Harps Food Stores, Inc. is an American regional chain of supermarkets based in Springdale, Arkansas. The company operates 151 supermarkets located in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and in summer 2026, Tennessee and Kentucky. The company sells both groceries and sporting goods in some larger stores, with several locations also incorporating pharmacies and gas stations.
In addition to its flagship Harps brand, the company also operates grocery stores under four banners: Food4Less, in southwest Missouri (under license from brand owner Kroger); CashSaver in Tulsa; 10Box Cost-Plus; Warehouse Market in Tulsa; and The Markets in Louisiana and Mississippi. The company additionally operates a franchise of Ace Hardware in Charleston, Arkansas, Jay, Oklahoma, and Dexter, Missouri. The stores are supplied by Kansas City, Kansas-based Associated Wholesale Grocers.Harps Food Stores - Supermarket News The company is valued around $550 million, and employed 5,300 people as of 2020.
History Harps Food Stores was founded by Harvard and Floy Harp in 1930.
In the early 1950s, Harvard and Floy’s oldest son, Don, had joined them in the business. In 1964, Harps became a small chain with the opening of its second store in North Springdale.
By the 1960s, Harvard and Floy’s two other sons, Gerald and Reland, joined the business. Following the death of Harvard in 1968, Don became the CEO and president. Don ran the company until his retirement in 1994, when he was succeeded by Gerald.
In 2001, Harps became employee-owned after buying company shares from the Harp family.
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. In 2022, Harps bought the CV's Family Foods locations in Fort Smith.
Locations (as of 10/26/2025)
Arkansas Alma Bald Knob Batesville Bella Vista Benton Bentonville Brookland Bull Shoals Cabot Calico Rock Centerton Charleston (includes Fuel Center) Clarksville Conway (2) Danvile Dover Elkins England Fayetteville (3 + 1 Marketplace) Fort Smith (4 + 1 Marketplace) Gentry Gravette Green Forest Greenbrier Greenwood Harrison (plus one in Bellefonte) Haskell Heber Springs Highland Hot Springs (Lake Hamilton and Piney) Huntsville Jasper Jonesboro Lavaca Lincoln Lowell Mansfield Marshall Mayflower Mena Morrilton Mountain Home (2) Mountain View Newark Ozark Paris Perryville Piggott Pocahontas Prairie Grove Rector Rogers (includes Pharmacy) Searcy Shirley Siloam Springs Springdale (3) Van Buren (includes Pharmacy, plus one in Cedarville) Vilonia Waldron West Fork Yellville
Kansas Baxter Springs De Soto
Louisiana Sunset
Missouri Airport Drive (Joplin area) Alton Anderson Dexter Doniphan Farmington Fredericktown Jackson Kennett Malden Marble Hill Noel Park Hills Poplar Bluff (Pharmacy only, store replaced by 10Box Cost Plus) Potosi Richmond Seligman Thayer
Oklahoma Bixby Chelsea Chouteau Collinsville Coweta Dewey Fairview Fort Gibson Glenpool Gore Grove Harrah Heavener Inola Jay Miami Newkirk Norman Oologah Pawhuska Poteau Prague Roland Salina Spiro Stilwell Vian Warner Watonga Westville
References
External links Harps Food Stores Associated Wholesale Grocers