California Has The Most Supermarkets In The Country
posted Saturday, 7 November 2009
If you live in California, and you love supermarkets, or want to work in a supermarket, you're in luck. California has the most supermarkets in the country, adding up to 3,753. D.C. has the fewest with 61. You may be interested to find out how many supermarkets the other states have, as of 2008.
Alabama 693
Alaska 98
Arizona 405
California 3,753
Colorado 543
Connecticut 381
Delaware 87
D.C. 61
Florida 2,133
Georgia 1,151
Hawaii 142
Idaho 195
Illinois 1,444
Indiana 810
Iowa 441
Kansas 359
Kentucky 632
Louisiana 568
Maine 208
Maryland 634
Massachusetts 613
Michigan 1,217
Minnesota 5557
Mississippi 379
Missouri 766
Montana 158
Nebraska 280
Nevada 280
New Hampshire 163
New Jersey 773
New Mexico 205
New York 2,202
North Carolina 1,350
North Dakota 85
Ohio 1,350
Oklahoma 419
Oregon 507
Pennsylvania 1,428
Rhode Island 97
South Carolina 667
South Dakota 103
Tennessee 837
Texas 2,145
Utah 275
Virginia 1,007
Vermont 95
Washington 826
West Virginia 288
Wisconsin 685
Wyoming 80
It looks like the bigger the state, the more supermarkets there are, which makes sense. I wonder if those include health food stores, and what percentage of the supermarkets have health food sections in them.
So what are you to do if you live in an area that does not have a health food store? Talk to the management of a regular grocery store, and see if they can add a health food section in their store. You might be very surprised when you see that they will do that.
I live in Texas where there are health food stores all over, and more and more are popping up. However, right down the street from me is a Kroger store, which they are remodeling, and are adding a great health food section. They now have so many of the items that I regularly purchase from Whole Foods, that naturally I will be shopping there more often since it is so much closer to where I live. Who would have thought that Kroger would be in competition with Whole Foods!
Kroger is a huge chain, and you probably would not think that their corporate management would listen to you. But this idea to expand came from someone. It never hurts to ask. Even if a store cannot add a whole health food section, maybe they can carry select items that you request. It never hurts to ask.
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