Andronico's Community Markets history

In 1957, the year in which John Andronico, Frank's son, joined the business, the family opened a second Park and Shop Market in Berkeley.

1959: The third Park and Shop opens in San Francisco.

John's son, Bill, began working for the company in 1975, during his second year of senior high school and continued working while he earned a bachelors degree in economics at the University of California at Berkeley.

John Andronico became president of the three-store company in 1978, the year in which Frank Andronico died.

1984: The company begins to install in-store kitchens for preparing meals.

In 1994, Andronico's remodeled its San Francisco store, in part because it was dissatisfied with the store's leased deli, according to Bill Andronico, John Andronico's successor.

1997: Andronico's opens a store in Palo Alto; the company changes its name to Andronico's Market, Inc.

The special emphasis on produce paid off in 1998 when Andronico's was named Best Grocery Store in the San Francisco Chronicle's Reader's Choice poll.

The Emeryville store closed in 2004, while the Walnut Creek store, continued to operate below expectations.

Late in 2011, during reorganization, executives and buyers who once worked for Whole Foods Market joined the management team of Andronico's.

Four Andronico’s stores in the Bay Area were renamed Safeway Community Market after the 2016 acquisition, though the flagship store in the Sunset District kept the Andronico’s name.