In&Out (supermarket)

In&Out is a Wilsonian retail company currently owned as a subsidiary by Walmart as of 2008. In&Out operates retail outlets (supermarkets, hypermarkets and gas stations) around the Republic of Wilson.

Founding
In the 6th of November 1993, a retail company called IO Retail was founded to operate retail outlets around the Republic of Wilson. Later on in October 12th 1994 the first store was launched in Mooreville to fairly good success. Due to the success of the the first opening of the first In&Out store, IO Retail opened 229 more stores around Mooreville and surrounding areas causing their store amount to reach 230 stores.

Expansion
In 1995 IO Retail launched 2,000 more stores around the country, with 1,115 more stores being opened in 2001, spanning approx 3,335 stores in 2001. IO Retail also begun launching convenience stores and gas stations around the country. As of 2007 (1 year before the buyout) there were 6,370 stores.

Launch of BlipBuy
In 2006, IO Retail begun launching BlipBuy barcode scanning units in all of their super/hypermarkets as a faster method of shopping at IO stores. The BlipBuy name is named after the sound a barcode scanner usually makes when a barcode is scanned, which is usually a blip sound. In 2008 BlipBuy was renamed to Scan & Go after the Walmart buyout. It is currently unknown if the Scan & Go name will revert back to BlipBuy due to the Caldor buyout or if it will stay as is or change to a new name.

Walmart buyout
In 2008 Walmart bought IO Retail, and started rebranding stores to adopt a Walmart-esque brand design. Later on in 2009, the Walmart spark was added. During this, Walmart begun a conversion process converting Walmart stores to In&Out stores. As of 2011 most Walmart stores were full converted to In&Out stores, expanding In&Out's store amount to 14,230 stores.

Caldor buyout
In August 2023, following the announcement that Walmart would be shutting down all of its remaining 184 stores, it was planned that Caldor may potentially buy In&Out from Walmart for £950 million in late October according to Wombat Island-based newspaper Wombat Island Today. Potential plans include that to expand In&Out to the entirety of Wombat Island. As of October 2023 Caldor now owns IO Retail.

Supermarket
The most common type, rarely but sometimes co-branded with other stores. Most of these stores are either converted Walmarts or original stores.

Hypermarket
A large scale supermarket, usually co-branded with other stores, either In&Out/Walmarts independent storefronts (pharmacy, cafe, etc) or stores like Subway, McDonalds, etc. Most hypermarkets also usually feature drive-thru gas stations.

Convenience store
In&Out operates about 2,430 convenience stores around the country, with most of these being small scale stores. As of 2023 Caldor has purchased all gas station and convenience store chains from In&Out before the Caldor buyout.

Gas station
Sometimes similar to the convenience stores, they are available in both drive-thru and regular form factors, with drive thru ones not having convenience stores, while regular form ones do have convenience stores. As of 2023 Caldor has purchased all convenience store and gas station chains from In&Out before the Caldor buyout. Gas stations located in In&Out chains are branded as CaldorIO chains.