Price Chopper Stores
Price Chopper is a group of four separate family-owned chains of grocery stores formed in 1979 in the Kansas City and Des Moines metropolitan areas that share a common brand name and unified marketing campaigns. The owners are the Ball, Cosentino, McKeever, and Queen families in Kansas City and Crestline Capital a Bass family of Texas entity, and DGS Foods in Des Moines.
On March 28, 2015, Price Chopper moved into the Des Moines, lowa, area after acquiring five former Dahl’s stores. Price Chopper has no connection to chains of the same name in Canada (which now operates under the name FreshCo), New Zealand, and in New York and New England.
In 1932, Joseph E, Grosberg, together with Russian Jewish immigrants Bernard and William Golub, partners in the Grosberg-Golub Corporation, opened the partnership’s first supermarket (initially called Public Service Market) in Green Island, New York, followed by stores in Cohoes, Watervliet and Schenectady. They gave all four stores the name Central Market.
The concept was a success and they continued to open many more stores in the region. In 1943, the Golub brothers bought out Joseph Grosberg’s share of the company and formed the present parent company, the Golub Corporation. In 1951, it was one of the first grocery chains in the country to issue the well-known S&H Green Trading Stamps.
The five ownership groups own and operate 55 stores across Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa. Slogans for the chain include “Just Right” and “Fresher Ways to save”. In 2015 it was the largest grocery store chain in the Kansas City metropolitan area in terms of both sales and number of stores.
Price Chopper operates 131 stores in Upstate New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Its locations are all serviced from the same warehouse in Rotterdam, New York.
Price Chopper Western Union
Price Chopper does accept Western Union. It is an easy way to send money across and Price Chopper stores do cash out Money (Western Union). Western Union is a leader in global money transfers. They offer reliable methods of paying bills, sending and receiving money around the world.
The processing fee is up to $30 per transfer for domestic transfers. Varies for international transfers up to $16.00 per transfer. Before initiating a transfer, use a bank or transfer service’s online calculator to estimate your money transfer fees and international money transfer fees.
Price Chopper also Cash Check and other money services.
Price Chopper Cash Check
The policy guides the types and size of checks that can be cashed at Price Chopper outlets. Usually, after registering for the AdvantEdge rewards card at Price Chopper, you qualify automatically to use their check cashing services.
Price Chopper cashes pre-printed payroll and benefit checks (such as Social Security and unemployment). It doesn’t cash personal checks (except when getting cash back with a purchase), two-party checks, tax refunds, drafts, and checks made payable to cash, starter checks, foreign checks, third-party checks, or traveler ’s checks.
The fee to cash a check at Price Chopper varies depending on the check type. But they are also some checks that can be cashed for free like:
- Manufacturer’s rebates up to $50
- Pension/retirement checks
- Social Security checks
- Unemployment checks
You can cash a check at Price Chopper any time the Guest Services desk is open. Guest Services hours may vary by location but are typically shorter than store hours, so it’s best to call your nearest store for specifics.
Note that check cashing is only available at Guest Services, not at checkout lanes. They are also other stores that Cash Checks rather than Price Chopper.