Harps Food Stores, Inc., based in Springdale, Arkansas, is a local chain of 114 supermarkets located across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas.[2] The company sells both groceries and sporting goods in some larger stores, with several locations also incorporating pharmacies and fuel centers. In addition to its flagship brand, the company also operates grocery stores under four banners: Food4Less,[3] in southwest Missouri; CashSaver in Tulsa; 10Box Cost-Plus;[4] and Warehouse Market in Tulsa. The company additionally operates a franchise of Ace Hardware in Charleston, Arkansas, Jay, Oklahoma, and Dexter, Missouri.
Harps Food Stores was founded by Harvard and Floy Harp in 1930.[5] 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.[6] The company is valued around $550 million, and employed 5,300 people as of 2020.[7] The company announced plans on March 11, 2020, to expand further throughout northern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri, with an acquisition of 20 additional store locations from Fredericktown, Missouri-based Town and Country Grocers.[8]
HARPS Marketplace store c. 2007 - Fort Smith, ArkansasStorefront of Harps Food Store in De Soto, Kansas
harps, food, stores, based, springdale, arkansas, local, chain, supermarkets, located, across, arkansas, oklahoma, missouri, kansas, company, sells, both, groceries, sporting, goods, some, larger, stores, with, several, locations, also, incorporating, pharmaci. Harps Food Stores Inc based in Springdale Arkansas is a local chain of 114 supermarkets located across Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas 2 The company sells both groceries and sporting goods in some larger stores with several locations also incorporating pharmacies and fuel centers In addition to its flagship brand the company also operates grocery stores under four banners Food4Less 3 in southwest Missouri CashSaver in Tulsa 10Box Cost Plus 4 and Warehouse Market in Tulsa The company additionally operates a franchise of Ace Hardware in Charleston Arkansas Jay Oklahoma and Dexter Missouri Harps Food Stores Inc Storefront of a Harps Food Store in De Soto KansasTrade nameHarps FoodsFormerlyHarps Cash Grocery 1930 1964 Company typePrivate employee ownedIndustryRetail Supermarket Founded1930 94 years ago 1930 Springdale Arkansas U S FounderHarvard and Floy HarpHeadquartersSpringdale Arkansas U S Number of locations115 2024 Area servedArkansas 71 Kansas 2 Louisiana 1 Missouri 18 Oklahoma 23 Key peopleKim Eskew CEO Chairman President ProductsBakery dairy deli frozen foods general grocery meat produce seafood snacks liquorServicesMoney servicesOnline shopping and home deliveryFuelGroceryPharmacyRevenue 1 01 billion 2021 1 Number of employees4 999 2021 Websitewww wbr harpsfood wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Locations as of 1 26 2024 2 1 Arkansas 2 2 Kansas 2 3 Louisiana 2 4 Missouri 2 5 Oklahoma 3 References 4 External linksHistory editHarps Food Stores was founded by Harvard and Floy Harp in 1930 5 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 6 The company is valued around 550 million and employed 5 300 people as of 2020 7 The company announced plans on March 11 2020 to expand further throughout northern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri with an acquisition of 20 additional store locations from Fredericktown Missouri based Town and Country Grocers 8 nbsp HARPS Marketplace store c 2007 Fort Smith Arkansas nbsp Storefront of Harps Food Store in De Soto KansasLocations as of 1 26 2024 edit nbsp Front of Harps Store in Jonesboro ArkansasArkansas edit Alma Bald Knob Batesville Bella Vista Bellefonte Benton Bentonville Bull Shoals Cabot Calico Rock Centerton Charleston Clarksville Conway Danvile Dover Elkins England Fayetteville 4 Fort Smith 4 Gentry Gravette Green Forest Greenbrier Greenwood Harrison Haskell Heber Springs Highland Hot Springs Lake Hamilton and Piney Huntsville Jasper Jonesboro Lavaca Lincoln Lowell Mansfield Marshall Mayflower Morrilton Mountain Home 2 Mountain View Newark Ozark Paris Perryville Piggott Pocahontas Prairie Grove Rector Rogers Searcy Siloam Springs Springdale 4 Van Buren plus one in Cedarville Vilonia Waldron West Fork YellvilleKansas edit Baxter Springs De SotoLouisiana edit SunsetMissouri edit Alton Anderson Bernie Clarkton Dexter Doniphan Farmington Fredericktown Jackson Joplin Kennett Malden Noel Park Hills Potosi Richmond Seligman ThayerOklahoma edit Chelsea Chouteau Dewey Fort Gibson Gore Grove Harrah Heavener Inola Jay Locust Grove Miami Norman Pawhuska Prague Poteau Roland Salina Spiro Stilwell Vian Warner WestvilleReferences edit Harps Food Stores has record revenue year amid COVID challenges 28 July 2021 New grocery chain coming to the area with store fueling center Home Page www f4lfoods com Retrieved 2020 01 20 10Box Cost Plus Store Locator www 10boxcostplus com Retrieved 2020 01 20 History Archived from the original on 2011 01 27 Retrieved 2011 03 24 Harps Food Stores Supermarket News Harps Food Stores Arkansas Business Turner Lance 2020 03 11 Harps to Buy 20 Town and Country Stores in Arkansas Missouri Arkansas Business Retrieved 2020 03 18 External links editHarps Food Stores Associated Wholesale Grocers nbsp This Arkansas related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harps Food Stores amp oldid 1217726041, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
