Harps Food Stores, Inc.
Harps Foods
FormerlyHarps Cash Grocery (1930–1964)
TypePrivate, employee-owned
IndustryRetail (Supermarket)
Founded1930 (1930)
Springdale, Arkansas, U.S.
FounderHarvard and Floy Harp
Headquarters
Springdale, Arkansas, U.S.
Number of locations
114 (2023)
Area served
Key people
Kim Eskew (CEO, Chairman, President)
ProductsBakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor
Services
Revenue
  • Increase $1.01  billion (2021)
[1]
Number of employees
4,999 (2021)
Websitewww.harpsfood.com

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.

History

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, Arkansas
Storefront of Harps Food Store in De Soto, Kansas

Locations (as of 12/19/2023)

Front of Harps Store in Jonesboro, Arkansas

Arkansas

Kansas

Louisiana

Missouri

Oklahoma

References

  1. ↑ "Harps Food Stores has record revenue year amid COVID challenges". 28 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "New grocery chain coming to the area with store, fueling center".
  3. ↑ "Home Page". www.f4lfoods.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  4. ↑ "10Box Cost-Plus - Store Locator". www.10boxcostplus.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  5. ↑ "History". Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  6. ↑ Harps Food Stores - Supermarket News
  7. ↑ "Harps Food Stores: Arkansas Business".
  8. ↑ Turner, Lance (2020-03-11). "Harps to Buy 20 Town and Country Stores in Arkansas, Missouri". Arkansas Business. Retrieved 2020-03-18.


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