Colonial Stores

Colonial Stores
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySupermarket/Retail
FoundedDecember 5, 1940 (1940-12-05)
Defunct1983 (1983)
FateBanner eliminated
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Number of locations
435 (1965)
ParentNational Food Products (1940-1978)
Grand Union (1978-1983)

Colonial Stores was a chain of grocery stores once found throughout much of the South. Most were transformed to Big Star Markets in the 1970s and later most became Harris Teeter or A&P.