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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Foodservice |
Founded | 2004 |
Founder | Fred Clark |
Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 18 warehouses |
Area served | U.S. |
Key people | |
Brands | Acopa®, Avantco™, Backyard Pro®, Choice®, Carnival King®, Cooking Performance Group®, Lancaster Table & Seating®, Lavex®, Noble Chemical™, Regal Foods™ |
Number of employees | 3,000 (2023) |
Parent | Clark Associates |
Website | www |
WebstaurantStore is an online restaurant supply company based in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The company offers commercial-grade equipment to the foodservice industry through online ordering and commercial shipping, and carries over 430,000 products. [1] They have over 70 private-label brands, including Avantco, Choice, Noble, and Regal.
WebstaurantStore was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as a business-to-business (B2B) sales company. The company is currently led by President Dave Groff (brother of actor Jonathan Groff) who helped establish the business in 2004. [2] In 2012, WebstaurantStore expanded to Madisonville, Kentucky [3] followed by other expansions to Dayton, Nevada [4] in 2013 and Cumberland, Maryland [5] in 2014. To date, WebstaurantStore also operates warehouses in Pennsylvania; [6] Durant, Oklahoma; [7] and Albany, Georgia. [8] In 2013, the company moved headquarters from Smoketown to Lititz. [9] Office locations have since expanded from Pennsylvania into Albany, Georgia; [10] Madisonville, Kentucky; [11] and Tampa Bay, Florida. [12]
According to their website, WebstaurantStore ships to 96 percent of the United States within two days from their 6 different warehouse. [13] In 2018, WebstaurantStore launched its WebstaurantPlus program, which offers free ground shipping and priority order processing to subscribers. The service is available to customers within the 48 contiguous United States. In 2021, WebstaurantStore partnered with First Bankcard to offer users a Webstaurant Rewards Visa Card and a Webstaurant Rewards Visa Business Card that each unlock rewards and special offers for cardholders. [14]
As a subsidiary of Clark Associates, Inc., WebstaurantStore is a contributing member of the Clark Associates Charitable Foundation. The foundation raises money through donations to give back to the local community in a number of ways, including academic scholarships. [15] In 2021, a trio of nature preserves were combined in Lancaster County and named the Clark Nature Preserve after the foundation gifted a donation to the Lancaster Conservancy. [16]
Since 2016 WebstaurantStore has independently offered a scholarship for culinary arts and hospitality management students. [17] The company organizes "Volunteer Days" on a monthly basis to aid local organizations, with previous collaborators including Water Street Ministries, the Sierra Club, [18] and Relay for Life. [19] WebstaurantStore has also opened its doors to host local professional organizations such as Lancaster Young Professionals. [20] In 2018, WebstaurantStore sponsored Tampa Community Connect in support of the Tampa area developer community. [21]
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