Buehler's Fresh Foods

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Buehler Food Markets Inc.
Buehler's Fresh Foods
Company type employee-owned
Industry Retail
Founded1929;96 years ago (1929)
New Philadelphia, Ohio, U.S.
FounderEd and Helen Buehler
Headquarters,
Number of locations
14
Area served
North-Central Ohio
ProductsArtisan Bakery, Beer, Dairy, Deli, Grocery, Meat, General Merchandise
Services
RevenueIncrease2.svg $382.1 million
Number of employees
2,100 (2020) [2]
Parent Previously: E&H Family Group
Website www.buehlers.com

Buehler's Fresh Foods, also known as Buehler's, is a grocery store chain founded in 1929 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, US, by Ed and Helen Buehler. In 1932, Buehler's opened its second location in Wooster, Ohio. [3]

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Buehler's is the largest purchaser of local Amish produce at the Mt. Hope Auction. The company also sources dairy and meats from local and/or sustainable farms.

On October 18, 2017, Buehler's parent company, E&H Family Group, announced its decision to sell the 13 supermarkets to employees in the form of an employee stock ownership program (ESOP). The ESOP will be operated by the newly formed Buehler’s Fresh Foods, led by an experienced team of Buehler’s veterans, including Dan Shanahan, Buehler’s Fresh Foods president and COO since 2011, Rick Lowe, VP of Human Resources of E&H Family Group since 1977, and Mike Davidson, VP of Store Operations since 2015. [4]

Other Business Ventures

E&H Hardware Group, a subsidiary of E&H Family Group, continues to operate 25 hardware stores in Ohio under the E&H Ace Hardware name. The Buehler's ESOP sale has no impact on E&H Hardware Group.

Opening and Closing of Stores

References

  1. "Buehler's Fresh Foods Restaurants".
  2. "Buehler Food Markets Careers & Jobs". 18 May 2020.
  3. Bablak, Jane (21 March 1995). "The family business: Buehler family attributes success to keeping up with the times, old-fashioned service". The Daily Record. p. 1. ISSN   0892-8215. ProQuest   375673305. The history of the retail chain is a study in longevity. After hiring three clerks in the New Philadelphia store, the Buehlers opened their second store at 120 E. Liberty St., in Wooster in 1932. The store moved to the 100 block of North Market Street in 1947 and to its current location at 336 N. Market St. in 1951. Additional locations were added in Dover in 1941, Orrville in 1959, Medina in 1964 and 1992, Coshocton in 1968, Delaware in 1969 and Wadsworth in 1975. In 1974, the office and warehouse moved from the downtown Wooster store to Old Mansfield Road. The Wooster Milltown store was built in 1980 and expanded nine years later.
  4. Warren, Bobby (28 February 2007). "Slow and calculated growth for Buehler's". The Daily Record. ProQuest   375974991. A fourth generation of the Buehler's family recently joined the business. Scott Buehler said while there has been a succession plan put in place for the great-grandchildren of Ed and Helen Buehler, they will not automatically enter the ranks of the company's leadership.
  5. "Buehler's Fresh Foods to Close Delaware, Ohio Store - Buehler's Fresh Foods". buehlers.com. 2016-01-05. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  6. "Buehler's to Close Brunswick Store - Buehler's Fresh Foods". buehlers.com. 2016-09-26. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2019-10-26.