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Company Profile
Ruddick Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of a regional chain of supermarkets primarily in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, and the District of Columbia. The company's supermarkets offer an assortment of groceries, produce, meat and seafood, delicatessen items, bakery items, and wines, as well as non-food items, such as health and beauty care, general merchandise, and floral products- and pharmaceutical products. It also involves in the manufactures and distribution of industrial sewing thread, embroidery thread, and technical textiles for use in apparel products- and non-apparel products, including home furnishings, automotive, footwear, upholstered furniture, sporting goods, caps and hats, gloves, leather products, medical products, and tea bag strings. As of September 30, 2010, Ruddick Corporation operated 199 supermarkets, which include 134 in North Carolina 134, 35 in Virginia, 13 in South Carolina, 5 in Maryland, 5 in Tennessee, 3 in Delaware, 2 in the District of Columbia, 1 in Florida, and 1 in Georgia. It also operates in Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, Honduras, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Turkey, Poland, South Africa, and Slovenia. The company was founded in 1891 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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