Pay Less Super Markets are a chain of nine
supermarkets located in the central
Indiana
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towns of
Anderson
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* Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910
* Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car
* Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer
* Anderson ...
,
Lafayette
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,
Muncie
Muncie ( ) is an incorporated city and the seat of Delaware County, Indiana. Previously known as Buckongahelas Town, named after the legendary Delaware Chief.http://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/history/docs/lenape-villages.pdf It is located in ...
and
West Lafayette
West Lafayette () is a city in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, about northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister c ...
. There were two Pay Less grocery stores in Omaha that only lasted two years before being taken over by Cub Foods. Pay Less is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Kroger Co.
History
The company was founded by H. J. Contos in 1947 in Anderson, Indiana.
In 1960, a second store was opened in Lafayette, Indiana.
Contos died in 1961, and the company was taken over by his son, Larry D. Contos.
The company was acquired by
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 ...
in 1999.
Kroger today continues to operate the Pay Less banner under its central division, which included
Owen's Market
Owen's Market was a small chain of grocery stores located in northern Indiana in the United States, owned by the Kroger corporation. Founded in 1938. At the time of the chain name's phase-out in August 2020, there were three Owen's Market location ...
until that chain's phase-out in August 2020.
In July 2017, Kroger announced plans to convert two former
Marsh Supermarkets
Marsh Supermarkets was an American retail food chain headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, with a peak number of 86 stores in 2013 located throughout central Indiana and parts of western Ohio (including metropolitan Cincinnati). Its eventual p ...
in
Muncie
Muncie ( ) is an incorporated city and the seat of Delaware County, Indiana. Previously known as Buckongahelas Town, named after the legendary Delaware Chief.http://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/history/docs/lenape-villages.pdf It is located in ...
that it had just purchased from the bankrupt company to the Pay Less brand.
The first of the two new stores opened in May 2018.
References
External links
*
Kroger Homepage
Kroger
1947 establishments in Indiana
Companies based in Indiana
Retail companies established in 1947
Supermarkets of the United States
Anderson, Indiana
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