▁Mer c ant ile ▁Cooper ative ▁ ▁Deep - dis count ▁and ▁limited - ass ort ment ▁ch ains ▁▁ 9 9 ▁C ents ▁Only ▁St ores ▁Ald i ▁– ▁ 1 , 6 0 0 ▁stores ▁in ▁ 3 5 ▁states , ▁owned ▁by ▁Ald i ▁Süd ▁L id l ▁Big ▁L ots ▁C ash ▁& ▁Car ry ▁( Ch icago ) ▁D ollar ▁General ▁D ollar ▁Tree ▁Family ▁D ollar ▁Food ▁ 4 ▁Less ▁( K ro ger ▁oper ates ▁Food ▁ 4 ▁Less ▁stores ▁in ▁California , ▁Illinois , ▁Indiana , ▁and ▁Ohio . ▁In ▁mark ets ▁that ▁K ro ger ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁Food ▁ 4 ▁Less ▁name , ▁it ▁oper ates ▁as ▁Food s ▁Co )( San ▁Diego , ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁area ▁and ▁northern ▁California ; ▁Arizona , ▁Illinois , ▁Indiana , ▁Kansas , ▁Neb r aska , ▁Nev ada , ▁Missouri ) ▁Gro c ery ▁Out let ▁( West ) ▁Marc ' s ▁( Oh io ) ▁X pect ▁Dis count s ▁( Connect icut ) ▁- ▁these ▁stores ▁are ▁now ▁closed ▁Price R ite ▁( Connect icut , ▁Massachusetts , ▁Maryland , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁New ▁York , ▁New ▁Ham pshire , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁Rh ode ▁Island , ▁Virginia ) ▁– ▁owned ▁and ▁operated ▁by ▁W ake fern ▁Food ▁Corporation ▁R uler ▁Food s ▁Save - A - L ot ▁Sh arp ▁Sho pper ▁( P en nsylvan ia , ▁Virginia ) ▁United ▁Gro c ery ▁Out let ▁( T ennessee ,