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Jewel-Osco is a regional supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. [2] In 2007, the company had 188 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest Indiana. [1] Jewel-Osco has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Boise-based Albertsons since 1999 ...
Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs were the names of a pair of chain pharmacies that operated in the United States. Osco Drug was founded by the Skaggs family. Alpha Beta grocery store was purchased by American Stores in 1961. Skaggs Drug Centers bought American Stores in 1979 and assumed the American Stores name. Sav-on Drugs was a California-based ...
In 1961, The Jewel Companies, Inc. acquired Osco Drug Stores. In 1984, American Stores bought Jewel, which had owned Osco Drug since 1961. American Stores was purchased in 1999 by Albertsons. In 2006, Albertsons was broken up and many standalone Osco stores were purchased by CVS Pharmacy. The Osco name remains in place as the drug store ...
Fictional characters. Jewel, a Dalmatian puppy with spots forming a necklace in 101 Dalmatians. Jewel, one of the main characters in the animated film Rio and its sequel Rio 2. Jessica Jones, a superheroine in the Marvel Universe who uses the alias Jewel. Jewel the Beetle, a character from the IDW Publishing comic series Sonic the Hedgehog.
Production company. Alliance Atlantis Communications. Original release. Network. CBS. Release. February 7, 2001. ( 2001-02-07) Jewel is a 2001 television drama film directed by Paul Shapiro, based on the book of the same name by Bret Lott .
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While it owned Star, Jewel also built many stand-alone Osco Drug stores in New England. After Jewel was acquired by American Stores in 1984, the Star-Osco stores were re-launched as Star Markets, and placed under a single management team. In 1999, Albertsons acquired American Stores, and in 2001, Albertsons sold its 80 New England Osco Drug ...
History. Meijer was founded as Meijer's in Greenville, Michigan, in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer, a Dutch immigrant. Meijer was a local barber who entered the grocery business during the Great Depression. His first employees included his 14-year-old son, Frederik Meijer, who later became chairman of the company. The current co-chairmen, brothers Hank ...