better value . type subsidiary industry retail grocery founded 1968 in minneapolis minnesota headquarters stillwater minnesota number of locations 77 products bakery dairy deli frozen foods grocery meat pharmacy produce seafood snacks liquor parent supervalu website cub.com cub foods is a supermarket chain with seventy seven stores in minnesota and illinois . 1 the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of eden prairie minnesota based supervalu inc. the store was famous for being no frills ; sack your own groceries ... contents 1 history 1.1 beginnings 1.2 effects from albertsons merger 1.3 former slogans 1.4 customer data security breaches 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit beginnings edit cub foods was founded by minnesota based hooleys supermarkets in 1968 in the riverside city of stillwater by brothers charles and jack hooley brother in law robert thueson and culver davis jr. the name cub originally stood for consumers united for buying and cub foods was one of the first total discount food stores in the united states 1 the chain was bought by minnesota based supervalu in 1980 with five stores in the twin cities . after the purchase the chain expanded to 83 stores in three states . until 1999 winco foods operated several cub foods stores . cub foods also operated eight stores in colorado until 2003 when they sold most of their stores to kroger . the chain also had locations operated by delhaize group in parts of the southern united states namely in the atlanta and nashville areas in the 1980s and 90s . 2 cub foods operated four stores in columbus ohio 3600 soldano boulevard w. broad & wilson road consumer square east brice rd. and tussing 2757 festival lane sawmill & sr 161 and columbus square sr 161 and forest hills boulevard . on may 23 1997 all four stores and its employees were acquired by kroger . the kroger at columbus square closed in july 2011 . 3 4 cub foods is credited with many innovations such as the first grocery check out conveyor belt system . effects from albertsons merger edit as part of supervalu s acquisition of new albertsons including its chicago based jewel osco stores supervalu divested its chicago area cub foods locations to an investment group headed by cerberus capital management to avoid market concentration issues . the cerberus led group would later acquire new albertsons from supervalu in march 2013 reuniting the two albertsons companies under the common holding company albertsons llc . since cerberus took control four locations algonquin bedford park 87th street in chicago and naperville closed and cerberus then announced that it was selling the remaining illinois stores to other operators . 5 the last of the chicago area cub foods stores closed on december 10 2006 . a majority of them were sold to central grocers cooperative and are operated as strack & van til and ultra foods by a wholly owned unit of the cooperative and as garden fresh markets by one of its members ; 6 others were sold to grand mart international foods . however only four of the eight stores sold to grand mart ever opened under that company s ownership and all were closed after less than five months of operation . as of june 2009 the only remaining cub foods stores in illinois which were still owned by supervalu were one store in peoria a second store in midtown plaza in peoria closed in march 2009 after just six and a half years of operation and one store in freeport . on october 9 2010 the cub foods in peoria still owned and operated by supervalu changed its name to shop n save . this made the freeport store the only remaining supervalu owned store in illinois to continue to operate as a cub foods location . three springfield illinois stores independently owned by niemann foods two of which are former jewel osco stores acquired from the cerberus led group had a franchise to use the cub foods name as part of the stores branding . these stores also carried selected cub foods branded products under the same agreement . as of recently these three stores no longer use the cub foods name ; instead they are now called county market another trademark owned by supervalu but franchised to independent grocers . a niemann owned store in bloomington illinois used the cub foods name under license from supervalu until it closed in 2015 . former slogans edit incomplete list cub foods . a new way to run a supermarket . the low price leader great food great prices save more get more where the great taste of food costs less i my cub made a brief return as a promotion for cub s 40th birthday the store next door 5 bring more to your table your holiday list for less 2009 holiday slogan for all supervalu stores the people you trust the store you know cub pharmacy slogan 2006 2009 helping hands are just around the corner cub pharmacy slogan 2009 2010 good things are just around the corner ... plenty fresh for plenty less . cub foods slogan 2010 2011 for people who love to save money . current dayton market slogan my neighborhood . my cub . better fresh better value current cub foods slogan customer data security breaches edit parent company supervalu sent a letter to customers on august 25 2014 that my cub rewards members who provided their data and shoppers who used credit cards during the period between june 22 2014 at the earliest through july 17 2014 at the latest at 209 supervalu stores and stand alone liquor stores may have been affected by a data security breach . supervalu posted this information on their website in a press release dated august 14 2014 . information on the affected stores and eligibility for customers on identity protection programs are available on supervalu s press release site . 7 see also edit winco foods jewel osco references edit a b supervalu cub foods corporate banner . history . delhaize group . retrieved 19 july 2012 . kroger s columbus square store to close ; county offices may fill gap . this week . may 11 2011 . retrieved august 31 2011 . kroger to close columbus square location . the columbus dispatch . retrieved august 31 2011 . a b topic galleries . chicago tribune . holecek andrea 2007 . four sterk s stores changing hands . nwi times . supervalu notifies customers of criminal computer intrusion at some of its owned and franchised stores . external links edit official cub foods site cub foods site for dayton ohio market v t e supervalu inc. chains county market cub foods farm fresh food & pharmacy hornbacher s the market save a lot shop n save shoppers food & pharmacy supervalu pharmacies supply chains advantage logistics total logistic control w. newell & company 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 m s harveys supermarkets winn dixie wakefern pricerite shoprite the fresh grocer other national chains aldi iga lidl target walmart regional chains asian 99 ranch market great wall supermarket h mart hong kong supermarket island pacific supermarket marina food marukai corporation u.s.a. mitsuwa marketplace nijiya market seafood city shun fat supermarket uwajimaya hispanic bravo el ahorro supermarket fiesta foods fiesta mart la perla tapat a supermarkets m s club mi pueblo food center supermercados teloloapan vallarta supermarkets organic earth fare natural grocers trader joe s whole foods market wholesale bj s wholesale club costco sam s club conventional acme fresh market amigo andronico s balducci s bashas best yet market big y boyer s food markets inc. bristol farms brookshire brothers brookshire grocery company buehler food markets inc. c town supermarkets cash & carry central market d & w fresh market dave s markets dean & deluca demoulas market basket dierbergs markets dorothy lane market easy way store econofoods family fare fairway market fareway festival foods festival foods minnesota food giant food city foodarama foodland foodland hawaii foodtown pathmark gelson s gerland corporation giant eagle grand mart gristedes grocery outlet harmons harps food stores h e b heinen s fine foods highland park market homeland houchens hugo s hy vee ingles inserra supermarkets jerry s foods jungle jim s international market karns quality foods key food super fresh the food emporium king kullen kings super markets kuhn s quality foods lewis food town lion supermarket lowe s market lowes foods lund food holdings magruder s marc s market basket market of choice marsh supermarkets martin s super markets meijer met foods minyard food stores miracle mart mollie stone s markets morton williams new deal supermarket new seasons market niemann foods no frills supermarkets nugget markets pcc natural markets petrini s piggly wiggly piggly wiggly carolina co. pink dot price chopper price mart price chopper supermarkets publix pueblo raley s supermarkets red owl redner s markets remke markets rice epicurean markets ridley s family markets roche bros. rosauers supermarkets rouses russ s market save mart supermarkets saverite schnucks scolari s food and drug seafood city sedano s sellers bros. sendik s food market sentry foods seven mile market shop n save smart & final spartannash sprouts farmers market stanley stores star market stater bros. stew leonard s strack & van til straub s markets sullivan family of companies super dollar discount foods super one foods super saver foods b & r stores the fresh market times supermarkets tops friendly markets united grocery outlet urm stores valu king victory supermarkets village market food center weaver street market wegmans weis markets westborn market western beef winco foods woodman s markets yoke s fresh market zabar s zupan s markets defunct banners a mart a & p food basics pathmark waldbaum s abco foods alpha beta american stores appletree markets belle foods big bear stores big star markets bloom bottom dollar food bruno s buttrey food & drug byrd s carter s foods chatham clemens markets colonial stores dahl s foods daniel reeves stores david s supermarkets davis food city delchamps deskins dick s supermarket dominick s eagle food centers eberhard s eisner food stores farmer jack felpausch finast fisher foods food fair food world food a rama fresh & easy furr s genuardi s giant open air glen s markets grand union hamady brothers henry s farmers market hills supermarkets hinky dinky jitney jungle johnnie s foodmaster kessel food markets laneco marketside mars national supermarkets national tea omni superstore penn fruit penn traffic pick n pay supermarkets plus purity supreme quality markets qfi red food reid s schaffer stores company seaway food town seessel s simon david skaggs companies southern family markets sunflower farmers market sunflower market super duper sweetbay supermarket tidyman s twin valu ukrop s super markets warehouse economy outlet weingarten s wild oats markets xpect discounts list of supermarket chains in the united states retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cub foods & oldid 737218333 categories supervalu united states companies based in eden prairie minnesotaeconomy of the midwestern united statessupermarkets of the united statesretail companies established in 19681968 establishments in minnesotadiscount stores of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article