CTown Supermarkets

CTown Supermarket
	A C-Town supermarket in New Rochelle, New York.
Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Founded	1975; 50 years ago
Headquarters	White Plains, New York, United States
Number of locations	200
Products	Grocery
Owner	Caroline Diplan
Website	www.ctownsupermarkets.com

CTown Supermarkets is a chain of independently owned and operated supermarkets operating in the northeastern United States and in Amman, Jordan.^[1] CTown stores operate in partnership with Krasdale Foods.^[2]^[3]

History and operations

CTown was founded in 1975 as KTown as a move by Krasdale into retail operations, with the K standing for "Krasdale."^[1] Under threat from Kmart, the company changed the store name to CTown.^[4]

CTown uses economies of scale so its small member stores can pool their resources for purchasing and advertising.^[5] It tends to open supermarkets in locations that suburban stores have abandoned.^[5] The stores depend heavily on customers who are pedestrians and fewer who drive, as shown by their smaller parking lots.^[5]

There are approximately 200 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania and 5 stores in Amman, Jordan. CTown is the fifth-largest food retailer in the New York City metropolitan area. CTown is supplied by Krasdale Foods; many products sold in CTown stores are labeled Krasdale Foods (Krasdale also is a supplier for the smaller Bravo supermarket chain). Marketing and advertising for CTown are handled by Alpha-I Marketing Corp.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Barlas, Thomas. "Supermarket seeks to hire in Bridgeton". The Press of Atlantic City. August 18, 2011. p. C1.
^ "Krasdale Foods is opening its largest CTown Supermarket". www.supermarketnews.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
^ "Branches". CTown. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
^ "The supplier that makes supermarket owners rich". Crain's New York Business. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c Godin, Mary Ellen. "Delay in C-Town opening blamed on design changes". Record-Journal (Meriden, Connecticut). July 9, 2013. p. 4.

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[Bridgeton-1] Barlas, Thomas. "Supermarket seeks to hire in Bridgeton". The Press of Atlantic City. August 18, 2011. p. C1.

[2] "Krasdale Foods is opening its largest CTown Supermarket". www.supermarketnews.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.

[amman_jordan_listings-3] "Branches". CTown. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.

[4] "The supplier that makes supermarket owners rich". Crain's New York Business. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2024-12-05.

[delay-5] Godin, Mary Ellen. "Delay in C-Town opening blamed on design changes". Record-Journal (Meriden, Connecticut). July 9, 2013. p. 4.

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