Woodman's Markets is an employee-owned American regional supermarket chain based in Janesville, Wisconsin. Founded in 1919 as a produce stand, Woodman's has grown to operate nineteen stores in Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Woodman's appeared on Supermarket News Top 50 Small Chains & Independents list since 2010.[1][2][3] All Woodman's locations are open 24 hours a day, although some of them have enacted temporary changes due to COVID, and have a gas station and convenience store close to the store.
Woodman's Markets was started in 1919 by John Woodman as a produce stand on the corner of Milton and Sherman Avenues in Janesville. John's son, Willard, later joined his father and in 1921 they built an indoor location on the original produce stand corner. The company continued to grow throughout the middle of the 20th century and in 1956 opened a second Janesville location. The original two stores eventually closed and were replaced by one larger store in 1973.[4] Willard's son, Phil, joined him in managing the company in the 1960s, and remains president today. In 1971 Woodman's opened its first location outside Janesville, in neighboring Beloit. In 1975 Woodman's became the first Wisconsin-based grocery store to begin using UPC scanners.
Since the late 1970s, Woodman's has opened 15 stores throughout Wisconsin and Illinois. The Kenosha location, which opened in 1997, was the largest grocery store in the United States at the time.[citation needed] The 2001 opening of the Rockford, Illinois, store marked the first Woodman's store outside Wisconsin. Woodman's was privately owned by the Woodman family until 1998, when it became a 100 percent employee owned company. In March 2008, Woodman's hit $1 billion in annual sales.
The company previously owned a stake in Roundy's, now a key regional competitor.[5]
Woodman's stores are based on a modified warehouse model, with stores in the 200-250,000+ square foot range. Most new locations are built as an anchor store with several smaller outlets surrounding the store. The company prefers not to take on debt so it opens new stores only every 2–3 years, and remodels existing stores in between opening new stores.
Prices at Woodman's are lower than at many large grocery store chains because of their bulk purchasing model.[6] Most items are stocked on the shelves by employees, but special bulk purchases and other items are sometimes shelved in their shipping cases or stacked in the aisles.
Woodman's allows payment by cash, check, Discover card, PIN-based debit cards and EBT. Discover card is the exclusive credit of Woodman’s. All Woodman's locations are open 24 hours and have 24 hour gas stations in close proximity to the main store. Each station has a convenience store with the gas station, however the small store is only open 6 am to 7 pm. Fast multi-bay Oil change operations attached to that store share the same hours. The gas pumps operate unattended during off hours. Shopping carts are varied, offering electric carts, oversized carts, carts that allow children to be strapped in, and carts for adults with special needs.
Woodman's partners with GrocerKey to offer online shopping with pick up or delivery.[7]
Employee benefits
Despite the company being employee owned, Phil Woodman created controversy in December 2009 by eliminating the company's mental health coverage, complaining that patients could rack up uncontrolled costs for the company.[8][9]
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^Dan Cassuto (December 22, 2009). "Protestors call on Woodman's to return mental health coverage". WKOW. from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
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Woodman s Markets is an employee owned American regional supermarket chain based in Janesville Wisconsin Founded in 1919 as a produce stand Woodman s has grown to operate nineteen stores in Wisconsin and northern Illinois Woodman s appeared on Supermarket News Top 50 Small Chains amp Independents list since 2010 1 2 3 All Woodman s locations are open 24 hours a day although some of them have enacted temporary changes due to COVID and have a gas station and convenience store close to the store Woodman s Food Markets Inc TypePrivate employee ownedIndustryRetailFounded1919 104 years ago 1919 in Janesville Wisconsin U S FounderJohn WoodmanHeadquartersJanesville Wisconsin U S Number of locations19 2021 Area servedWisconsin and IllinoisKey peoplePhil Woodman President ProductsBakery delicatessen dairy grocery frozen foods organic foods bulk foods sushi meat produce seafood wine beer spirits floral products pet supplies general merchandise fuelServicesSupermarketConvenience storeGas stationCar washOnline shoppingRevenue 300 millionNumber of employees3 800 2021 Websitewww wbr woodmans food wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Store layout and sales model 3 Employee benefits 4 Locations 4 1 Illinois 4 2 Wisconsin 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditWoodman s Markets was started in 1919 by John Woodman as a produce stand on the corner of Milton and Sherman Avenues in Janesville John s son Willard later joined his father and in 1921 they built an indoor location on the original produce stand corner The company continued to grow throughout the middle of the 20th century and in 1956 opened a second Janesville location The original two stores eventually closed and were replaced by one larger store in 1973 4 Willard s son Phil joined him in managing the company in the 1960s and remains president today In 1971 Woodman s opened its first location outside Janesville in neighboring Beloit In 1975 Woodman s became the first Wisconsin based grocery store to begin using UPC scanners Since the late 1970s Woodman s has opened 15 stores throughout Wisconsin and Illinois The Kenosha location which opened in 1997 was the largest grocery store in the United States at the time citation needed The 2001 opening of the Rockford Illinois store marked the first Woodman s store outside Wisconsin Woodman s was privately owned by the Woodman family until 1998 when it became a 100 percent employee owned company In March 2008 Woodman s hit 1 billion in annual sales The company previously owned a stake in Roundy s now a key regional competitor 5 Appleton Wisconsin locationStore layout and sales model EditWoodman s stores are based on a modified warehouse model with stores in the 200 250 000 square foot range Most new locations are built as an anchor store with several smaller outlets surrounding the store The company prefers not to take on debt so it opens new stores only every 2 3 years and remodels existing stores in between opening new stores Prices at Woodman s are lower than at many large grocery store chains because of their bulk purchasing model 6 Most items are stocked on the shelves by employees but special bulk purchases and other items are sometimes shelved in their shipping cases or stacked in the aisles The store brand is Shurfine which is one of the many brands of Elk Grove Village Illinois based private label co op Topco Associates Woodman s allows payment by cash check Discover card PIN based debit cards and EBT Discover card is the exclusive credit of Woodman s All Woodman s locations are open 24 hours and have 24 hour gas stations in close proximity to the main store Each station has a convenience store with the gas station however the small store is only open 6 am to 7 pm Fast multi bay Oil change operations attached to that store share the same hours The gas pumps operate unattended during off hours Shopping carts are varied offering electric carts oversized carts carts that allow children to be strapped in and carts for adults with special needs Woodman s partners with GrocerKey to offer online shopping with pick up or delivery 7 Employee benefits EditDespite the company being employee owned Phil Woodman created controversy in December 2009 by eliminating the company s mental health coverage complaining that patients could rack up uncontrolled costs for the company 8 9 Locations EditWoodman s has nineteen locations Illinois Edit Carpentersville North Aurora Rockford Buffalo Grove Lakemoor BloomingdaleWisconsin Edit Altoona Appleton Beloit Green Bay Janesville Kenosha Madison West Madison East Menomonee Falls Oak Creek Onalaska Sun Prairie WaukeshaReferences Edit Top 50 Small Chains amp Independents 2010 Supermarket News Archived from the original on 2012 10 29 Retrieved 2012 09 08 Top 50 Small Chains amp Independents 2011 Supermarket News Archived from the original on 2012 10 22 Retrieved 2012 09 08 Top 50 Small Chains and Independents 2012 Supermarket News Archived from the original on 2012 09 05 Retrieved 2012 09 08 Woodman s Market History www woodmans food com Archived from the original on 2019 06 24 Retrieved 2019 06 24 Roundy s Inc Form 10 K SEC Filing for 1999 sec gov U S Securities and Exchange Commission January 2 1999 Archived from the original on December 25 2015 Retrieved December 24 2015 All Eyes on Woodman s Bulk Packaging as Promotional Services Under the RPA Robins Kaplan LLP July 13 2015 Archived from the original on October 10 2017 Retrieved October 10 2017 How Woodman s Food Markets became an online brand Digital Commerce 360 2017 07 25 Archived from the original on 2018 03 15 Retrieved 2018 03 15 Shawn Doherty December 21 2009 Woodman s drops mental health coverage The Capital Times Archived from the original on February 27 2016 Retrieved January 14 2016 Dan Cassuto December 22 2009 Protestors call on Woodman s to return mental health coverage WKOW Archived from the original on January 15 2016 Retrieved January 14 2016 External links EditWoodman s Markets 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