Roundy's
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Retail (Grocery) |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 156[needs update] |
Key people | Robert A. Mariano, President & CEO Michael P. Turzenski, EVP & CFO[needs update] |
| Products | Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks |
| Revenue | USD 3.8 billion (2011)[needs update] |
| Owner | Kroger |
Number of employees | 20,000[needs update] |
| Website | roundys.com |
Roundy's Supermarkets (Roundy's) is a supermarket chain with 166 stores and 99 pharmacies in Wisconsin and Illinois.[1] Based on fiscal year 2012 sales, Roundy's was the 37th largest grocery store chain[2] and the 89th largest retailer in the United States.[3] As of December 2015, Roundy's became a subsidiary of Kroger of Cincinnati, Ohio.[4]
Roundy's operates under the banners of Pick 'n Save (throughout Wisconsin, beginning in 1975), Copps Food Center (in northern Wisconsin and the Madison areas, beginning in 2001), Metro Market (in the Milwaukee and Madison areas),[when?] and Mariano's Fresh Market (in the Chicago metropolitan area, beginning in 2010).[not verified in body]
Roundy's operates food production facilities in Kenosha, Wisconsin and other locations, and has two main distribution centers, in Mazomanie and Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.[not verified in body]
The company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on February 8, 2012,[1] and ceased trading on December 18, 2015, when it became a subsidiary of The Kroger Company.[4]
History
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The company was founded in 1872 in Milwaukee as Smith, Roundy & Co. by William E. Smith, Judson Roundy and Sidney Hauxhurst. Over the years it has also operated as the Roundy, Peckham & Co. and Roundy, Peckham & Dexter Co. [citation needed]
Roundy's was a major warehouse distributor to non-company supermarkets, including IGA, but it moved out of the wholesale market to focus on retail.[citation needed]
The Pick 'n Save chain, which was the backbone and propellant for growth and sale of the company in 2002, was the progeny of two Kroger-educated marketers, Vincent R. Little and Michael D. McGee, the "fathers of Pick 'n Save,"[This quote needs a citation] who came up through the ranks at the Kroger Company.[citation needed]
Roundy's saw rapid growth during the John Dickson[who?] years.[when?][citation needed] The reins were handed to Gerald F. Lestina,[5] when Dickson became sick.[when?][citation needed] On Lestina's watch, a period of 7 years, the company built only one corporate store, at the fairgrounds in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; that store was later sold to a director, George E. Prescott,[6] for approximately $1.1 million.[when?][citation needed]
Roundy's was taken private in 2002 through purchase by the Chicago private-equity firm Willis Stein & Partners.[citation needed] A strong effort was made in 2007 to sell Roundy's, but because of softness in the credit markets, there were no takers.[citation needed]
Roundy's took the company public via IPO in 2012,[where?][clarification needed] posting an initial share price of $8.50 per share.[citation needed]
Beginning in 2002, the CEO of the corporation was Robert "Chairman Bob" Mariano, who had been the CEO of Dominick's prior to Dominick's sale to Safeway in 1998.[citation needed] Most of Mariano's senior staff at Roundy's held the same positions with Mariano at Dominick's.[citation needed]
Mariano initiated the creation of a Chicago-based supermarket division, called Mariano's, focused on creating upscale multi-department food stores. The first Mariano's branded store opened in Arlington Heights, Illinois in July, 2010.
On December 2, 2013, Roundy's and Mariano announced it would purchase 11 Dominick's stores to rebrand them as Mariano's, after Safeway finished closing the chain early in 2014.[7]
On November 11, 2015, Roundy's announced its merger with the Kroger Company, a deal valued at $800 million including debt, which was completed on December 18, 2015.[4] Following completion of the merger, Roundy's operates as a subsidiary of Kroger, retaining its headquarters in Milwaukee.[8] It was suggested that Kroger primarily was interested in the Mariano's division, as Kroger had not been active in the Chicago market, and normally the company isn't interested in acquiring chains in financial difficulty--the Roundy's divisions in Wisconsin had been in decline.
The sale of Roundy's to Cincinnati-based Kroger, about two years after Safeway shut down its Chicago-based Dominick's supermarket chain, selling many of the stores to other operators, was a matter discussed in the regional business press.[9]
CEO Bob Mariano retired on September 1, 2016.[10][better source needed][verification needed]
Production, distribution, and retail
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Roundy's operates food production facilities in Kenosha, Wisconsin and other locations,[where?][citation needed] and has two main distribution centers located in Mazomanie, and Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.[citation needed]
As of July 2017, Roundy's operates stores under four distinct banners: Pick 'n Save (throughout Wisconsin, beginning in 1975),[citation needed] Copps Food Center (in northern Wisconsin and the Madison areas, beginning in 2001),[citation needed] Metro Market (in the Milwaukee and Madison areas[when?]),[citation needed] and Mariano's Fresh Market (in the Chicago metropolitan area, beginning in 2010).[citation needed] Pick 'n Save and Copps are practically identical in merchandising style and strategy, with Copps confined to northeastern and north-central Wisconsin markets.[citation needed] Metro Market and Mariano's offer more urban-upscale product offerings, with modern fixtures and amenities.[citation needed]
Competition
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As well as differing geographically, competitors to the Roundy's chains will differ, depending on which of the banners described above are considered.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "Roundy's, Inc. - Investor FAQs". corporate-ir.net. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Top 75 Retailers & Wholesalers". supermarketnews.com. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ Schulz, David P. (June 26, 2012). "Top 100 Retailers 2012". NRF.com. Washington, DC: National Retail Federation (NRF). Retrieved February 10, 2017. See also the attached listing to that article.
- ^ a b c "Kroger Completes Acquisition of Roundy's". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. December 18, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2006.
{{cite news}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Bloomberg Staff (February 10, 2017). "Gerald F. Lestina: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ Bloomberg Staff (February 10, 2017). "George E. Prescott: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Mariano's Buys 11 Dominick's, Whole Foods Said to be Buying 7". Crain's Chicago Business. December 2, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2006 – via chicagobusiness.com.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ "Kroger to buy Pick 'n Save Parent Roundy's in $800 Million Deal". Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee, WI. November 11, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2006 – via jsonline.com.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Hajewski, Doris (March 25, 2007). "Industry Experts Say Roundy's Likely Will End Up With Another Private-Equity Firm". Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee, WI. Archived from the original on December 19, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2006 – via jsonline.com.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Trotter, Greg (July 12, 2016). "Bob Mariano To Retire as Roundy's CEO But Will Help as Adviser". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
Further reading
- York, Emily Bryson (February 11, 2013). "Former Dominick's CEO Opening More Grocery Stores Here". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 10, 2017.