by - March 23, 2026 4:40 pm
Springdale-based Harps Food Stores will usher in “SmartMeals,” an AI-powered shopping assistant, for customers using its more than 150 stores. The announcement was made Monday (March 23) at an Associated…
by - March 17, 2026 10:41 am
Springdale-based grocer Harps Food Stores Inc. plans to acquire 18 stores from Joey and Jeanie Hays, owners of Dyer Foods, an independent grocery retailer with multiple locations across western Tennessee…
by - January 19, 2026 4:07 pm
Springdale-based Harps Food announced several new promotions following the retirement of Randall Harp, who was vice president of warehouse operations and grocery procurement. “Randall has been an invaluable member of our…
by - September 22, 2025 4:53 pm
Springdale-based Harps Food Stores plans to open on Oct. 8 its new location near the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) campus. The store will employ at least 80, with…
by - July 11, 2025 1:59 pm
Springdale-based Harps Food Stores Inc. announced Friday (July 11) that it will acquire James Super Save Foods, an independent grocery store in Mena. Financial terms of the deal were not…
by - May 16, 2025 1:00 pm
Springdale-based grocery retailer Harps Food Stores Inc. will acquire Doc’s Food Stores Inc., an independent grocery retailer with 10 stores across Oklahoma, according to a Friday (May 16) news release….
by - April 29, 2025 2:29 pm
Springdale-based Harps Foods has acquired family-owned community grocery store — Craven Foods —- for an undisclosed sum. The Fairfield Bay grocery store will close May 19, and reopen as Harp’s…
by - August 26, 2024 12:36 pm
Springdale-based Harps Food Stores Inc. announced Monday (Aug. 26) key leadership changes following the retirement of Mike Thurow, senior vice president of store systems and chief information officer. Jim Bob Tackett,…
by - February 8, 2024 9:28 am
Springdale-based grocery chain Harps Food Stores Inc. said Wednesday (Feb. 7) that chief financial officer Jim Antz is retired. His final day of work was Jan. 26, ending his employment…
by - December 27, 2023 6:58 pm
Harps Food Stores, Inc. will open its newest store, located at 8107 U.S. Highway 49 in Brookland, Arkansas on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. A grand opening ceremony will take place…
by - October 24, 2022 3:20 pm
Springdale-based Harps Food Stores announced Monday (Oct. 24) a deal to purchase The Markets, an independent grocery retailer with threelocations in central Louisiana and four stores in southwestern Mississippi. Financial…
by - February 1, 2022 11:06 am
Springdale-based Harps Food Stores announced Tuesday (Feb. 1) that longtime executive J. Max Van Hoose is the company’s new president. Van Hoose assumed the role on Jan. 3. “J. Max…
by - July 28, 2021 1:09 pm
Harps Food Stores Inc. has plenty to celebrate in its 91st year of business. The Springdale-based company has come a long way since founders Floy and Harvard Harp opened the…
by - March 1, 2021 1:21 pm
Springdale-based grocery chain Harps Food Stores Inc. has completed a sale-leaseback deal of 13 free-standing grocery stores for $30.1 million. All of the stores are in Arkansas and Missouri and…
by - November 12, 2019 8:15 am
Springdale-based Harps Food Stores Inc. announced Tuesday (Nov. 12) that grocery pickup will be available via Instacart at select locations throughout the four-state area. The two companies have partnered to…
by - November 13, 2018 10:13 am
Springdale-based grocery store chain Harps Food Stores has partnered with Instacart Inc. to deliver groceries in select markets, including several in Arkansas. The service started Nov. 8. Customers can order…
by - December 6, 2016 12:35 pm
For nearly a decade, it has always been the plan for Kim Eskew to succeed Roger Collins as CEO Harps Food Stores Inc. It was just a matter of determining…
