grocery store industry retail founded 1965 1 headquarters houston texas products dairy delicatessen frozen foods grocery meat produce snacks website www.davisfoodcity.com davis food city was a supermarket chain headquartered houston texas united states founded in 1965 and closed in 2007 . it had locations in houston bellaire and unincorporated harris county . 2 in 1980 it had 0.5 % of the houston grocery market making it the tenth largest grocer in the houston area . in 1999 it was not among the ten largest houston grocery chains . 3 in 1998 davis food city became the first tenant and primary anchor in the newly remodeled houston shopping center stella link . 4 davis food city maintained a corporate policy to be a good corporate citizen in the houston area frequently donating food for gift baskets the community thanksgiving dinner for the poor and responding to the needs of the refugees during hurricane katrina disaster in 2005 . 5 in addition to providing the community with a full service retail grocery presence davis food city offered payroll check cashing cash transfer and wires money orders and operated with state of the art check and debit clearing systems . 6 grocery supplies for davis food city were furnished through houston based grocers supply co. 7 davis food city used several slogans including your family s food for less great prices great service great savings and davis food city is the place to be . 8 davis food city stores closed in 2007 . in 2008 el ahorro a chain of hispanic latino grocery markets acquired some of the davis food city store properties . citation needed houston area supermarket retailer sellers bros. acquired the popular stella link shopping center site in 2008 . 9 10 references edit home page as of june 21 2007 . davis food city . store locations as of april 9 2007 . davis food city . sit duvall mary . right store was ripe for picking randalls joins trend with deal . houston chronicle . saturday july 24 1999 . business 1 . retrieved on december 1 2011 . retail rumblings houston business journal mar. 29 1998 . http www.bizjournals.com houston stories 1998 03 30 newscolumn6.html page all past corporate giving . houston business journal may 4 2003 . http www.bizjournals.com houston stories 2003 05 05 focus4.html grocery supply nabs lml for check processing deal . houston business journal oct. 30 2002 . http www.bizjournals.com houston stories 2002 10 28 daily28.html houston business journal oct. 30 2002 . http www.bizjournals.com houston stories 2002 10 28 daily28.html davis food city web page https web.archive.org web 20070621213333 http www.davisfoodcity.com weingarten.com stella link shopping center http www.weingarten.com retail property 0017 001 0017 001 mkt pkg.pdf showcase.com 8616 8734 stella link rd. stella link shopping center http www.showcase.com property 8616 8734 stella link road houston texas 773071 external links edit houston portal companies portal food portal davisfoodcity.com archived 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 davis food city & oldid 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