A much younger Jerry Ridley checks out a customer at Ridley’s first store

Ridley's Family Markets is a family owned and operated business. Jerry and Connie Ridley have been in the grocery business for over 25 years. They started Ridley's in 1984 with a small grocery store in Payson, Utah. In 1986 the sold that store and opened one in Orem, Utah. A couple of years later they sold that store and purchased a store in Jerome Idaho. Since then they have seen their company grow to a small chain of 15 stores - Blackfoot (2003), Buhl (1998), Gooding (1988), Jerome (1988), Kimberly (2002), McCall (1994), Middleton (1997), Pocatello (1998), Rupert (1988), Tremonton (2004), Weiser (1999), Hyrum (2005), Boise (2005), Ely (2007) and Pinedale (2008). Through this growth Jerry and Connie have kept Ridley's a family operation and are still active in running the company.

Ridley's prides itself on being a hometown food and drug store that employs members of the local community who enjoy serving their neighbors while working at Ridley's. Ridley's employs approximately 600 of these community members between its' 15 stores. It is these employees who have helped Ridley's grow over the past two decades to serve more communities and customers through offering superior customer service. It is this service combined with an unyielding demand for the highest quality foods that keeps Ridley's customers coming back.

Ridley's 11,000 sqaure foot store in Payson, Utah

Ridley's Family Markets is looking towards the future for opportunities to grow their business. Jerry Ridley believes that it is important to keep the business small enough to be family owned and operated because this is what enables Ridley's to treat and serve their employees, customers, and communities better than that of the large chain store corporations. However, he realizes that combining several stores buying power together allows Ridley's to pass on extra savings to the customer, which leads to Ridley's slogan of "Small enough to serve you. Large enough to save you money."

The whole Ridley family would like to thank all of their employees, customers, and communities for their support and friendship. Ridley's will continue to offer you the highest quality products and best service at competitive prices well into the future.