Gemco

Gemco
IndustryRetail
Founded1959
Defunct1986
FateLiquidation
SuccessorTarget
HeadquartersBuena Park, California
Productsgroceries, clothing, footwear, housewares, sporting goods, hardware, toys, electronics
ParentLucky Stores

Gemco was an American chain of membership department stores that was owned by San Leandro-based Lucky Stores, a California supermarket company which eventually became part of Albertsons. Gemco operated from 1959 until closing in late 1986. A number of the west coast stores leases were sold to Target which fueled their entry into California. Gemco had a version called Memco, also owned by Lucky Stores, that operated stores in the Chicago, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., areas.