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Supermarkets, past and present, include:
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Transnational
Originating (HQ) country first. The rest in alphabetical order.
Carrefour - France, Argentina, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, People's Republic of China, (mainland) , Colombia, Greece, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Republic of China (Taiwan), Thailand, Turkey, Cyprus
Lidl - Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands,Poland Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, , Cyprus
Metro Cash and Carry - Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Serbia, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom
SPAR - Netherlands, Australia, Austria, Belgium, People's Republic of China (mainland) , Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, Namibia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Tesco - UK, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, People's Republic of China (mainland) , Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Republic of China (Taiwan), Thailand (Tesco Lotus, a joint venture)
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Súper Vea (in some cities is branded Plaza Vea)
Norte (owned by Carrefour)
Jumbo (owned by Cencosud SA)
Disco (bought by Royal Ahold in 1998, sold to Cencosud SA in 2004)
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Former supermarkets
Action Supermarkets (Queensland, Northern NSW, Western Australia only)
49 stores sold to and rebranded as Woolworths, remaining stores rebranded as IGA in 2006.
Dewsons (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as IGA in 2006
Fresco Supermarkets (New South Wales only)
All but one store were taken over and rebranded as Franklins in 2002.
Jewel Supermarkets
Broken up; many were rebranded as Franklins, Fresco and IGA in the late 90s.
Newmart (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as Coles in 2003. Some Stores sold to FAL and rebranded as Action.
Purity (Tasmania only)
Rebranded as Woolworths in 2002
Roelf Vos (Tasmania only)
Rebranded as Woolworths in 2002
Shoeys (New South Wales only)
Rebranded as Bi-Lo in 1987
Super K Mart converted to Coles supermarkets and K Mart discount department stores in the early 1990's
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{{BHR}}
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{{BEL}}
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{{BRA}}
Big - owned by Wal-Mart (expected to be superseded with Wal-Mart)
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{{BUL}}
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{{CAN}}
Costco (formerly known as Price Club/Club Price)
Miracle Mart (defunct Ontario supermarkets owned by Steinberg's; absorbed by A&P Canada in 1996 and converted to Dominion stores)
Northern (chain of supermarkets operated by the Northwest Company in remote towns in Canada and Alaska)
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{{CHI}}
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Mainland China
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Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg|20px Hong Kong
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{{COL}}
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{{CZE}}
Ahold with chains Albert and Hypernova. Took over chains Ahoj (2000 *), Julius Meinl (2005 *), Potraviny Vít.
Carrefour (in June 2006 Tesco took over its hypermatket chain*)
Rewe with chain Penny Market
SPAR with chain Interspar
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{{DEN}}
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{{ESA}}
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{{FIN}}
K-Kauppa, includes Cassa, K Extra, K Pikkolo, K Market, K Supermarket and K Citymarket, part of Kesko Oyj
S-Group - Prisma, S-Market, Alepa, Sale
Wihuri - Ruokavarasto, Sesto, Tarmo
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{{FRA}}
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{{GER}}
SPAR (Eurospar, Interspar)
Wal-Mart (has announced to pull out of the German market in July 2006)
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{{GRE}}
See also List of Greek supermarkets
Sklavenitis an independent supermarket with significant market share
Masoutis a large independent supermarket mostly known in the North of the country
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Hong Kong
See the subsection under the People's Republic of China
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{{HUN}}
Match (and Smatch, the smaller brother)
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{{ISL}}
Samkaupa ehf, Hyrnan, Kasko, Nettó, Samkaup Strax, Samkaup Úrval
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{{IND}}
Mallz Dollar Stores
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{{INA}}
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{{IRL}}
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{{ISR}}
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{{ITA}}
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{{JPN}}
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{{KEN}}
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{{ROK}}
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{{LIT}}
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{{LUX}}
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{{MKD}}
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{{MAS}}
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{{MRI}}
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{{MEX}}
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{{NED}}
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{{NZL}}
Foodtown - owned by Progressive Enterprises
3Guys - owned by Progressive Enterprises
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{{NOR}}
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{{PAN}}
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{{PER}}
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Former supermarkets
Scala
Sold to and rebranded as Santa Isabel in 1993
Monterey
Broken up; many were rebranded as Wong, Top Market, Maxi Market and Santa Isabel in the early 90s
Tia
Rebranded as Globus in the early 90s
Makro
Broken up in the early 90s
Top Market
Sold to and rebranded as Santa Isabel in the late 90s
Maxi Market
Broken up; many were rebranded as Wong, Metro and Santa Isabel in the late 90s
Globus
Broken up in the early 90s
Preco
Broken up in 2005, one store converted to Minisol
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{{PHI}}
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{{POL}}
METRO - Makro Cash and Carry, Media Markt, Real and Saturn chains
Ahold - Albert and Hypernova chains
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{{POR}}
Lidl - international chain
Pão de Açúcar - owned by Auchan, no longer related to the Brazilian supermarket with the same name
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{{PUR}}
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{{ROM}}
Billa - international chain
Cora - international chain
Interex - part of French Intermarche
See also Supermarkets in Romania
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{{RUS}}
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{{SER}}
Interex - part of French Intermarche
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{{SIN}}
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{{SVK}}
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{{SLO}}
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Sri Lanka
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{{ESP}}
For full list, see Supermarkets in Spain
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{{SWE}}
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{{SUI}}
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{{TWN}}
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{{THA}}
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Defunct Supermarkets in Thailand
Auchan (Branches in Thailand now changed and acquired by BigC)
Seiyu (Branches in Thailand now acquired by Jusco Thailand)
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{{TUR}}
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{{ARE}}
Abu Dhabi Cooperative Society
Al Ain Cooperative Society
Al Mushrif Cooperative Society
Bani Yas Cooperative Society
Al Maya Lal's Supermarket
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{{GBR}}
For full list, see Supermarkets in the United Kingdom
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{{USA}} and U.S. territories
For full list, see Supermarkets in the United States
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{{VEN}}
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{{VIE}}
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Source
Parts of this article are adapted from CorpKnowPedia under the clauses of GFDL
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