12 Facts About Raley's

Raley's Supermarkets is an independent, family-owned American grocery and retail technology company headquartered in West Sacramento, California.

Raley's was founded in 1935 by Thomas P Raley in Placerville, California.

Raley's started Food Source in 1995 and Market 5-ONE-5 in 2018.

In June 1999, Albertsons announced plans to sell its 19 stores in Las Vegas to Raley's, which planned to purchase eight Albertson's stores in New Mexico.

For five years, Raley's had been searching for ways to expand the company, with specific interest in the Las Vegas and Salt Lake City markets.

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At the time, Raley's was the 38th largest supermarket chain in the United States, with 150 stores, including Bel Air Markets, Food Source and Nob Hill Foods.

Raley's opened its Las Vegas stores later in 1999, and had plans to build additional locations in the Las Vegas area.

Raley's stated that slow growth and local competition were reasons for selling the stores.

In 2004, Raley's opened its first Aisle 1 brand gas station in Galt, CA, and eventually grew Aisle 1 into 13 locations in Northern California and Nevada.

Raley's sold all 13 Aisle 1 locations to Anabi Oil in December 2018.

Raley's transferred prescriptions from affected stores to various CVS Pharmacy, Rite Aid and Walgreens locations.

Raley's recognized its 85th anniversary with an integrated marketing campaign Good Never Stops.