Jewel-Osco
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Founder | Frank Vernon Skiff |
| Headquarters | Itasca, Illinois, U.S. |
Number of locations | 189 (2025) |
Area served | Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana |
Key people | Mike Withers (president) |
| Products | Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks and flowers |
| Services | supermarkets/food-drug stores |
| Parent | American Stores (1984–1999) Albertsons (1999–present) |
| Website | jewelosco |
Jewel-Osco is a regional supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. In 2025, the company had 189 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest Indiana. Jewel-Osco has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Boise-based Albertsons since 1999. The company originally started as a door-to-door coffee delivery service before it expanded into delivering non-perishable groceries and later into grocery stores, and supermarkets. Prior to its 1984 acquisition by American Stores, Jewel evolved into a large multi-state holding company that operated several supermarket chains and other non-food retail chain stores located from coast to coast and had operated under several different brand names.