Quality Food Centers (QFC) is a supermarket chain based in Bellevue, Washington, with over 80 stores in the Puget Sound region of Washington state and in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Founded in Bellevue in 1956 by Jack Croco , it was purchased by Portland-based Fred Meyer in 1997. Fred Meyer was in turn purchased by Cincinnati-based Kroger in 1999.
QFC and Safeway are the dominant supermarkets in the city of Seattle.