Save A Lot history

In 1978, General Grocer Company expanded the company's presence in the greater St Louis area.

With help from new licensees, in 1980 alone Save A Lot added 50 stores in the Mid-South region, and a warehouse in Jackson, Tennessee.

In 1984, Save A Lot purchased 75 similar format Jewel T stores and two distribution centers from Jewel in Florida and Pennsylvania.

In 1987, Save A Lot was purchased by St Louis-based food retailer and wholesaler Wetterau Inc, then owner of former sister stores Shop 'n Save.

In 1994, both the Save A Lot and Shop 'n Save banners became wholly owned subsidiaries of Supervalu Inc, one of the largest independent grocery wholesalers, and the owners of Cub Foods and Scott's Food & Pharmacy at the time.

Save A Lot expanded into Southern California with the purchase of 21 discount-grocery Sav U Foods stores, and a distribution center from the Fleming Companies in late 1996.

In 2002, Save A Lot acquired discount variety store chain Deals with 45 stores in the Midwest.

The Deal$ concept was expanded under Save A Lot to 138 stores by 2006.

In late 2009, newly hired Supervalu CEO Craig Herkert announced the goal to double the Save A Lot grocery store network to 2,400 locations within five years.

The company would open nearly 100 stores in 2010 with a major focus on the Southeastern United States.

In September 2012, Supervalu announced it would close 22 Save A Lot stores in seven states.

Several executive changes were made by Supervalu on March 4, 2013, including replacing Save-A-Lot CEO Roces with Ritchie Casteel.

In October 2016, SuperValu sold Save A Lot to Onex Corporation.

As of 2018, with the change of corporate ownership the overall corporate strategy shifted to focus all efforts on stateside store growth.