Ridley's Family Markets
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Ridley's Family Markets | |
Type | Grocery |
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Founded | 1984 (Payson, Utah) |
Headquarters | Jerome, Idaho |
Industry | Retail |
Products | Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor |
Website | http://www.shopridleys.com/ |
Ridley's Family Markets is a chain of grocery stores founded in 1984 in Payson, Utah. As of 2006 Ridley's operates 9 food and drugs stores, 2 food stores, 1 food and variety store and 1 food and hardware store in Utah and Idaho.
[edit] History
In 1984, Jerry and Connie Ridley opened a 11,000 square feet grocery store in Payson, Utah. Ridley's first operated as an IGA franchise called Ridley's IGA Foodliner. Two years later in 1986, the couple moved the Payson store to Orem, Utah. Once again two years Jerry and Connie Ridley opened their official first store in Jerome, Idaho in 1988. Ridley's has been supplied by Associated Food Stores since the late 1990s before then it was supplied by IGA.