Harps Food Stores

Harps Food Stores, Inc.
	Storefront of a Harps Food Store in De Soto, Kansas
Trade name	Harps Foods
Formerly	Harps Cash Grocery (1930–1964)
Type	Private, employee-owned
Industry	Retail (Supermarket)
Founded	1930; 92 years ago; Springdale, Arkansas, U.S.
Founder	Harvard and Floy Harp
Headquarters	Springdale, Arkansas, U.S.
Number of locations	99 (2021)
Area served	Arkansas (64); Kansas (1); Missouri (22); Oklahoma (12);
Key people	Kim Eskew (CEO, Chairman, President)
Products	Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor
Services	Money services; Online shopping and home delivery; Fuel; Grocery; Pharmacy;
Revenue	$1.01 billion (2021);
Number of employees	4,999 (2021)
Website	www.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.

History[]

Harps Food Stores was founded by Harvard and Floy Harp founded the company 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]