Smith's

Smith's Food and Drug was founded in 1911 in Brigham City, Utah, United States by Lorenzo J. Smith. Now a subsidiary of Kroger, it is a prominent regional supermarket chain operating in the Southwest and Northwest. After completing a merger with Portland-based Fred Meyer in 1997, Fred Meyer was in turn acquired by Cincinnati-based Kroger in 1998, making Kroger the largest supermarket chain in the United States. Smith's headquarters are in Salt Lake City.