family markets type grocery industry retail founded 1984 payson utah headquarters jerome idaho products bakery dairy deli frozen foods general grocery meat pharmacy produce seafood snacks liquor website shopridleys.com ridley s family markets is a family owned chain of grocery stores based in jerome idaho . it was founded in 1984 in payson utah . as of 2014 ridley s operates 32 supermarkets in idaho colorado utah nevada and wyoming . 1 as of 2014 it was ranked as the 20th largest private company in idaho . 2 contents 1 history 2 electronic retailing innovations 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1984 jerry and connie ridley opened a 11 000 square foot 1 000 m2 grocery store in payson utah . 1 ridley s first operated as an iga franchise called ridley s iga foodliner . two years later the couple sold the payson store and begin a partnership to build and operate a food 4 less store in provo utah . 1 in 1988 after grocery retailer farmer jack closed their short lived stores in idaho and utah the ridleys decided to sell their share of the food 4 less store to acquire three former farmer jack stores in idaho . 1 ridley s food corporation was incorporated that same year as a privately held company . 3 throughout the 1990s ridley s began acquire several grocery stores in idaho including two smith s food and drug stores in boise 1992 and two sprouse reitz stores in emmett and mccall 1994 . 1 each of these four stores were eventually closed or relocated . 1 the retailer s first stores in nevada and wyoming opened in 2007 and 2008 respectively . 1 between 2008 and 2010 ridley s acquired three albertsons stores in blackfoot idaho and orem utah . 1 following the purchase of three pharmacies in idaho and nevada ridley s opened the first free standing pharmacies in the company s history in 2010 . 1 in 2013 ridley s opened the first of a new warehouse store format called lolo s fresh foods warehouse in provo utah . on december 20 2014 it was announced that ridley s would be buying four grocery stores in wyoming . the safeway store s in sheridan and casper along with the albertson s store in laramie are being purchased from associated food stores a grocery wholesaler and co op that facilitates such deals . 4 in july 2015 ridley s announced the purchase of a harmons grocery store in ogden soon to become a new ridley s location . 5 since the late 1990s ridley s has been supplied by associated food stores . the company was previously supplied by fleming foods . ridley s family markets was listed as the 20th largest private business headquartered in idaho as of 2014 according to the idaho statesman edition of idaho private 75 ranking . electronic retailing innovations edit electronic marketing innovations that ridley s had developed around its customer loyalty program were recognized in 2006 with a global electronic marketing award . program features recognized by the award included customizable shopping lists card points that could be redeemed for rewards and discounts and e mail delivery of weekly ads . 6 in 2008 it was announced that ridley s would conduct an experimental implementation of electronic coupon clearing in one of its stores . this is an innovation that transfers coupon redemption information from retailers to manufacturers electronically with the goal of eliminating the transaction costs and other problems involved with traditional methods of coupon processing . although this technology has many perceived advantages it had not been successfully implemented on a large scale . 7 references edit a b c d e f g h i about us ridley s family markets website accessed september 17 2009 idaho s top private companies compiled by kpmg the idaho statesman october 26 2008 ridley s food corporation ridley s family markets manta.com ridley s family market buying sheridan safeway three other wyoming stores . the sheridan press . 2014 12 20 . retrieved 2014 12 20 . harmons leaving ogden location july 17 2015 . standard examiner . retrieved august 12 2015 supervalu ridley s mobilelime win global electronic marketing awards progressive grocer october 16 2006 ridley s plans to deploy electronic coupon clearing supermarket news may 14 2008 external links edit official site 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 randalls safeway shaw s and star market super saver tom thumb united supermarkets vons supervalu county market cub farm fresh hornbacher s save a lot shop n save shoppers ahold delhaize food lion giant carlisle giant landover hannaford brothers company martin s food markets stop & shop southeastern grocers bi lo fresco y 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