Editing Shop 'n Save (section)

==History==
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Shop ’n Save was founded in 1979 as a grocery store in [[Belleville, Illinois]]. The chain included 33 stores in [[Greater St. Louis]], and 3 additional stores in [[Springfield, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shopnsave.com/stores/search-stores.html |title=Shop 'n Save Search Stores |publisher=Shop ’n Save |date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref>

The chain was acquired by [[Ted Wetterau]] in 1982.  In 1992, [[Wetterau Inc.]] was [[Mergers and acquisitions|acquired]] by SuperValu, and Shop ’n Save has been a subsidiary of SuperValu ever since.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/10/business/company-news-super-valu-is-buying-wetterau-for-1.1-billion.html |title=COMPANY NEWS; Super Valu Is Buying Wetterau for $1.1 Billion |work=New York Times |date=June 10, 1992 |access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref>

Shop 'n Save largely operated as a "hybrid" of a full-service grocery like its St. Louis-area competitors, [[Schnucks]] and [[Dierbergs]], and discount grocers such as [[Aldi]]. Like a full-service store, its stores had a large square footprint and included a deli, butcher, large liquor section, and pharmacy, but like a discount grocer its furnishings were much more spartan, a substantial portion of its items for sale were private-label, and shoppers bagged their own purchases (though unlike at some discount supermarkets paper and plastic bags are provided free of charge).

In December 2007, the Wood River, IL, location opened the chain's first Fuel Express Center, and later added a second one in Alton, IL, in March 2008. Along with the fuel pumps, Shop 'n Save also started offering a fuel rewards program in January 2008. It allowed customers to save up to 9 cents per gallon, depending on how much they spend on groceries.<ref>{{Cite news |title=St. Louis Shop 'n Save Adds Fuel Pumps |volume=56 |work=Supermarket News |issue=9 |publication-date=March 3, 2008}}</ref>

In April 2018, SuperValu announced it was pursuing the sale of corporately owned Shop ’n Save stores in the St. Louis market as well as 21 of the former Food Lion locations it purchased in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://observer-reporter.com/business/firm-out-to-sell-shop-n-saves-in-st-louis/article_fd24c54e-4801-11e8-8ad8-0f08a96c8e0e.html |title=Firm out to sell Shop 'n Saves in St. Louis, not in Western Pa. |newspaper=Observer-Reporter |publisher=Observer-Reporter.com |date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=April 25, 2018|last1=Shrum |first1=Rick }}</ref> On September 18, 2018, SuperValu announced it was selling 19 of its locations to Schnucks Markets with the remaining locations to be closed by November 19.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/schnucks-buying-shop-n-save-stores-in-generational-transaction-with/article_d66ebfc5-b7ad-50e7-8641-61dcb9df24a0.html |title=Schnucks buying 19 Shop 'n Save stores in 'generational transaction,' with plans to rebrand them as Schnucks |publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=September 18, 2018 |access-date= September 18, 2018}}</ref>