fry s food & drug stores inc. type subsidiary industry retail founded 1954 contra costa county california headquarters tolleson arizona united states number of locations 119 1 key people steve mckinney fry s division president todd kammeyer vice president retail operations keith shoemaker vice president merchandising products bakery dairy deli frozen foods general grocery meat pharmacy produce seafood snacks liquor number of employees 18 500 parent kroger website frysfood.com typical fry s food and drug store in phoenix arizona . fry s food & drug stores inc. is a chain of supermarkets that has a major presence in the u.s. state of arizona . fry s also operates under the banner of fry s marketplace a chain of multi department stores . fry s is a division of the kroger company . contents 1 history 1.1 beginnings 1.2 fred meyer and kroger 2 fry s marketplace 3 fry s signature 4 fry s mercado 5 fry s electronics 6 references history edit beginnings edit fry s was founded in 1954 by donald fry in california . with the help of his brother charles the store expanded into arizona in 1960 . fry s was sold in 1972 to dillons . 2 3 dillons merged with kroger in 1983 . 4 fred meyer and kroger edit on october 19 1998 fred meyer parent company of smith s food and drug announced a strategic merger with kroger . 5 on may 27 1999 the federal trade commission ftc approved the merger of the two companies named the kroger co. 6 arizona and texas were the only two of 31 states where there was overlap of stores and brands from the merger . the kroger co. choosing to operate with one brand in the market rebranded most smith s food & drug centers in arizona as fry s food & drug stores 7 though smith s food and drug centers in kingman bullhead city and lake havasu city remained unchanged . 8 fry s phoenix distribution center and offices were moved into the more modern smith s food and drug distribution center and offices in the phoenix suburb of tolleson . fry s marketplace edit fry s marketplace is a multi department store that offers full service grocery pharmacy ticketmaster ticketron one hour photo lab and general merchandise including outdoor living products electronics home goods and toys . ranging in size from 80 000 105 000 square feet the marketplace stores are smaller than the fred meyer stores . fry s marketplace was derived from the fred meyer concept but on a smaller scale and has since expanded to kroger s columbus ohio division and the smith s food & drug centers division in utah . fry s marketplace started out as smitty s arizona s first multi department store . smitty s was similar to a wal mart supercenter and even had a food court with four branded fast food options such as taco bell . in 1996 smitty s merged with smith s food and drug centers of salt lake city . in 1997 after the fred meyer smith s merger fred meyer updated and revitalized the smitty s concept and in january 1999 all smitty s stores were renamed fred meyer . during this time management of the chain changed from smith s food and drug to fred meyer . construction also started on a full sized fred meyer store in phoenix . in june 2000 kroger transferred the management of fred meyer s arizona stores to fry s food and drug . the fred meyer stores were rebranded as fry s marketplace . the fred meyer store in phoenix was completed but never opened and was later demolished as the store was too large for fry s to use . fry s signature edit fry s signature is marketed as a high end neighborhood tailored grocery store . there is one location on 20427 north hayden road scottsdale az . 9 another fry s signature store is located at 10450 n. 90th street scottsdale az 10 there is also a fry s signature store at the cross streets of cave creek rd and carefree hwy in cave creek az . 11 in addition there is a fry s signature marketplace at the intersection of shea blvd and tatum blvd. 12 fry s mercado edit fry s mercado is geared towards arizona s hispanic market . it is located at 43rd avenue and mcdowell . there is a check cashing store an aqua bar a cocina a fuel station among other attractions at the location . several other stores are subletted in the fry s mercado including an electronics store a women s clothing store and a barber shop . 13 fry s electronics edit main article fry s electronics fry s electronics was founded by the heirs of charles fry after fry s food & drug stores was sold . despite having similar logos and a shared family heritage there is no affiliation between fry s electronics and fry s food and drug . there is also no connection to frye electronics of tigard oregon . references edit google map of fry s food and pharmacy locations dillon companies agrees to buy food store chain other 2006 01 17 . fry s supermarkets founder donald fry dies at 92 . progressive grocer . archived from the original on 2015 09 12 . kroger dillon merger approved kroger to merge with fred meyer ... press release from the kroger co. kroger and fred meyer merger approved press release from the kroger co. cliff peale 1999 04 13 . kroger fred meyer deal brings changes in arizona . the cincinnati post . e. w. scripps company . archived from the original on 2005 01 18 . az store decision offers glimpse of kroger plan a december 1998 article from the portland business journal fry s is planning signature stores . allbusiness . 2006 02 13 . archived from the original on 2009 08 14 . fry s store locator for signature store 125 at 10450 n 90th st scottsdale . fry s store locator for signature store 67 at 4815 e carefree hwy cave creek . melissa 2010 09 07 . new upscale grocery store . arizona foothills magazine . archived from the original on 2013 06 22 . erica sagon 2006 07 04 . fry s launches market tailored to hispanics . arizona republic . gannett . archived from the original on 2007 10 20 . 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 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