Foodland Hawaii
{{Short description|Supermarket chain in Hawaii}}
{{Other uses|Foodland (disambiguation){{!}}Foodland}}
{{Notability|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Foodland
| logo = Foodlandhawaii.jpg
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = 1948 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
| location = Honolulu
| locations = 32
| industry = Retail
| products = Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor
| parent = Sullivan Family of Companies
| homepage = [http://www.foodland.com/ foodland.com]
}}
Foodland (full name: Foodland Super Market, Ltd.) is an American supermarket chain, headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. Foodland operates 32 stores throughout the state of Hawaii under the "Foodland," "Foodland Farms," and "Sack 'N Save" names. The chain serves as the flagship of the Sullivan Family of Companies.
History
The chain opened its first store in Honolulu's Market City in 1948. The founder, Maurice J. "Sully" Sullivan came from Ireland to Hawaii and opened a supermarket called Foodland.[http://starbulletin.com/98/03/16/news/story3.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News] The store expanded to Kauai in 1967, to Maui in 1970, and to the Big Island in 1971.{{Cite web |title=Our History – Foodland Super Market |url=https://foodland.com/our-history/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=foodland.com}} Foodland is now the largest locally-owned supermarket chain in Hawaii, as well as the oldest. It competes with another Honolulu-based supermarket chain with locations statewide, like Times Supermarkets, and national chains, including Safeway, Costco, Don Quijote, and Walmart. Appointed in 1998, the current chairman and CEO of Foodland Super Market is Sullivan's daughter, Jenai S. Wall.{{Cite web |url=http://www.foodland.com/our_company/message_from_jenai.php |title=Welcome to Foodland.com |access-date=2008-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109075513/http://www.foodland.com/our_company/message_from_jenai.php |archive-date=2008-01-09 |url-status=dead }}
Foodland instroduced a frequent shopper program in 1995, called the Maika'i program.
References
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External links
- [http://www.foodland.com FoodLand (Hawaii) website]
{{Supermarkets of the United States}}
Category:Supermarkets of the United States
Category:Companies based in Hawaii
Category:1948 establishments in Hawaii
Category:Retail companies established in 1948
Category:Grocery stores in Hawaii
Category:American companies established in 1948
Category:Retail companies based in Hawaii
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