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Sweetbay Supermarket was a chain of American supermarkets located entirely in Florida. The first Sweetbay Supermarket to open was in Seminole, Florida, in November 2004. The company was headquartered near Tampa, in unincorporated Hillsborough County, Florida,〔"(Contacts )." Delhaize Group. Retrieved on May 17, 2012. "SWEETBAY SUPERMARKETS 3801 Sugar Palm Drive Tampa – FL 33619 - U.S.A."〕 in the Tampa Bay Area, and was a part of the Belgian Delhaize Group. In May 2013 it was purchased by BI-LO. On October 8, 2013, BI-LO announced it was retiring the Sweetbay name and all remaining locations would be re-branded as Winn-Dixie.〔http://tbo.com/news/business/sweetbay-supermarkets-will-be-renamed-winn-dixie-20131008/〕 ==Kash n' Karry history== Salvatore Greco, an Italian immigrant, sold fruits and vegetables in the streets of Tampa beginning in 1914. In 1922, he and his wife Giuseppina opened a storefront at their home. The Greco family built a proper store in 1947 under the name Big Barn in Plant City, Florida. The business expanded and they had opened nine stores by 1960 with the name of Tampa Wholesale. In 1962, the name changed again to Kash n' Karry, based on the cash and carry program of World War II. People would bring in their "cash" and "carry" out their own groceries. They left out nonessential parts of supermarkets like contests, customer service representatives, and samples.〔(Kash n' Karry History ), Kash n' Karry, Retrieved May 20, 2007.〕 Kash n' Karry was acquired by Lucky Stores of California in 1979.〔(Kash n' Karry Food Stores, Inc. History )〕 After American Stores acquired Lucky in 1988, it sold Kash n' Karry to leveraged buyout firm Gibbons, Green, and van Amerongen.〔(Gibbons, Green to Buy Lucky's Florida Unit )〕 As the buyout was being completed, Kash n' Karry bought 24 Florida Choice supermarkets from Kroger, who was closing the chain.〔(Kash N' Karry Buys Markets From Kroger )〕 On the dissolution of Gibbons, Green; Leonard Green & Partners became the controlling stockholder.〔 Kash n' Karry filed for bankruptcy in 1994.〔(Kash-n-karry Files For Chapter 11 )〕 Kash n' Karry held an IPO in 1995. In December 1996, Kash n' Karry became a wholly owned subsidiary of Food Lion, the American division of Delhaize Group.〔 In July 2000, after Food Lion's acquisition of Hannaford, the holding company Delhaize America, Inc., was created. As a result, Kash n' Karry became a wholly owned subsidiary of Delhaize America. In 2002, Kash n' Karry pulled out of the competitive Orlando market with only two stores remaining in Clermont, Florida; 25 miles west of Orlando. These two stores—later re-branded as Sweetbay were closed in February of 2013.〔(Sweetbay closing two locations )〕 Two of three stores were closed in Gainesville, Florida. On Wednesday, August 29, 2007, news reports said that the last Kash n' Karry store in Crystal River, Florida, closed, marking the end of the Kash n' Karry brand and the full conversion to Sweetbay Supermarket.〔(Talk of the bay: Last remaining Kash n' Karry to check out ), St. Petersburg Times, Retrieved August 29, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sweetbay Supermarket」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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