Shoppers Food & Pharmacy

Disambiguation: Shoppers Drug Mart, Shoppers World, Shoppers Stop

Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, formerly Shoppers Food Warehouse, is a discount supermarket chain with 25 stores in Maryland and Northern Virginia. The chain was formed in 1980 as a warehouse grocer concept pioneered by Jumbo Food Market. The chain was bought by SuperValu in 1999.

Store numbering
Prior to SuperValu's acquisition of Richfood, Shoppers instituted a chronological store numbering format originating from Jumbo. In order to differentiate Shoppers store numbers from those of other chains in the SuperValu portfolio, a 4-digit numbering system was adopted. A 26- was added to the original store number (ex. 12 > 2612 for the Olney, Maryland location). Upon the conversion of Metro stores in the Baltimore area to the Shoppers banner in 2003, its numbering scheme of 75- was inherited for those locations, as well as new sites in the vicinity. A similar numbering scheme, with 052- and 054- prefixes for respective regions was adopted around 2011.

The current numbering format dates circa 2003 and omits the numbers of stores that closed prior to that date, with 23- and 22- prefixes.

Slogans

 * "Real People. Real Value. Real Smart." (2003-2004)
 * "Smart Shoppers Shop Shoppers" (2004-2011)
 * "Low Prices are Only the Beginning" (ca. 2007)
 * "Low Prices Every Day" (2010-)

Resources

 * Shoppers Food & Pharmacy/Decor packages