Jr. Food Stores is a chain of convenience stores operating in south central Kentucky and northern Middle Tennessee, with approximately 41 retail locations. It is owned by Houchens Industries. The chain is not related to Jr. Food Mart (founded 1960), which is an outgrowth of the now-defunct Jitney Jungle supermarket chain and continues to operate convenience stores in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, or the now-defunct Jr. Food Stores chain based in Panama City, Florida (founded 1961), which had locations in five Gulf Coast states and was sold in 1995.