's in the ground "
1
CA
3
CA
Does this chain still have a card?
(Owned by Fleming)
17
LA, TX
A reader writes "...extremely no frills grocery shopping. No baggers or package carryout...they do not accept manufacturers coupons."
(Employee owned)
10
ID, WA
As far as I can tell, this store has no card.
(Locally and privately owned)
4
CA
Discontinued a card program
(Owned by Loblaw)
58
Ontario, Canada
Appear not to have a program, let me know
5
Portland, OR
Appear not to have a program, let me know