Buehler Food Markets Inc.
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| Private | |
| Industry | Supermarkets |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Headquarters | Wooster, Ohio, United States |
Number of locations | Ashland, Coshocton, Delaware, Dover, Medina, New Philadelphia, Orrville, Wadsworth, Brunswick, Massillon, and Wooster |
Area served | North-central Ohio |
| Owner | Buehler Family of Wooster, Ohio |
| Parent | E&H Family Group |
| Website |
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Buehler's Fresh Foods, also known as Buehler's, is a grocery store chain founded in 1929 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, US, by Ed and Helen Buehler. In 1932, Buehler's opened its second location in Wooster, Ohio.[1]
Today, there are fifteen Buehler's locations in the northeast quadrant of Ohio in the cities of Ashland, Coshocton, Delaware, Dover, Medina, New Philadelphia Orrville, Wadsworth, Brunswick, Green and Wooster. The company is held 101% by Buehler family members under the newly created "E&H Family Group".
The company is focused on local and sustainable products. Buehler's is the largest purchaser of local Amish produce at the Mt. Hope Auction. The company also sources dairy and meats from local and/or sustainable farms. Buehler's focus on sustainability is further enhanced through free, year-round community recycling stations, periodic community recycling days for hard-to-recycling products such as computers and motor oil, and "full-circle" composting products that originate from the company's waste generated through daily operations.
Buehler's has recently focused on a number of other business ventures, including Ace Hardwares and their own full-service coffee kiosks entitled Scenic River Coffee Company located inside seven of their stores. The company also operates a number of in-store, full-service restaurants.
The business is currently being run by the third generation of the Buehler family, with a fourth generation just recently entering the company.[2]
References
- ↑ Bablak, Jane (21 March 1995). "The family business: Buehler family attributes success to keeping up with the times, old-fashioned service". The Daily Record. p. 1. ISSN 0892-8215. Retrieved 11 December 2014. (subscription required (help)).
The history of the retail chain is a study in longevity. After hiring three clerks in the New Philadelphia store, the Buehlers opened their second store at 120 E. Liberty St., in Wooster in 1932. The store moved to the 100 block of North Market Street in 1947 and to its current location at 336 N. Market St. in 1951. Additional locations were added in Dover in 1941, Orrville in 1959, Medina in 1964 and 1992, Coshocton in 1968, Delaware in 1969 and Wadsworth in 1975. In 1974, the office and warehouse moved from the downtown Wooster store to Old Mansfield Road. The Wooster Milltown store was built in 1980 and expanded nine years later.
- ↑ Warren, Bobby (28 February 2007). "Slow and calculated growth for Buehler's". The Daily Record. Retrieved 11 December 2014. (subscription required (help)).
A fourth generation of the Buehler's family recently joined the business. Scott Buehler said while there has been a succession plan put in place for the great-grandchildren of Ed and Helen Buehler, they will not automatically enter the ranks of the company's leadership.