Tips for Running a Grocery Store

Save A Lot knows a thing or two about running a grocery store. After all, we’ve opened hundreds! Our Retail Partners appreciate being able to build a thriving business while using a proven licensing model that specializes in value and convenience.

As the nation’s leading independent discount grocery chain, part of our vision is to provide unmatched value to our communities. We’re committed to making our customers’ lives better, and we’re anchored to the communities we serve.

Just ask owners like Shawn Rinnier, who recently took over ownership of the Camden, NJ, Save A Lot and is moving it across the road to expand to meet the demands of the local area. Rinnier embraces the Save A Lot neighborhood-focused vision and discussed how the store plans to stock products that are tailored to its diverse community. The store will offer Save A Lot signature brands, as well as several national, specialty, ethnic, and international brands.

Running a Successful Store

The Save A Lot licensing opportunity stands out for many reasons. Our Retail Partners enjoy comprehensive support every step of the way as they build their businesses.

We’ve established some helpful tips to follow when running a successful Save A Lot store:

  1. Be efficient with your time. Owners wear many hats and need to be able to prioritize on the spot.
  2. Keep learning. The industry changes quickly, but luckily Save A Lot’s ongoing support will keep you updated with research and development.
  3. Hire a great team. Your store manager is a leader that associates will look to for guidance.
  4. Listen to customers. Like Shawn Rinnier mentioned above, listening to your customers allows you to build a loyal customer base.
  5. Follow our model. Our licensing model is designed to save time and money while allowing you to see a strong return on your investment.

Steps to Ownership

When you partner with Save A Lot, we make starting a highly effective grocery store business simple. Our steps to ownership are designed to keep the process as efficient as possible.

During the first step, we’ll take the time to get to know one another and review each other’s qualifications. Secondly, our team of real estate professionals will work with you to find a location that meets our site criteria and can accommodate our layout.

In the third step, we’ll work together on localizing your SKUs and developing a plan for sourcing and operations. Then you’ll attend a Discovery Day, where you can meet the leadership team and get to know our company culture.

You’re almost there! During the construction phase, we’ll transform your location into a Save A Lot store, providing guidance throughout. Finally, you’ll host a grand opening, and with the help of our marketing team, you’ll get a head start on building your customer base.

We’re There for You

How is this all possible? Well, none of it would be possible without Save A Lot’s vested interest in seeing your business grow. We’re dedicated to helping your store flourish, so we’ve developed ongoing support resources to help you achieve your growth goals.

Our field operations team makes sure your business is running smoothly with time-tested operations procedures, an efficient point-of-sale system, unit-level reporting and analytics, and inventory management. Our distribution support saves you time and money with market-leading low prices and industry-leading service.

At Save A Lot, we’re committed to helping our Retail Partners run a grocery store and serve their local communities with the best products at the best prices while supporting them every step of the way.

Contact Save A Lot today to learn more about our grocery store licensing opportunity and all of the support that comes with it. #ownasavealot

Share:

Request More Info

Request More Info

What best describes your experience ?:






State:
Zip Code/Postal Code:
Liquid Capital:
Timeframe for Investment:
Net worth:
Site Location Identified?:

x
Scroll to Top

Minnesota

  • No Current Locations

New Hampshire

  • No Current Locations

Vermont

  • No Current Locations

Arkansas

  • Casa Grande
  • Flagstaff
  • Phoenix
  • Tucson
  • Yuma

Missouri

  • Ironton
  • Hermann
  • Cedar Hill
  • Park Hills
  • Sedalia
  • De Soto
  • Dexter
  • New Haven
  • St Clair
  • Arnold
  • Sikeston
  • Camdenton
  • Wentzville
  • St Louis
  • Farmington
  • Bonne Terre
  • Florissant
  • Laurie
  • Neosho
  • Versailles
  • Jefferson City
  • Ste Genevieve
  • Bowling Green
  • Independence
  • Cuba
  • Kansas City
  • Hannibal
  • Pacific
  • St Charles
  • N Kansas City
  • Poplar Bluff
  • Owensville
  • Cape Girardeau
  • Potosi
  • Gladstone
  • Otto
  • Springfield
  • Pevely
  • Overland
  • Forsyth

Rhode Island

  • Pawtucket
  • Pawtucket
  • East Providence
  • Providence

Kentucky

  • Williamsburg
  • Shelbyville
  • Flemingsburg
  • Pineville
  • Hodgenville
  • Danville
  • Corbin
  • Jenkins
  • Beattyville
  • Mount Sterling
  • Owenton
  • Irvine
  • Harlan
  • Lawrenceburg
  • Morgantown
  • Paris
  • Munfordville
  • Cave City
  • Eminence
  • Whitley City
  • Vanceburg
  • Cynthiana
  • Virgie
  • Bowling Green
  • Barbourville
  • Pikeville
  • Lexington
  • Harrodsburg
  • Columbia
  • Ashland
  • Richmond
  • Stanton
  • Evarts
  • Fall Rock
  • Louisville
  • Winchester
  • Phelps
  • Goody
  • McKee
  • Brandenburg
  • Stanford
  • Inez
  • Morehead
  • Maysville
  • Russell Springs
  • Hardinsburg
  • Liberty
  • Martin
  • Glasgow
  • Albany
  • Warsaw
  • Mayfield
  • Whitesburg
  • Hindman
  • Campton
  • Scottsville
  • Louisa
  • Frankfort
  • Carlisle
  • Jackson
  • Georgetown
  • Mt Vernon
  • Garrard
  • Paintsville
  • Somerset
  • West Liberty
  • Leitchfield
  • Middlesboro
  • Grayson
  • Versailles
  • Owingsville
  • Berea
  • Monticello
  • Olive Hill
  • Hazard
  • Hyden
  • Nicholasville
  • London
  • Bardstown
  • Lancaster
  • Sandy Hook
  • Salyersville

Kansas

  • Wichita
  • Kansas City
  • Overland Park

Alabama

  • Bridgeport
  • Huntsville
  • Gadsden
  • Athens
  • Anniston
  • Jasper
  • Birmingham
  • Northport
  • Midfield
  • Sylacauga

Illinois

  • La Salle
  • East St Louis
  • Granite City
  • Chicago
  • Galesburg
  • Richton Park
  • Peoria Heights
  • Midlothian
  • Pittsfield
  • Paris
  • Urbana
  • Auburn
  • Rockford
  • Rock Falls
  • Pinckneyville
  • Carbondale
  • Danville
  • Springfield
  • Alton
  • Clinton
  • Belleville
  • Du Quoin
  • Effingham
  • Waukegan
  • Pekin
  • Quincy
  • Beardstown
  • S Chicago Heights
  • Decatur
  • Monmouth
  • Aurora
  • Pana
  • Georgetown
  • Metropolis
  • Benton
  • Fairfield
  • Kewanee

Massachusetts

  • Holyoke
  • Springfield
  • Indian Orchard
  • New Bedford

North Carolina

  • Wilson
  • Rockingham
  • Roanoke Rapids
  • Greensboro
  • Sanford
  • Kannapolis
  • Charlotte
  • Durham
  • Eden
  • Greenville
  • Murphy
  • Gastonia

Wisconsin

  • Racine
  • Milwaukee
  • Amery
  • Fond du Lac
  • West Allis
  • Green Bay
  • Stevens Point
  • Keshena

Colorado

  • Colorado Springs
  • Denver
  • Longmont
  • Northglenn
  • Westminster
  • Aurora
  • Commerce City
  • Greeley
  • Pueblo
  • Thornton

Georgia

  • Macon
  • Elberton
  • Vidalia
  • Statesboro
  • Cairo
  • Moultrie
  • Tifton
  • Valdosta
  • Cordele
  • Americus
  • Columbus
  • Dalton
  • Brunswick
  • Ft Olgethorpe
  • Blairsville
  • Douglas

Indiana

  • Clinton
  • Linton
  • Connersville
  • Washington
  • Hammond
  • Richmond
  • Kouts
  • Rensselaer
  • Vincennes
  • Merrillville
  • Grabill
  • Rochester
  • Kokomo
  • Valparaiso
  • Scottsburg
  • Terre Haute
  • S Bend
  • Elkhart
  • Union City
  • Rushville
  • Jeffersonville
  • Roselawn
  • Brazil
  • Peru
  • Wheatfield
  • Spencer
  • Hartford City
  • Fort Wayne
  • Indianapolis
  • Princeton
  • Michigan City
  • Delphi
  • Brookville
  • Sullivan
  • Knox
  • Topeka

Lousiana

  • Baton Rouge
  • Minden
  • Kenner
  • Chalmette
  • Hammond
  • Gretna
  • Franklinton
  • Metairie
  • Houma
  • DeRidder
  • New Orleans

Michigan

  • Rockwood
  • Bay City
  • Rogers City
  • Flint
  • Pontiac
  • Kalamazoo
  • Benzonia
  • Ypsilanti
  • Caro
  • Traverse City
  • Gladwin
  • Battle Creek
  • Harrison
  • East Jordan
  • Taylor
  • Grayling
  • Houghton Lake
  • Benton Harbor
  • Muskegon
  • Holland
  • Newaygo
  • Alpena
  • Clare
  • Baldwin
  • Cadillac
  • Stanton
  • Belding
  • Sault Sainte Marie
  • Grand Rapids
  • Lincoln Park
  • Dowagiac
  • Detroit
  • Jackson
  • West Branch
  • Corunna
  • Marshall
  • Mt Morris
  • Manistee
  • East Tawas
  • Parchment
  • Saginaw
  • Cedar Springs
  • Cheboygan
  • Paw Paw
  • Port Huron
  • Cutlerville
  • Westland
  • Highland

New Jersey

  • Bridgeton
  • Lindenwold
  • Hamilton
  • Atlantic City
  • Pennsville
  • Newark
  • Hillside
  • Ewing
  • Camden
  • Pennsauke
  • Orange
  • Paulsboro

Pennsylvania

  • McConnellsburg
  • Perryopolis
  • Lancaster
  • Sharon
  • Bradford
  • Chambersburg
  • Erie
  • Kane
  • York
  • Reading
  • Lock Haven
  • Altoona
  • Waynesboro
  • Upper Darby
  • Beaver Falls
  • Brookhaven
  • Butler
  • Corry
  • Mt Pleasant
  • Cheltenham
  • St Marys
  • Bedford
  • Johnstown
  • Pittsburgh
  • Darby
  • Harrisburg
  • Wilkes Barre
  • Titusville
  • Uniontown
  • Lebanon
  • North Versailles
  • Millsboro
  • Philadelphia
  • Franklin
  • Meadville
  • Norristown
  • New Castle
  • Tyrone
  • Clearfield
  • South Williamsport
  • Folcroft
  • Du Bois

Tennessee

  • Milan
  • McKenzie
  • Dickson
  • Fayetteville
  • Parsons
  • Knoxville
  • McMinnville
  • Athens
  • Red Bank
  • Chattanooga
  • East Ridge
  • Dunlap
  • Greeneville
  • Oneida
  • Dayton
  • Cleveland
  • Sweetwater
  • Wartburg
  • Hixson
  • LaFollette
  • Sparta
  • Union City
  • Smithville
  • Columbia
  • Savannah
  • Covington
  • Madisonville
  • Tracy City
  • Rogersville
  • Woodbury
  • Nashville
  • Decherd
  • Jamestown
  • Crossville
  • Lafayette
  • Lawrenceburg
  • Celina
  • Manchester
  • Gainesboro
  • Gallatin
  • Elizabethton
  • Livingston
  • Monterey
  • Tennessee Ridge
  • Memphis
  • Brownsville
  • Lexington
  • Jackson
  • Lavergne
  • Carthage
  • Spencer
  • Madison
  • Tellico Plains
  • Dyersburg
  • Millington
  • Centerville
  • Murfreesboro
  • Cookeville
  • Whitwell
  • Pikeville

West Virginia

  • Keyser
  • Warwood
  • Wayne
  • Summersville
  • Welch
  • Cross Lanes
  • Martinsburg
  • Kenova
  • Scott Depot
  • Fairmont
  • Elkins
  • Hinton
  • E Huntington
  • Pineville
  • Cedar Grove
  • Beckley
  • New Martinsville
  • Parkersburg
  • Huntington
  • Pennsboro
  • Kingwood
  • Charles Town
  • Sissonville
  • Danville
  • Clendenin

Connecticut

  • Meriden
  • Hamden
  • Hartford
  • Waterbury
  • Bridgeport

Maine

  • Lewiston
  • Portland
  • Caribou
  • South Paris
  • Waterville
  • Presque Isle
  • Farmington

Texas

  • Dallas
  • Texarkana
  • Mineral Wells
  • Ft Worth
  • Athens
  • Paris
  • Sherman

Delaware

  • Seaford
  • Millsboro
  • Wilmington
  • Claymont
  • New Castle

Maryland

  • Bladensburg
  • Temple Hills
  • Brooklyn Park
  • Oxon Hill
  • Greensboro
  • Cumberland
  • Dundalk
  • Salisbury
  • Seat Pleasant
  • Frostburg
  • Hancock
  • Hagerstown
  • Baltimore
  • Arbutus
  • Forestville

Mississippi

  • Clarksdale
  • Jackson
  • Gulfport
  • Brookhaven
  • Pascagoula
  • Batesville
  • Canton
  • Meridian
  • Yazoo City
  • Greenwood
  • Pearl
  • Westpoint
  • Houston

Oklahoma

  • Ardmore
  • Shawnee
  • Tulsa
  • Holdenville
  • McAlester
  • Tahlequah
  • Idabel
  • Weatherford

South Carolina

  • West Union
  • Laurens
  • Pickens
  • Union
  • Goose Creek
  • North Charleston
  • Anderson

Iowa

  • Cedar Rapids
  • Sioux City

Virginia

  • Hopewell
  • Norfolk
  • Hampton
  • Richmond
  • Petersburg
  • Mt Jackson

Ohio

  • Peekskill
  • Newark
  • Warsaw
  • Batavia
  • Fulton
  • West Seneca
  • Hamburg
  • Elmira
  • Niagara Falls
  • Kenmore
  • Wellsville
  • Salamanca
  • Troy
  • Lakewood
  • Syracuse
  • Oneida
  • Rotterdam
  • Sandusky
  • Pomeroy
  • Hubbard
  • Zanesville
  • Springfield
  • Fostoria
  • Eastlake
  • Rogers
  • Streetsboro
  • Parma
  • Canton
  • Caldwell
  • Mansfield
  • Chillicothe
  • Peebles
  • Greenfield
  • Euclid
  • Shelby
  • Painesville
  • Kenton
  • Bethel
  • Conneaut
  • Wooster
  • Stow
  • Cleveland Heights
  • West Union
  • Athens
  • Wadsworth
  • Ashland
  • Brunswick
  • Orrville
  • Alliance
  • Akron
  • Struthers
  • North Randall
  • Reynoldsburg
  • Salem
  • Lima
  • Lancaster
  • Tallmadge
  • Elyria
  • Uhrichsville
  • Middlefield
  • Barberton
  • Upper Sandusky
  • Dayton
  • Youngstown
  • Cleveland
  • McConnelsville
  • North Olmsted
  • Massillon
  • Middletown
  • Portsmouth
  • Whitehall
  • Amherst
  • Barnesville
  • Parma Heights
  • Ashtabula

New York

  • Potsdam
  • Bath
  • North Collins
  • Rome
  • Johnson City
  • Gouverneur
  • Ontario
  • Lancaster
  • Albion
  • Canton
  • Tupper Lake
  • Dansville
  • Gloversville
  • LeRoy
  • Newburgh
  • Cheektowaga
  • Buffalo
  • Ogdensburg
  • Plattsburgh
  • Fort Plain
  • Watertown
  • North Tonawanda
  • Cortland
  • Port Jervis
  • Lackawanna
  • Albany
  • Hornell
  • Alden
  • Blasdell
  • Jamestown
  • Silver Creek
  • Dunkirk
  • Rochester
  • Chaffee
  • Peekskill
  • Newark
  • Warsaw
  • Batavia
  • Fulton
  • West Seneca
  • Hamburg
  • Elmira
  • Niagara Falls
  • Kenmore
  • Wellsville
  • Salamanca
  • Troy
  • Lakewood
  • Syracuse
  • Oneida
  • Rotterdam

Florida

  • Apopka
  • Arcadia
  • Archer
  • Auburndale
  • Avon Park
  • Bartow
  • Bayonet Point
  • Belleview
  • Bradenton
  • Bronson
  • Brooksville
  • Chiefland
  • Clearwater
  • Clermont
  • Clewiston
  • Crescent City
  • Cross City
  • Crystal River
  • Dade City
  • Daytona Beach
  • Deland
  • Deltona
  • Dunedin
  • Dunnellon
  • Eustis
  • Fort Pierce
  • Frostproof
  • Ft Myers
  • Ft Pierce
  • Gainesville
  • Gulfport
  • Haines City
  • Holiday
  • Holly Hill
  • Hollywood
  • Hudson
  • Inverness
  • Jacksonville
  • Kenneth City
  • Kissimmee
  • Labelle
  • Lake City
  • Lake Placid
  • Lake Wales
  • Lakeland
  • Largo
  • Leesburg
  • Lehigh Acres
  • Live Oak
  • Longwood
  • MacClenny
  • N Fort Myers
  • NORTH PORT
  • New Port Richey
  • New Smyrna Beach
  • Ocala
  • Orlando
  • Pahokee
  • Palatka
  • Palm Bay
  • Perry
  • Plant City
  • Port Orange
  • Port Richey
  • Riverview
  • Sanford
  • Sarasota
  • Sebring
  • Seffner
  • Seminole
  • Spring Hill
  • St Augustine
  • St Cloud
  • St Petersburg
  • Starke
  • Sun City
  • Tallahassee
  • Tampa
  • Temple Terrace
  • Titusville
  • Umatilla
  • Wauchula
  • Wildwood
  • Winter Garden
  • Winter Haven
  • Zephyrhills