United Supermarkets

United Supermarkets is an American supermarket grocery store chain. With headquarters in Lubbock, Texas, its roots go back to 1916, when H.D. Snell opened his first United Cash Store in Sayre, Oklahoma. Today, his legacy has grown to include 95stores in 30 Texas cities and over 10,000 workers. It is owned by Albertsons, which purchased the chain in 2014. 
== History ==
United Supermarkets has 94 stores located in Texas and New Mexico. While it shares the same name as United Supermarkets based in Oklahoma (owned by Homeland), it technically does business as The United Family to differentiate from the Oklahoma chain, as they are separate grocery entities.
On April 1, 2009, United opened its 50th store in Plano, Texas.
Most United Supermarkets stores operate from 6 or 7 am until 11 pm, seven days a week. As of February 1, 2016, four stores operate 24 hours a day, including the pharmacy: two stores in Lubbock, one in Wichita Falls, and one in Frisco (Of which is no longer a 24-hour location as of 2019). Two stores were open 24 hours a day temporarily after the opening of the new store. Both were located in Lubbock.
United Supermarkets is run by the Albertsons chain, and operates as a division of Albertsons.
=== Acquisition ===
On September 9, 2013, United Supermarkets LLC was sold to Albertsons LLC. On February 4, 2014, the FTC voted 4–0 to approve the deal. The acquisition deal cost Albertsons $385 million and required Albertsons to sell its single stores in the Amarillo and Wichita Falls, Texas, markets. As part of the acquisition, several Albertsons locations in Eastern New Mexico, which were re-branded as "Albertsons Market", were added to the new United division of Albertsons-Safeway. Expansion in New Mexico continued with the purchase of several Lawrence Brothers locations, and the transfer of stores in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, and Taos, to the United division.
In addition to the original grocery chain, it has added other concepts in recent years:
*Market Street - features take-home cuisine, restaurants, gourmet and everyday grocery items in one store
*Amigos United- an international-format store offering a blend of American fare and international cuisine
*United Express - Take-Out food, Cafe, and Gas Station
*Albertson's Market- Traditional Grocery
*United Supermarkets - Traditional Grocery
== Naming rights ==
United Supermarkets owns the naming rights to United Supermarkets Arena at Texas Tech University. The arena is the home court for the university's men's and women's basketball teams in addition to its women's volleyball team.