Houchens Industries
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Houchens Industries, is an American employee-owned company, in business since 1918 when it began as a small grocery operated by founder Ervin Houchens in rural Barren County, Kentucky. The company is headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
The company is best known as a grocer, owning and operating convenience stores (Jr. Foods, Tobacco Shoppe) and supermarkets (Houchens Markets, IGA, Save-A-Lot, Mad Butcher). In 2004, Houchens acquired Food Giant supermarkets, which operates stores under the Food Giant and Piggly-Wiggly name.
In recent years, Houchens Industries has diversified greatly, with acquisitions of a Bowling Green-based construction company, as well as recycling, insurance, cigarette manufacturing, and warehousing.
Houchens Industries sponsors the annual Kentucky High School Athletic Association's Girls' "Sweet 16" Basketball Championship Tournament, held annually at Western Kentucky University in the company's hometown.
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