Harps Food Stores

Harps Food Stores, Inc.
Employee-Owned
Industry Grocery, Fuel
Founded 1930 (1930)
Founders Harvard and Floy Harp
Headquarters Springdale, Arkansas, U.S.
Number of locations
87 (2016)
Key people
Kim Eskew (CEO, President) Roger Collins (Chairman)
Revenue $808 million (2015)
Number of employees
3,350
Website www.harpsfood.com

Harps Food Stores, Inc., based in Springdale, Arkansas, is a chain of 87 supermarkets located across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas.[1] The company sells both groceries and sporting goods in some larger stores. Harps Food Stores was founded in 1930[2] by Harvard and Floy Harp. In 2001, Harps became employee-owned after buying company shares from the Harp family. The stores are supplied by Kansas City, Kansas based Associated Wholesale Grocers.[3] The company is valued around $550 million, and employed 3,350 people in 2011.[4]

HARPS Marketplace store in 2005 - Fort Smith, Arkansas
Storefront of Harps Food Store in De Soto, Kansas

Locations

Front of Harps Store in Jonesboro, Arkansas

Arkansas

Kansas

Missouri

Oklahoma

References

  1. "New grocery chain coming to the area with store, fueling center".
  2. History
  3. Harps Food Stores - Supermarket News
  4. "Harps Food Stores: Arkansas Business".


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