subsidiary industry retail founded 1862 headquarters seymour indiana number of locations 64 products bakery dairy deli frozen foods general grocery meat pharmacy produce seafood snacks liquor parent kroger website jaycfoods.com jay c food stores is a supermarket chain with locations in southern indiana . history edit jay c was founded in 1863 by swiss immigrant jonathan groub who with his wife elizabeth opened the chain s first store on south chestnut street in the city of seymour . the success of the business allowed them to move to larger premises in 1871 and add a wholesale department . profits by 1885 had reached us 80 000 . john groub died in 1888 passing the management of the company to his son theodore and his son in law william masters an experienced grocer . theodore later handed the running of the company to his sons thomas and john . the company s grocery wholesale business waned in the 1910s and 1920s prompting the company to concentrate more on retail . under the name of jay c food store of scottsburg adopted in 1927 the company grew to a peak of 44 retail locations in the 1940s . from the 1960s to the 1980s jay c reduced the number of locations it operated and expanded the size of those it kept to offer a wider selection of foods . by 1994 jay c had 900 employees and by 1997 had grown to more than 2 700 making it the largest private retail employer in indiana . by the end of 1998 the company operated 30 stores including three foods plus locations and three ruler foods store locations jay c s discount banner . in january 1999 the john c. groub co. was acquired by kroger which continues to operate 31 jay c locations . the foods plus stores have been renamed to jay c plus . under the ownership of kroger the jay c division grew its ruler foods brand to 13 stores at the end of 2012 including the first store outside of indiana . some of the added ruler foods were conversions from the jay c brand which has 23 stores at the end of 2012 . a major remodel project for the columbus in jay c foods store 008 is planned to begin in august 2016 . the remodel will include updates and improvements to the existing store infrastructure expansion of the beer and wine selection adjustments to grocery stock that will result in an increase of in stock product size options as well as product varieties based on information gathered from jay c foods store 008 customer purchase data and or jay c foods store 008 customer request history changes to some aisles in regard to length width shelving structure updates to check out stations and other improvements for functionality and customer satisfaction increases . information regarding additions of an in store pharmacy and or self check out stations have been rumored but are not confirmed at this time to be included parts of the 2016 remodel plan for the columbus in location of jay c foods store 008 . changes to store management store operating name or divisional inclusion are not expected parts of the 2016 remodel project as of this date . references edit john c. groub company incorporated pdf . indiana historical society . retrieved 2012 10 19 . external links edit jayc food stores homepage the kroger company v t e kroger grocery baker s supermarkets city market dillons food 4 less foods co. fred meyer fry s food and drug gerbes super markets harris teeter jayc food stores king soopers owen s market pay less super markets qfc ralphs roundy s pick n save mariano s copps metro market ruler foods scott s food & pharmacy smith s food and drug convenience kwik shop loaf n jug quik stop smith s express tom thumb turkey hill jewelry fred meyer jewelers littman jewelers services i wireless people michael j. cullen jacob e. davis david dillon bernard kroger fred g. meyer 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 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