Randalls Food Markets
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| Grocer, Subsidiary of Albertsons | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | July 4, 1966 |
| Headquarters | Westchase, Houston, Texas |
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Number of locations
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43 |
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Key people
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Paul McTavish, Division President; Leslie Nelson, Vice President Finance; Ronnie Brennan, Vice President Marketing |
| Products | Bakery, dairy, delicatessen, frozen foods, grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor |
| Parent |
Safeway (1999-2015) Albertsons (2015-present) |
| Website | randalls.com |
Randalls operates 43 supermarkets in Texas, with 27 stores around the Houston area and 16 stores around the Austin area, under the Randalls and Flagship Randalls banners. Randalls today forms the nucleus of the current Houston division of Albertsons and is headquartered in the Westchase district of Houston. The office served as the headquarters of the independent Randalls company before its takeover and later the Texas division of Safeway. The Randalls distribution center was near Cypress, Texas (the Cy-Fair area in unincorporated Northwest Harris County with a Houston postal address) and now is serviced by the Tom Thumb distribution in Roanoke, Texas in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Most stores include fresh seafood, floral, cosmetic, bakery and film processing departments. The premium Flagship Randalls and Flagship Tom Thumb stores have increased their take-out departments to provide fresh made pizzas, pastas and barbecue. Many locations even offer bank branches, ATMs, coffee shops, drive-through pharmacy windows, fueling stations and full-service counters where a customer can purchase lottery or movie tickets, pay utility bills and car license renewals.
Randalls Food Markets was founded by Robert Randall Onstead, R. C. Barclay, and Norman N. Frewin in Houston, Texas, on July 4, 1966, with the purchase of two existing grocery stores. The first Randalls opened in 1966. The company's fourth store opened in 1970, and by the end of the decade the company owned 15 stores and had established itself in the market. In 1980 Randalls had 8% of the Houston area grocery market, making it the fourth largest grocer there. By 1985 the company was the second largest grocer in the five-county Greater Houston area, with 17% of the sales in the market.
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