Shoppers is thought to have innovated several now-common supermarket features, such as warehouse shelving (no longer utilized in its stores), open-bin bulk foods (also no longer found in the chain), large salad bars with hot prepared foods and specialized fans to keep produce fresh, and "warehouse-sized" packaged products.

Shoppers eliminated all but two to three sizes of each product to allow a greater selection of different brands on a typical shelf and to further lower prices.

[1] In 1988, Irving and his son and vice president, Mike Herman, made the decision to retire, leaving Kenneth and his children in control of the corporation.

[2] Haft and the Herman brothers were long time acquaintances, having grown up and been schooled together in the same poor Jewish neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Kenneth remained at the company as president and CEO, his son Robert, then Executive Vice President, took over as Chief Operating Officer, son Mitchel retained his post as Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs, and Kenneth's daughter and company spokesperson Sandra Perkins retained her position as Director of Marketing and Advertising.

Dart acquired the remainder of the company in 1997 after exercising a complicated buy-sell agreement with the Herman family.

The Herman siblings exited upon Dart's acquisition of the company, ending Shoppers' last connection to its founders.

In 2018, United Natural Foods acquired SuperValu (including) Shoppers in order to obtain the wholesale operations of the company.

[3] Around October 2022 to August 2023, Shoppers has been quietly opening several new stores, mostly being former locations sold by UNFI.

In 2000, the Shoppers Classic Charity Golf Tournament was established to raise funds along with its vendor partners for local causes, including the Maryland Food Bank and Capitol Area Food Bank, new community playgrounds, and the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation for underprivileged children.

On May 29, 2008, it was reported that the FBI had searched Maryland State Senator Ulysses Currie's District Heights home and taken documents related to his work as a consultant to Shoppers Food & Pharmacy.

[4] On September 1, 2010, federal grand jury indicted Currie and Shoppers Food Warehouse Corporation executives William J.