Quality Markets

Quality Markets was an American supermarket chain, with stores in the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania area. It was a subsidiary of Penn Traffic, but is now a division of Tops Friendly Markets.
== History ==
Quality Markets was founded in Jamestown, New York with the first store opening in the same area in 1913. They became a subsidiary of Penn Traffic in 1979. In January 1993, Penn Traffic purchased Loblaws and converted most of the Loblaws locations in the United States into Quality stores. In 1995, Penn Traffic purchased Festival Foods, also renaming most of those locations to Quality Markets. After the parent company's third bankruptcy and sale to Tops, Quality Markets stores were converted to Tops Friendly Markets by the end of August, 2010.
== Litigation ==
For much of the mid-to-late 1990's, Quality Markets was embroiled in antitrust litigation with its eventual successor, Tops Friendly Markets. The lawsuit against Quality Markets was based on allegations that they conspired with a local developer to prevent Tops from entering the local Jamestown, New York market.
== Subpages ==
Category:Companies
Category:Supermarkets
Category:Retailers
Category:Franchises
Category:Brands
Category:North America
Category:USA