Hilander was a small chain of
supermarkets in the metro area of
Rockford, Illinois in the United States. The stores were operated by
Schnucks
Schnucks is a supermarket chain. Based in the St. Louis area, the company was founded in 1939 with the opening of a store in north St. Louis and currently operates over 100 stores in four states throughout the Midwest (Missouri, Illinois, Indi ...
, which acquired the chain from
The Kroger Co. on September 21, 2011. As of May 2013, the stores have been rebranded to Schnucks.
History
Joseph Castrogiovanni and his wife Rose founded Sanitary Meat Market in 1919. Castrogiovanni later renamed the chain Hilander. After a couple decades, their sons Alfred, Anthony, John, and Joseph, joined the family business. The Castrogiovanni family ran the Hilander Foods chain until 1997.
Kroger and Schnucks
On September 28, 1998,
The Kroger Company
The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.
Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cinc ...
of
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wi ...
, acquired the Hilander Foods chain. Kroger ran the chain under its
Indianapolis-based Central Division which includes
Pay Less Food Markets,
Owen's Market,
JayC Food Stores, and
Scott's Food & Pharmacy
Scott's Food & Pharmacy was a supermarket chain in the Fort Wayne, Indiana market. The company was once a wholly owned subsidiary of SuperValu, but was acquired by The Kroger Co. in 2007. At the time of its purchase by Kroger, the chain had 18 ...
.
Alfred Castrogiovanni died in 2010, at age 87. In late 2011, The Kroger Co. sold the chain to
Schnuck Markets, Inc., the owner of local rival Logli. Schnucks kept running the stores under the Hilander Foods banner for a couple of years, but eventually rebranded the stores to Schnucks. In 2011, there were seven Hilander stores: five in
Rockford, one in
Cherry Valley, and one in
Roscoe.
References
External links
Schnucks Homepage
{{Supermarkets of the United States
Companies based in Rockford, Illinois
Defunct supermarkets of the United States
Kroger
American companies established in 1919