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United Supermarkets is a Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is an United States of America city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in the West Texas part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, it is the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, and the home of Texas Tech University....
 based supermarket
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A supermarket is a self-service Retailing#Retail types offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments....
 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 48 stores in 28 Texas cities and over 9,000 team members serving their guests and their communities.

Today, United Supermarkets continues to be led by the Snell family, now in its fourth generation of management.






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United Supermarkets is a Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is an United States of America city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in the West Texas part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, it is the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, and the home of Texas Tech University....
 based supermarket
Supermarket

A supermarket is a self-service Retailing#Retail types offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments....
 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 48 stores in 28 Texas cities and over 9,000 team members serving their guests and their communities.

Today, United Supermarkets continues to be 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 the perfect blend of American fare and international cuisine.

Dan J. Sanders became CEO in June 2004. Mr. Sanders published a book, Built to Serve, with Mcgraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are education, publishing, broadcasting, and financial and business services....
 in September 2007. Built to Serve is a management book that stresses the principles United was founded on. It focuses on putting people before profits. The foreword was written by Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey

Stephen R. Covey wrote the best-selling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Other books he has written include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families....
, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and the afterword was written by Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

Kenneth Hartley Blanchard is an American author and management expert. His book The One Minute Manager has sold over 13 million copies and has been translated into 37 languages....
, author of The One Minute Manager.

Despite tremendous growth, the original vision of H.D. and Jack Snell is very much alive in today's United Supermarkets. The founders' spirit of service and basic philosophy still serve as cornerstones of everyday operations.

Market Street Front
That philosophy is simple: Passionate team members dedicated to giving guests the finest in quality, value and service. In short, it's what makes United different - Food, People, Heart & Soul.

United Spirit Arena

United Supermarkets owns the naming rights to United Spirit Arena
United Spirit Arena

United Spirit Arena is a 15,020-seat multi-purpose arena in Lubbock, Texas. The arena opened in 1999. It is home to the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball and Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball teams and volleyball team....
 at Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University is a public university, coeducational, research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the List of largest Texas universities by enrollment student body in the state of T...
. The arena is the home court for the university's men's and women's basketball teams
Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are the College athletics teams that represent Texas Tech University. The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name....
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