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| Grocery Outlet Bargain Market | |
| Formerly | Cannery Sales (1946–1970) Canned Foods (1970–1987) |
| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Discount retail / Grocery |
| Founded | June 11, 1946, in San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Founder | James Read |
| Headquarters | Emeryville, California, U.S. |
Number of locations | 480 (May 2024) |
Key people | Jason Potter (CEO)[1] |
| Products | Bakery, dairy, deli meats, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, produce, snacks, beer & wine |
| Services | Discount retail Supermarket |
| Revenue | US$3.970 billion (2024) |
| Owner | Read family (55% via Read Enterprises, Inc.) |
Number of employees | 949 (2024) |
| Parent | Berkshire Partners (2009–2014) Hellman & Friedman LLC (2014–2019) |
| Website | groceryoutlet |
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. is an American discount closeout retailer consisting exclusively of supermarket locations that offer discounted, overstocked, and closeout products from name-brand and private-label suppliers.[2][3][4][5][6] The company has stores in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, and Delaware.[2][7][8]
The vast majority of Grocery Outlet's stores are independently operated by local married couples.[5][9][10] Each store has flexibility in its product offerings to serve local tastes and demand.[9][11] The Read family founded the company in 1946. The formal name is Grocery Outlet Bargain Market.[12]
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- ^ "Husband, wife emphasize NOSH at SoCal Grocery Outlet". Supermarket News. 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ Robert Rogers (May 23, 2013). "New Grocery Outlet set to open doors in Richmond, where grocers have been scarce". Contra Costa Times. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ "Grocery Outlet Bargain Marketing Announces MacGregor Read as Vice Chair, Eric Lindberg as CEO". BusinessWire. December 26, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2019.