Casa Ley is a Mexican grocery store chain based in

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founded in 1954 by Juan Ley Fong. Most of its stores are located in western Mexico, in the states of

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, Sonora, Sinaloa,

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, Jalisco,

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, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, and Baja California Sur. It is Mexico's largest privately held supermarket chain. For years, 49% of the chain was owned by American supermarket chain

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, which later went to Albertsons Companies, Inc. after it acquired Safeway in 2015. In 2018, Albertsons divested its 49% share to Tenedora CL del Noroeste, ending the company's international operations.

History

The company originally started as a small village shop in the mining town of

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, where Ley offered his goods to the gold and silver miners of the San Luis Mining Company. In 1948, a theft by a close friend and colleague forced Ley to eventually close his shop and leave the town, in search of a new location. The family moved to

, and in September 1954 the company Casa Ley was born. File:Leystore.jpg, Ley Store File:LeyLaJabonera.jpg, Another Ley Store File:LeyCheckout.jpg, Checkout lane File:LeyProduce.jpg, Produce area

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