Chatham was a supermarket chain, now-defunct, headquartered in southeastern Michigan. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America.
Founded by Royal Supermarkets in the mid-1950s, Chatham were often compared to Kroger (which subsequently purchased former Chatham locations after the chain went out of business) in size and selection. The Kroger Co ( is an American Retail Supermarket chain and Parent company, founded by Bernard Henry Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati Typical of many grocery stores of its time, Chatham was found to be unable to keep up with big-box grocery competitors, including Michigan-based Meijer. Meijer ( Dutch, ˈmaɪər is a regional American Hypermarket chain based in Walker Michigan.
The company folded in the mid-1980's.