Gerland Corporation

Gerland Corporation was a retail company headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States;[1] the company operates various grocery stores, gas stations, and check cashing stores within the Greater Houston Area.

[citation needed] Following the success of the Weingarten's and Randall's supermarket chains in Houston, Gerland's added bakery and delicatessen departments to its stores in the late 1970s.

[citation needed] In 1980 Gerland's had 6% of the Houston-area grocery market share, making it the fifth largest grocer there.

[3] In 2002 Gerland's was Houston's seventh largest grocer, with 16 locations generating $185.9 million in sales.

[6] In 2015, Gerland's was purchased by Lewis Food Town, another local, independent grocer established in Houston.