chain see demoulas market basket . this article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . august 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message market basket industry retail founded 1962 number of locations 34 products supermarkets number of employees 2 200 website marketbasketfoods.com market basket is a supermarket chain that serves southeast texas and louisiana . formed in 1962 the grocer now operates 34 market basket stores and four lucky seven conventional supermarkets and employs 2 200 associates . it is headquartered in nederland texas . history edit johnnie alford ed hughes howard hatfield roy theriot and bruce thompson founded market basket in early 1962 . each was an independent grocer owning one store each . the five grocers joined together to keep advertising costs low and pool their purchasing power . three of the grocers remained one supermarket operators while hughes and thompson formed a 50 50 corporation for joint expansion . thompson and hughes bought four stores as partners in the 1960s . during the early 1970s they obtained former a & p kroger and weingarten s stores in lake charles beaumont port arthur and orange . in 1983 bruce thompson purchased hughes interest in their jointly held corporation . during the 1980s two new stores were constructed and the chain grew with the acquisition of 14 more stores formerly operated by piggly wiggly safeway theriot s winn dixie and weingarten s. the next decade saw market basket begin an extensive remodeling and expansion program for half of the chain . more stores in the 1990s were acquired including four cash and carry locations and three appletree stores . the mauriceville location was replaced with a newly constructed store during this time . during the summer of 2001 the company purchased two hughes market basket stores in port arthur and nederland . in 2002 the grocer purchased two price lo stores in vidor and deridder . stanley s in leesville and pair s in winnie were added as well . going back as far as the 1940s headquartered in commerce ca los angeles several supermarkets in southern california operated under the market basket branding . the stores were reverted to the boys markets branding after acquiring the chain . boys markets was acquired by the yucaipa companies in 1989 . when yucaipa acquired ralphs the boys brand disappeared . external links edit market basket homepage v t e supermarket chains in the united states kroger baker s supermarkets city market dillons food stores food 4 less foods co. fred meyer fry s food & drug gerbes super markets harris teeter jay c king soopers kroger owen s pay less super markets qfc ralphs roundy s pick n save mariano s metro market copp s ruler foods scott s smith s albertsons acme markets albertsons amigos carrs haggen jewel osco lucky market street pavilions 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