Harmons Grocery Company, doing business as Harmons Neighborhood Grocer, is an upscale
supermarket chain located within the state of
Utah
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,
United States
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, with 19 stores throughout the
Wasatch Front
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and in the
St. George area.
Description
In addition to selling groceries and some non-food items, Harmons also have pharmacies, post offices, full-time chefs, and some also have coffee bars, on-site dietitians, and cooking schools. The grocery store chain emphasizes sourcing from local companies and farms, and focuses on making many of their store brand products with higher-quality ingredients. In addition, many of their deli, bakery, and meat department products are made from scratch.
History
In 1932, George Reese (Jake) Harmon and his wife Irene started a small grocery store called "The Market Spot" which initially sold fruit and vegetables. The couple lived in a small living quarters behind the store which was located at 3300 South and Main Street in Salt Lake County (modern day
South Salt Lake). Soon, the store was selling many other grocery items. In 1942, after a vehicle collided with the store and caused serious structural damage, the Harmons went on to open a cafe. By 1945, the cafe was sold and a new grocery store, initially called "The Green Store", was opened at 4000 West and 3500 South. This site eventually became the first "Harmons Market" and is still a Harmons site today, although with a new structure (the original Harmons Market burned in 1971). A new replacement store became the first "Harmons Supermarket". By 1976, there were two Harmons, and by 1998, there were eight.
Since then, Harmons has more than doubled the number of locations. Despite the closing of a store in
Ogden in 2015 (which they sold to
Ridley's Family Markets
Ridley's Family Markets is a family-owned chain of grocery stores based in Jerome, Idaho, United States (but incorporated in Wyoming), with multiple locations around the Intermountain West.
Description
Although the company was founded in 1984 in ...
, which is, as of 2021, now an empty building), Harmons has expanded somewhat aggressively throughout Utah. In 2011, they took over a (compared to the average size for Harmons of ), locally owned market known as Emigration Market, opening up their first "urban" location in the
Yalecrest
Yalecrest is an affluent residential neighborhood located on the East Bench of Salt Lake City and is known for the architectural variety and rare collection of turn-of-the-century homes – all within a six block radius bordered by the South ...
neighborhood in
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
, while also expanding into
Farmington
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Places Canada
*Farmington, British Columbia
* Farmington, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
United States
*Farmington, Arkansas
*Farmington, California
*Farmington, Connecticut
*Farmington, Delaware
* Farmington, Georgia
* ...
at the Station Park development. They expanded their urban presence with the opening of a new location on the east end of the
City Creek Center
The City Creek Center (CCC) is a mixed-use development with an upscale open-air shopping center, office and residential buildings, fountain, and simulated creek near Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is an underta ...
development in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City in March 2012. They continued with another expansion phase in 2016, opening two locations in
Santa Clara in southern Utah, and
Lehi on the Wasatch Front. They opened their 18th store in
Holladay - their 3rd "urban" location, in mid February 2018, while a 19th location opened in
Riverton in mid-2018 as part of a major new mixed-use development.
In 2009, Harmons won the Utah Green Business Award from Utah Business Magazine.
In 2017, Harmons launched an online shopping platform for curbside pickup or delivery.
In 2021, Harmons began construction of another "urban" location near the North Shore area of the Daybreak development. This location opened on Apr. 27, 2022. It was also announced that the grocer plans to build a store in the Park City area as part of the Tanger Outlet redevelopment.
Locations
Utah
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Draper
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History
Drapers were an important trade guild during the medieval period, ...
** Draper
** Bangerter Crossing
*
Farmington
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Places Canada
*Farmington, British Columbia
* Farmington, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
United States
*Farmington, Arkansas
*Farmington, California
*Farmington, Connecticut
*Farmington, Delaware
* Farmington, Georgia
* ...
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Station Park
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Holladay - Holladay Market
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Kearns - Cougar
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Lehi - Traverse Mountain
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Midvale - Seventh Street
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Orem
Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the northern part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is approximately south of Salt Lake City.
Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah M ...
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Park City
Park City may refer to: a city in Utah.
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* National Park City, London, England, UK; see parks and open spaces in London
in the United States
* Park City, Illinois
* Park City, Kansas
* Park City, Kentucky
* Park City, Montana
* Park City, ...
(Announced)
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Riverton - Mountain View Village
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Roy
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*
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
** Brickyard
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City Creek
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Emigration Market
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Santa Clara
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South Jordan
** The District
** South Jordan
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Daybreak
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St. George
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Taylorsville
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West Valley City
West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County and a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 140,230 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census,
making it the List of cities and towns in ...
* Ogden- Five Points (permanently closed)
References
External links
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{{Supermarkets of the United States
Companies based in Salt Lake City
Retail companies established in 1945
Supermarkets of the United States
1945 establishments in Utah