WebstaurantStore

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WebstaurantStore
Company typePrivately held company
Industry Foodservice
Founded2004
FounderFred Clark
Headquarters
Lititz, Pennsylvania
,
United States
Number of locations
18 warehouses
Area served
U.S.
Key people
BrandsAcopa®, 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

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.

History

WebstaurantStore was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as a business-to-business sales company. The company is currently led by President Dave 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]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". webstaurantstore.com. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  2. ↑ Hummel, Cindy (May 23, 2019). "Lititz-based WebstaurantStore plans $33M distribution center near Bloomsburg to create 400 jobs". LancasterOnline. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Clark Associates to Hire 95 for Distribution Facility - Lane Report | Kentucky Business & Economic News". lanereport.com. July 2011. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  4. ↑ "WEBstaurant adds Nevada site to serve western states - LancasterOnline: Business". lancasteronline.com. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  5. ↑ "Restaurant supply store to hire 150 - Cumberland Times-News: News". www.times-news.com. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  6. ↑ "Warehouse industry brings new jobs - LancasterOnline". lancasteronline.com. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  7. ↑ "Food service company to add 160 jobs in Durant - NewsOK". newsok.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  8. ↑ "Webstaurant to add 40 jobs at Albany facility - Albany Herald". Albany Herald. albanyherald.com. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  9. ↑ "Kitchen supply firm expanding - LancasterOnline: Business". lancasteronline.com. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  10. ↑ "Webstaurant store searching for new employees - WALB News 10". walb.com. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  11. ↑ "Madisonville company boosting pay in bid for workers - Kentucky New Era". kentuckynewera.com. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  12. ↑ "Pennsylvania restaurant supplier bringing 300 jobs to Tampa - Tampa Bay Times: Business". tampabay.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
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