Roger Collins

The noteworthy Arkansans, or those with Arkansas ties, who died this year included beloved politician David Pryor, advertising great Jim Johnson, and firebrand Tommy Robinson. read more >

Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale said Chairman Roger Collins has stepped down, and President and CEO Kim Eskew will fill the post. read more >

Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale says Kim Eskew, president and chief operating officer, has been elected as the grocery store chain's new CEO. read more >

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Roger Collins became president and CEO of Harps Food Stores in 2000 and has expanded the store count to 78 in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. He was also instrumental in selling the company to the employee stock ownership plan 15 years ago. read more >

Harps sold $708 million worth of groceries in the fiscal year that ended in August, enough to make it one of the 15 largest private companies based in Arkansas but a rounding factor for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., headquartered 18 miles away in Bentonville. read more >

Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale had the idea first, but its long delay in getting a store out of the ground on Highway 107 in north Pulaski County has encouraged competitors to start sniffing around. read more >

The site of a future Harps Foods Store at the northwest corner of Highway 107 and Oakdale Road has been graded, but no plan had been submitted to Sherwood city planners as of Thursday. read more >

Harps gears up for an annual roll-out of five new stores and double-digit sales growth. read more >