Food for Thought: Grocery Mergers (Lance Turner Editor's Note)
Competitive concerns and shareholder demand drive growth at both ends of the U.S. grocery business. read more >
Competitive concerns and shareholder demand drive growth at both ends of the U.S. grocery business. read more >
The purchase will add seven stores and 350 employees to its 135-store network. read more >
Richard L. Dunsworth joined the commission in 2007 and was elected to a four-year term on the board in 2018. read more >
Graycen Bigger is also a board member of the Black River Technical College Foundation and the executive director of the Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority. read more >
Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale is expected to open its England location this week, according to our Lonoke County bureau. read more >
The news is all over the town of fewer than 3,000 people that Harps will be taking over the space at 301 Pine Bluff Hwy. vacated by Kroger Co. read more >
Chris Ross has been appointed as the new district manager for Harps Food Stores Inc. locations in northwest Arkansas. read more >
Data collected for this week’s list of private companies illustrated the uneven and sometimes counterintuitive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various industries. read more >
The outlet store for Harps Foods in Springdale has a new landlord. read more >
Some, like the hospitality industry, are bracing for a long, slow return to pre-COVID vitality. Others, like the energy sector, see a quicker recovery after the early swoon. Some trends seem baked into expectations, like reliance on home-based employees and the technology they use. read more >
The Harps Food Store adjacent to the company’s headquarters in Springdale has sold for nearly $6 million to two Fayetteville investors. read more >
Johnny Chapman has been appointed the new southeast Missouri district manager for Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale. read more >
Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale has entered into an agreement to buy 20 stores across northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri from Town and Country Grocers of Fredericktown, Missouri, Inc. read more >
Harps Food Inc. of Springdale and grocery delivery service Instacart said Tuesday that they are expanding their grocery partnership at Harps Foods stores throughout Harps' four-state footprint. read more >
J. Max Van Hoose, vice president of store planning for Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale, has been promoted to executive vice president of the grocery chain, according to Kim Eskew, Harps chairman and CEO. read more >
Kim Eskew, CEO of Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale, wants his company to be in a position to handle whatever happens in the grocery sector. 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 >
When big-box tenants look for space, there's ample competition for the same handful of properties, due to increasing costs of construction and property. read more >
Kim Eskew knows that Harps will eventually have to dip its toe into the e-commerce waters, but he isn’t necessarily excited about it. read more >
Dean Payton has been named director of the 10Box division of Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale, and Mike Roberts has been named director of produce operations. read more >
