Schnucks history

By 1947, the families had opened seven retail grocery stores among them.

In 1952, Edwin and his two sons incorporated as Schnuck Markets, Inc.

In 1961, Schnucks adopted the slogan “The Friendliest Stores In Town” to highlight what our customers felt was our primary strength.

The Schnucks symbol, a soldier, was introduced in 1968 (during the Vietnam War). Schnucks continued to grow, adopting the motto "Friendliest Stores In Town" and acquiring stores in Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

1970 was a year of growth! Schnucks opened a new grocery warehouse facility with the capacity to handle future growth.

Schnucks underwent a major expansion in 1995 when it purchased from Loblaws the National Supermarkets chain (a total of 57 stores), also based in St Louis.

In 2002, Schnucks agreed to buy 12 Seessel's stores in the Memphis, Tennessee area, from Albertsons, Inc.

In 2005, Schnucks opened the first Iowa store, in Bettendorf, offering savings, service and selection to the Quad Cities community.

In 2008, Schnucks acquired grocery store Hart Food and Drug in O'Fallon, IL making it the fifth Schnucks in St Clair County.

In August 2009, Schnucks opened a store in downtown St Louis.

Schnucks operated these stores until September 2011.

On September 18, 2018, it was announced that SuperValu would sell 19 of its Shop 'n Save locations to Schnucks.