May 15, 2018
Nine of Top 50 Supermarket Chains Are Employee Ownership Companies
Loren Rodgers
Executive Director
Nine of the top 50 grocery chains are partly or majority employee-owned, according to a ranking from Progressive Grocer. In the list below, the companies with an asterisk are less than majority employee-owned. All have ESOPs except H.E. Butt and Hy-Vee, which use profit sharing plans to share ownership.
| Employee Ownership Supermarket Chains by Rank in Top 50 Chains | |
|---|---|
| Company | Rank |
| Publix Supermarkets | 5 |
| H.E. Butt Grocery* | 6 |
| Hy-Vee | 14 |
| Winco | 17 |
| Golub Corporation* | 24 |
| Brookshire Grocery | 32 |
| Houchens | 35 |
| Woodmans Food Markets | 43 |
| Coborn's | 50 |