Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. GO

What this company does

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. is an extreme value retailer of name-brand consumables and fresh products sold primarily through a network of independently operated stores. As of January 3, 2026, it had 570 stores in California, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Idaho, Nevada, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Delaware, Kentucky, and Virginia. As of the same date, it had 2,207 employees, of whom 1,642 were full-time and 565 were part-time. Independent operators, who run the majority of its stores, initially contribute capital to establish their business and generally share 50% of store-level gross profits with the company. As of January 3, 2026, 529 of its stores were operated by independent operators, with the remaining 41 operated directly by the company. It distributed inventory through nine primary distribution centers, four of which it operates for dry goods and five of which are operated by third parties for cold items, produce, and dry goods. Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. was incorporated in Delaware on September 11, 2014.

Written from the business description in Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 4 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.