Jewel-Osco
Jewel-Osco is a U.S. grocery and pharmacy retail chain that operates roughly 188 stores across the Chicagoland area, Indiana, and Iowa, offering groceries, pharmacy services, and online ordering with pickup and delivery. It operates as a division of Albertsons Companies.www.jewelosco.com
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Oct 28, 2026
KarlaHOST
Cargo shorts, yeah.
AhmadHOST
And then these balloons were like two bucks from Jewel Osco.
AhmadHOST
And the balloons go everywhere that he goes.
AhmadHOST
Yeah.
AllyHOST
And this the parking lot of this grocery store was so narrow.
AllyHOST
Don't picture like your local Jewel Osco or Publix or Pete's.
AllyHOST
This was like one narrow strip.
AllyHOST
Like, get in where you can.
MougHOST
We're going to have little treat stations.
MougHOST
We're also going to have cookies from Tiff's Treats and candy and stuff from Jewelosco.
MougHOST
So that part of it is going to be a lot of fun.
MougHOST
We're also inviting you to bring your kids in costume.
Ivy FraterHOST
Last week, an Uber driver fell in love with his rider after she made the bold choice to sit in the front seat.
Ivy FraterHOST
Last month, someone decided he was ready to be the dad who stepped up after striking up a conversation with a mom and her daughter at Jewel Osco.
Ivy FraterHOST
A couple minutes ago, as of writing this, an anonymous user met a beautiful girl with a red heart tattoo under her eye working at Walgreens and promptly fell in love.
Ivy FraterHOST
And perhaps the creepiest story yet, one user confessed a longstanding crush that he developed after exchanging smiles with a man in the gym locker room.
Andy BeckermanHOST
What's the main Midwestern supermarket?
Irene TuGUEST
Well, the one that we would go to is Jewel Osco.
Irene TuGUEST
You know Jewel Osco? I don't know Jewel Osco.
Andy BeckermanHOST
Two names? Yes.
Andy BeckermanHOST
Wow.
Irene TuGUEST
Osco.
Irene TuGUEST
I don't know.
Irene TuGUEST
I never delved into why it was named Jewel Osco.
Tom FornelliGUEST
Uh, yeah, I, you know, I, I, I went to school, Illinois and like, I was working full time while I was still in school.
Tom FornelliGUEST
And I'd always like in high school, I started working at Jewel Osco, which is a very large drugstore chain in the Chicago area.
Tom FornelliGUEST
And I'd been working there and I was still working there as I was going to college.
Tom FornelliGUEST
And then after I was finished with college, I was like, man, I got a history degree.
Tom FornelliGUEST
There's a whole heck of a lot I can do with this thing.
Tom FornelliGUEST
That was, that was a real solid use of my time and money.
Tom FornelliGUEST
And, uh, I was like, all right, well, I was making my way kind of up the ladder at at Jewel Osco and I had been promoted and I was a manager.
Tom FornelliGUEST
And, you know, honestly, it was pretty decent money.
Mark GroteHOST
And then we just
Leila RahimiHOST
kept talking about Jewel Osco in the break.
Mark GroteHOST
That's because we love the Jewels.
Leila RahimiHOST
Not the right time.
Laurence HolmesHOST
The Score.
Laurence HolmesHOST
This hour is being brought to you by Jewel-Osco.
Laurence HolmesHOST
Spiegl and Holmes Show flashback, flashback, flashback.
Tony KornheiserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Welcome to Monday Night Football.
John CroteauHOST
It's got nearly 2,300 stores.
John CroteauHOST
We're talking Safeway, Vons, Jewel Osco, Tom Thumb, Randall's, Pavilion, Star Market, Albertsons itself, and, of course, Shaw's and Acme, which you have shopped at.
John CroteauHOST
Then there's the number one chain, Kroger, with roughly 2,700 stores.
John CroteauHOST
That's Kroger, King Soopers, Smith's, Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, Fry's, QFC, and the worst name ever for a grocery store in Southern California...
EddieHOST
I mean, I, I was...
EddieHOST
Listen, I was a produce pro at Jewel-Osco for nine months.
Danny ConradPANELIST
[laughs]
LancePANELIST
I'm gonna brag.
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