Market Basket (Louisiana and Texas)

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Market Basket Foods

Trade name	Market Basket
Company type	Private
Industry	Retail (Grocery)
Founded	1962 (62 years ago) (1962) in Nederland, Texas, United States
Founder	Bruce Thompson, Ed Hughes
Headquarters	Nederland, Texas , United States
Number of locations	34
Area served	Texas and Louisiana
Key people	Skylar Thompson (President)
Products	Bakery, Dairy, Deli, Frozen Foods, Grocery, Meat, Health & Beauty Aids, Produce, Seafood, Snacks, Beer & Wine
Services	Supermarkets
Revenue	US$58 million (2021)
Owners	Hughes family
Number of employees	2,201 (2021)
Website	marketbasketfoods.com

Market Basket Foods, under the trade name Market Basket, is a chain of 34 supermarkets that serves southeast Texas and Louisiana in the United States, with headquarters in Nederland, Texas.

Johnnie Alford, Ed Hughes, Howard Hatfield, Roy Theriot and Bruce Thompson founded Market Basket in early 1962. Each was an independent grocer, owning one store each. The five grocers joined together to keep advertising costs low and pool their purchasing power. Three of the grocers remained one-supermarket operators while Hughes and Thompson formed a 50-50 corporation for joint expansion.

Thompson and Hughes bought four stores as partners in the 1960s. During the early 1970s they obtained former A&P, Kroger and Weingarten's stores in Lake Charles, Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange. In 1983, Bruce Thompson purchased Hughes’ interest in their jointly held corporation.

During the 1980s, two new stores were constructed, and the chain grew with the acquisition of 14 more stores formerly operated by Piggly Wiggly, Safeway, Theriot’s, Winn-Dixie, and Weingarten's.

The next decade saw Market Basket begin an extensive remodeling and expansion program for half of the chain. More stores in the 1990s were acquired, including four cash and carry locations and three AppleTree stores. The Mauriceville location was replaced with a newly constructed store during this time.

During the summer of 2001, the company purchased two Hughes Market Basket stores, in Port Arthur and Nederland. In 2002, the grocer purchased two Price-Lo stores in Vidor and DeRidder. Stanley’s in Leesville and Pair’s in Winnie were added, as well.

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