founded 1949 honolulu hawaii headquarters honolulu number of locations 25 products bakery dairy deli frozen foods general grocery meat pharmacy produce seafood snacks liquor parent paq inc. website http timessupermarkets.com times supermarkets full name times supermarkets ltd. is the name of an american supermarket chain headquartered in honolulu hawaii . times operates 24 stores throughout the state of hawaii 17 using the times banner five operating under the big save brand on kauai one specialty food liquor store under the fujioka s wine times name and one location operating as shima s supermarket in waimanalo hawaii . a supermarket with everyday low prices is their current slogan . it is also referred to by its customers as times rather than the full name . history edit times supermarkets was founded in 1949 by brothers albert and wallace teruya who were sons of okinawan immigrants . 1 2 the two opened its first store in honolulu and began expanding statewide afterwards . times is the second largest supermarket chain in the state and the second oldest as well as it competes with another honolulu based supermarket chain foodland who is state s largest and oldest it was founded in 1948 a year before times began operations . it also has competition with safeway costco don quijote and wal mart . in 2002 times supermarkets was sold by the teruyas to paq a stockton california based operator of food 4 less stores . 3 after the teruyas sold times they would later become owners of the ilima hotel in honolulu . 4 in 2008 times acquired shima s market in waim nalo 5 in 2009 times acquired another honolulu based supermarket chain star markets from the fujieki family 6 giving them more locations in the honolulu area 7 although it did sell 2 of star s 7 stores to cvs pharmacy to convert into long s drugs due to cvs wanting to block walgreens from entering their respective markets . cvs longs drugs has been acquiring as many locations as possible to slow walgreens expansion . 8 star was honolulu s first supermarket chain having started in 1940 . in 2011 times bought the big save chain of supermarkets on kauai from the kawakami and furugen families . as a result of this acquisition five of the six big save locations were kept but one had to be closed due to a times store located nearby . 9 references edit from times supermarkets website times they are a changing from mid week april 15 2009 daysog rick january 25 2002 . california firm to buy times . honolulu star bulletin . retrieved december 19 2011 . from los angeles times shima s market in waimanalo sold to times times supermarkets buys star market chain . kitv . july 7 2009 . retrieved december 19 2011 . star markets in ewa beach moiliili may be closed sold new owners may shutter ewa beach mo ili ili sites from trading markets july 25 2009 longs buys 2 old star markets from pacific business journal november 10 2009 gomes andrew may 18 2011 . times buys big save value centers on kauai . honolulu star 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