American Stores

American grocery store holding company
Organization holding_company Q4745184
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American Stores

Summary

American Stores is a holding company[1]. It draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (holding_company category, ranking #69 of 151).[2]

Key Facts

  • American Stores is in the country of United States[3].
  • American Stores's instance of is recorded as holding company[4].
  • American Stores's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • American Stores followed Skaggs Companies[6].
  • American Stores's headquarters location is recorded as Philadelphia[7].
  • American Stores's child organization or unit is recorded as Acme Markets[8].
  • American Stores's child organization or unit is recorded as Jewel-Osco[9].
  • American Stores's child organization or unit is recorded as Super Saver Foods[10].
  • American Stores's industry is recorded as retail[11].
  • 1917 marks the founding of American Stores[12].
  • American Stores was dissolved in 1999[13].
  • American Stores's owner of is recorded as supermarket chain[14].

Body

Founding

1917 marks the founding of American Stores[12].

Identity

American Stores followed Skaggs Companies[6].

Operations

American Stores's headquarters location is recorded as Philadelphia[7]. Subsidiaries include Acme Markets[8], a business[15], in United States[16], founded in 1891[17], headquartered in Philadelphia[18]; Jewel-Osco[9], a business[19], in United States[20], founded in 1899[21], headquartered in Chicago[22]; and Super Saver Foods[10], a business[23], founded in 1970[24].

Industry

American Stores's industry is recorded as retail[11].

Dissolution

American Stores was dissolved in 1999[13].

Why It Matters

American Stores draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (holding_company category, ranking #69 of 151).[2]

References

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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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