Data: North America
- Location: Bowling Green, Ky.
- Top Executive: Jimmie Gipson, chairman and CEO
- Corporate Stores: 493
- Sales in $ Billions: 2.6 est.
- Date FY Ended: 9/30/09
- Footnotes: Houchens operates 178 conventional supermarkets under several banners — Houchens Markets, Buehler Foods, White’s Fresh Foods, Everyday IGA, Food Giant, Piggly Wiggly and Mad Butcher; 230 Save-A-Lot stores; and 85 convenience stores. Volume from all retail stores accounted for approximately 75% of total corporate sales, with the balance coming from Houchens’ manufacturing, recycling and foodservice businesses.
