Smith's

Smith's Food & Drug is a chain of supermarkets, owned by Kroger. It operates in the Southwest and Intermountain regions in the United States.

History
Smith's began in 1932 when Lorenzo Smith opened his first grocery store. His son Dee Smith soon started expanding the chain. In the early 90s, Smiths started expanding in southern California. However, it was not a sucess and they left. In 1996, Smith's purchased Smitty's, an Arizona hypermarket chain. The chain was acquired by Fred Meyer in 1997. That made all the Smitty's become Smitty's Marketplace, and later Fred Meyer. In 1999, Kroger merged with Fred Meyer, which caused most Smith's in Arizona to become Fry's, with the Fred Meyer stores becoming Smith's Marketplace. Today, Smith's has 123 stores.

Store Concepts

 * Smith's - supermarket chain


 * Smith's Marketplace - hypermarket chain