Casa Ley

Casa Ley is a Mexican grocery store chain based in Culiacán founded in 1954 by Juan Ley Fong. Most of its stores are located in western Mexico, in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, and Baja California Sur. It is Mexico's largest privately held supermarket chain. For years, 49% of the chain was owned by American supermarket chain Safeway Inc., which later went to Albertsons Companies, Inc. after it acquired Safeway in 2015.[1][2] In 2018, Albertsons divested its 49% share to Tenedora CL del Noroeste, ending the company's international operations.[3]

Casa Ley, S.A.P.I. de C.V.
TypePrivate
IndustrySupermarket, Grocery
FoundedSeptember 1954 (1954-09) in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
FounderJuan Ley Fong (Lee Fong)
Headquarters
Culiacán, Sinaloa
Number of locations
300+
Key people
Juan Manuel Ley
(CEO & Chairman)
Servicesbakery, dairy, deli, dry cleaning, frozen foods, grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor, and money transfers
Number of employees
22,000
ParentAlbertsons (49%)
Websitecasaley.com.mx

History

The company originally started as a small village shop in the mining town of Tayoltita, where Ley offered his goods to the gold and silver miners of the San Luis Mining Company. In 1948, a theft by a close friend and colleague forced Ley to eventually close his shop and leave the town, in search of a new location. The family moved to Culiacán, and in September 1954 the company Casa Ley was born.


  • Ley Store
  • Another Ley Store
  • Checkout lane
  • Produce area

References
  1. "Safeway earnings may drop / Grocery chain blames slow sales, health costs". SFGate. November 9, 2002. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  2. Maria Armental (July 25, 2014). "Safeway Shareholders Approve Albertsons Merger". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  3. https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/albertsons-sells-casa-ley-stake-posts-q3-id-sales-decline
  • Media related to Casa Ley at Wikimedia Commons
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