United Supermarkets

United Supermarkets is a Lubbock, Texas based supermarket chain whose 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 50 stores in 30 Texas cities and over 10,000 workers.

Today, United Supermarkets is led by the Snell family, now in its fourth generation of management. Matt and Gantt Bumstead, great-grandchildren of H.D. Snell are involved in the day-to-day operation. In addition to the original grocery chain, it has added two other concepts in recent years: Market Street, which features take-home cuisine, restaurants, gourmet and everyday grocery items in one store; and Amigos United, an international-format store offering a blend of American fare and international cuisine.

Dan J. Sanders became CEO in June 2004 who published a book, Built to Serve, with Mcgraw-Hill in September 2007. Built to Serve is a management book that stresses the principles United was supposedly founded on. It focuses on putting people before profits. The foreword was written by Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and the afterword was written by Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager. Dan stepped down in Feb. 2010 and Robert Taylor was named CEO.

On April 1st 2009 United opened its 50th store in Plano, Texas. It was the last of a chain of new Market Street openings in the DFW area.

The stores are primarily located in north Texas, west Texas and the Texas panhandle. There are five regions for store locations: the Lubbock region has 18 stores, the Amarillo region has 13 stores, the Wichita Falls region has eight stores, the Abilene region has five stores, and the Dallas region has six stores.

United was proud to be named one of the 'Best Companies to Work for in Texas' for 3 consecutive years.