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Foodarama

Logo: foodaramatexas.com3

Supermarket chain in Texas, United States

Foodarama, also known as Cox's Foodarama, is a supermarket chain in Texas, with its headquarters in Foodarama Store #1 in Brays Oaks, Houston. In Greater Houston, as of 2016 Foodarama operated ten stores. Carrol Cox is the founder and president of Foodarama.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Foodarama, also known as Cox's Foodarama, is a supermarket chain in Texas, with its headquarters in Foodarama Store #1 in Brays Oaks, Houston. In Greater Houston, as of 2016 Foodarama operated ten stores. Carrol Cox is the founder and president of Foodarama. As of 2011, 1,000 people worked for Foodarama. As of 2016, the Cox family were still the owners of the chain.2

Corporate structure

Foodarama sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Foodarama Brays Oaks
    • Foodarama (Westbury) Subsidiary · Houston, United States

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The first Foodarama location was opened in 1973 by Carrol Cox. He had gained grocery-store managerial experience in Arizona and Utah before moving to Houston.

In 1993, after AppleTree Markets put many of its stores up for sale, Cox's Foodarama acquired one. Foodarama acquired the 1805 Ella Appletree, currently Foodarama #4. On February 28, 1999, Cox's Foodarama had seven locations. It had $74.4 million in annual sales and 1.4% of the grocery market. It also had 814 Houston-area employees. In the period between February 1999 and February 2000, Foodarama opened two locations and remodeled two locations. In 1999, Cox's Foodarama had 1.5% of the Houston grocery market. Foodarama occupied a Randall's location that was closed in 2006.

From Wikipedia’s article on Foodarama, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Foodarama (Westbury)

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1973Founded Founded1

Sources

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