- Stater Bros.
Stater Bros. Markets is a privately held
supermarket chain, based in San Bernardino,California , consisting of over 160 stores located throughoutSouthern California . Founded inYucaipa, California in 1936 by Cleo and Leo Stater(w/ help from younger brother Lavoy), it now consists of only 162 stores as ofOctober 31 ,2006 , it entered theFortune 500 for the first time in 2005 at #493 [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/snapshots/1273.html] , the first notable Inland Empire-based company to do so. OnSeptember 10 , 2007, the headquarters moved to a convert|2000000|sqft|m2|sing=on facility atSan Bernardino International Airport (formerlyNorton Air Force Base ) from its former location on the Colton-Grand Terrace border.Counties. With its reputation for its specialty in meats, Stater stores are notable for having meat cutters on duty for much of the day. Concentrating on a local service area allows for close management of supply, quality, service, and costs. There are no stores outside of southern California.
Slogans
For many years, Stater Bros. Markets didn't have an official corporate slogan (the unofficial phrase was "It's our meat that made us famous"), but that changed in the early 1990s when "The Low-Priced Leader in the Heartland" was introduced as the new official slogan (later changed to the current "The Low-Priced Leader in Your Hometown", now supplanted by a "unofficial" slogan: "An American Tradition").
External links
* [http://www.staterbros.com/ StaterBros.com]
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