Save Mart Supermarkets
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Save Mart Supermarkets owns and operates supermarkets operating under the names of Save Mart, S-Mart Foods, Lucky, and FoodMaxx located in Northern California and Northern Nevada.
stores in Northern California and Northern Nevada. Save Mart officially began operating the new stores in late February 2007, and the acquired stores will gradually be re-branded over the course of nine months. Those in the Bay Area are being rebranded Lucky
, whereas the rest are being opened under the Save Mart banner.
President and COO Steve Junqueiro announced the company will undergo Organizational changes for the company's support areas. After recent cutbacks of personnel at the 4 store banners (FoodMaxx, Lucky's, S-Mart Foods, and Save Mart), the company will now see a series of changes within their corporate support departments, as well as distribution centers. In December 2008 the company underwent rigorous department analysis and job justifications. Since then they have already made organizational changes in their Merchandising departments as a result of their sudden growth in acquisitions and duplication of duties and administrative overhead.
In addition, it was announced that the pay for performance program will be suspended this year for all employees, due to insufficient funds, and those employees that would normally receive a year end compensation adjustment will not be receiving it for the year ending 2008. Also, all bonused employees will not be receiving bonuses for the quarter ending December, 2008. Conversely, during the department analysis and job justifications process, as of January, 2009, the company proceeded to promote various members of its organization along with wage increases for those individuals unnanounced to the remainder of the company.
Save Mart stores are full-service grocery stores with a broad product offering, including service and fresh food departments. Save Mart stores offer fresh products, bakery goods, deli foods and ethnic foods.
S-Mart Foods stores are full-service grocery stores operating in Stockton and Lodi, California. They provide the same offerings as the Save Mart full-service stores owned by the company in other Northern California and Northern Nevada markets. The Save Mart stores in Stockton and Lodi are not owned by Save Mart Supermarkets.
Lucky Supermarkets are full-service grocery stores operating in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their high-value offerings include fresh products, bakery and deli-prepared foods, and focused ethnic offerings.
FoodMaxx is a price-impact banner operating with a no-frills format. While the assortment of products at FoodMaxx stores is not as broad as in the company’s full-service banners, the stores provide fresh products. These stores offer products at warehouse-store prices to the consumer without a store club membership fee.
) capitalizes on the combined buying power of more than one privately-owned grocery chain. Economies of scale enable the partners, including Save Mart Supermarkets, to purchase or produce products at low cost. They can then (if they wish) pass on the savings to their customers and maintain a competitive edge. SSI also produces and packages bottled beverages, cultured dairy products, and frozen dairy products for several brands, including Sunnyside Farms yogurt, Stater Brothers ice cream, and Minute Maid orange juice. SSI owns and operates Sunnyside Farms (Fairfield
) and Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Turlock
).
Background
Save Mart Supermarkets owns and operates more than 240 stores in Northern and Central California and Northern Nevada under the Save Mart, S-Mart Foods, Lucky, and FoodMaxx banners.Albertsons acquisition
On November 27, 2006, Save Mart announced an agreement to acquire 132 Albertsons LLCAlbertsons LLC
Albertsons LLC is a North American grocery company based in Boise, Idaho, with over 240 supermarkets located in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida under the Albertson's and Super Saver Foods banners...
stores in Northern California and Northern Nevada. Save Mart officially began operating the new stores in late February 2007, and the acquired stores will gradually be re-branded over the course of nine months. Those in the Bay Area are being rebranded Lucky
Lucky Stores
Lucky Stores is an American supermarket chain founded in Alameda County, California in 1935. Lucky is currently operated by SuperValu in Southern California and Nevada and by Save Mart in Northern California and Nevada.In 1998, Lucky's parent company, American Stores, was taken over by Albertsons,...
, whereas the rest are being opened under the Save Mart banner.
Reorganisation
President and COO Steve Junqueiro announced the company will undergo Organizational changes for the company's support areas. After recent cutbacks of personnel at the 4 store banners (FoodMaxx, Lucky's, S-Mart Foods, and Save Mart), the company will now see a series of changes within their corporate support departments, as well as distribution centers. In December 2008 the company underwent rigorous department analysis and job justifications. Since then they have already made organizational changes in their Merchandising departments as a result of their sudden growth in acquisitions and duplication of duties and administrative overhead.
In addition, it was announced that the pay for performance program will be suspended this year for all employees, due to insufficient funds, and those employees that would normally receive a year end compensation adjustment will not be receiving it for the year ending 2008. Also, all bonused employees will not be receiving bonuses for the quarter ending December, 2008. Conversely, during the department analysis and job justifications process, as of January, 2009, the company proceeded to promote various members of its organization along with wage increases for those individuals unnanounced to the remainder of the company.
Company history
- 1952 – January 17: The first Save Mart store opens in Modesto, California.
- 1973 – Yosemite Wholesale opens in Modesto.
- 1981 – Bob Piccinini is named president.
- 1984 – Save Mart Supermarkets partners with two other retailers to launch Mid-Valley Dairy, producer of Sunnyside Farms products. SMART Refrigerated Transport opens in Turlock.
- 1985 – Bob Piccinini purchases Save Mart Supermarkets and becomes CEO.
- 1986 - Save Mart Supermarkets moves its corporate headquarters to 1800 Standiford Avenue in Modesto. In partnership with the Fleming Company, the company opens its first two price-impact stores in Bakersfield, under the Food Maxx banner.
- 1988 - Save Mart Supermarkets partners with two other retailers to open Sunnyside Farms Dairy by-product plant in Turlock.
- 1989 – Save Mart Supermarkets acquires 27 Fry’s Supermarkets in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- 1991 – Save Mart Supermarkets helps found and becomes a voting partner in Super Store Industries (SSI).
- 1997 - Save Mart Supermarkets purchases 10 Lucky stores in the Central Valley.
- 2003 – Save Mart Supermarkets acquires 25 Food 4 Less stores and rebrands them FoodMaxx.
- 2007 – Save Mart Supermarkets acquires Albertson stores in the Metro Sacramento area, San Francisco Bay Area, and Northern Nevada, and converts them to Lucky and Save Mart stores.
Banners and brands
Save Mart Supermarkets encompasses a number of store banners and private label product brands.Save Mart stores are full-service grocery stores with a broad product offering, including service and fresh food departments. Save Mart stores offer fresh products, bakery goods, deli foods and ethnic foods.
S-Mart Foods stores are full-service grocery stores operating in Stockton and Lodi, California. They provide the same offerings as the Save Mart full-service stores owned by the company in other Northern California and Northern Nevada markets. The Save Mart stores in Stockton and Lodi are not owned by Save Mart Supermarkets.
Lucky Supermarkets are full-service grocery stores operating in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their high-value offerings include fresh products, bakery and deli-prepared foods, and focused ethnic offerings.
FoodMaxx is a price-impact banner operating with a no-frills format. While the assortment of products at FoodMaxx stores is not as broad as in the company’s full-service banners, the stores provide fresh products. These stores offer products at warehouse-store prices to the consumer without a store club membership fee.
Store brands
- World Classics – packaged foods
- Full Circle – organic packaged foods
- Pacific Coast Selections – fresh packaged foods
- MasterCut – meats
- Master Catch – fish and seafood
- Sunny Select – juices and foods
- Sunnyside Farms – dairy
- Bayside Farms – dairy
- Maxx Value – frozen foods
- ValuTime – packaged foods and general merchandise
- Today’s Health – over-the-counter medications
- Pacific Coast Café – coffee
Distribution infrastructure
Super Store Industries (LathropLathrop, California
Lathrop is a city located in . At the 2010 census Lathrop’s population was 18,023, and has a projected “build out” population of 70,000. The city is located in Northern California at the intersection of I-5 and 120 freeways.-Geography:...
) capitalizes on the combined buying power of more than one privately-owned grocery chain. Economies of scale enable the partners, including Save Mart Supermarkets, to purchase or produce products at low cost. They can then (if they wish) pass on the savings to their customers and maintain a competitive edge. SSI also produces and packages bottled beverages, cultured dairy products, and frozen dairy products for several brands, including Sunnyside Farms yogurt, Stater Brothers ice cream, and Minute Maid orange juice. SSI owns and operates Sunnyside Farms (Fairfield
Fairfield, California
Fairfield is a city located in Solano County in Northern California, USA. It is generally considered the midpoint between the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, approximately from the city center of both cities, approximately from the city center of Oakland, less than from Napa Valley, 18...
) and Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Turlock
Turlock, California
Turlock is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States, part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 Census, Turlock had a population of 80,549, up from 55,810 at the 2000 census, making it the second-largest city in Stanislaus County.-Geography:Turlock lies in the...
).
- Yosemite Wholesale (MercedMerced, CaliforniaMerced is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California in the San Joaquin Valley of Northern California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 78,958. Incorporated in 1889, Merced is a charter city that operates under a council-manager government...
) is a dry and packaged good warehouse servicing all of the company’s stores. - Save Mart Supermarkets Distribution Centers (RosevilleRoseville, California-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Roseville had a population of 118,788. The population density was 3,279.4 people per square mile...
and VacavilleVacaville, CaliforniaVacaville, California is a city located in the northeastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area in Solano County. The city is nearly half way between Sacramento and San Francisco on I-80. It sits approximately from Sacramento, and from San Francisco...
) service all of the company’s stores. - SMART Refrigerated Transport (Lathrop) is a trucking firm that transports dry groceries, frozen foods, ice, and novelties to all of Save Mart Supermarkets’ stores. The company also works as an outside contractor hauling products for other retailers.