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Finast

Logo: Giant-Carlisle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Defunct American supermarket chain

Finast was a retail supermarket brand that started in the northeastern United States, with headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts. Finast was a syllabic abbreviation for "First National Stores. " Commonly referred to as "The First National", the stores operated under the First National name for decades, while the Finast acronym was reserved for its store-brand products.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1853Founded1
  • Industryretail1
  • HeadquartersSomerville1

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Finast Bedford, OH (9670629770)
Photo: Mike Kalasnik from Fort Mill, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Finast was a retail supermarket brand that started in the northeastern United States, with headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts. Finast was a syllabic abbreviation for "First National Stores." Commonly referred to as "The First National", the stores operated under the First National name for decades, while the Finast acronym was reserved for its store-brand products. Several years later, most of its stores were renamed Finast during a modernization effort.2

Products and brands

  • grocery store

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1993Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1853Founded Founded1

Sources

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