WebstaurantStore

WebstaurantStore is an online restaurant supply company based in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The company offers commercial-grade equipment to the foodservice industry through online ordering and commercial shipping, and carries over 342,000 products.[1] Like sister brand The Restaurant Store, WebstaurantStore is a division of Clark Associates, Inc.,[2] which was named Central Pennsylvania's fastest growing company in 2013 and 2018 by the Central Penn Business Journal,[3][4] making the list of the region's fastest-growing companies nine years in a row.[5] In 2021, Clark Associates, Inc. was also rated as the largest distributor of restaurant supplies by Foodservice Equipment & Supplies Magazine (FE&S),[6] and was awarded FE&S' Dealer of the Year Award in 2015.[7] In 2017, the company received a Management Excellence award from Foodservice Equipment Reports Magazine.[8] WebstaurantStore was chosen as the featured e-commerce business for Pennsylvania in Google's Economic Impact Report for 2013.[9]

WebstaurantStore
TypePrivately held company
IndustryFoodservice
FounderFred Clark
Headquarters
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Area served
U.S.
Websitewww.webstaurantstore.com

History

WebstaurantStore was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as a business-to-business (B2B) sales company. The company is currently led by President Dave Groff (brother of actor Jonathan Groff) who helped establish the business in 2004.[10] In 2012, WebstaurantStore expanded to Madisonville, Kentucky[11] followed by other expansions to Dayton, Nevada[12] in 2013 and Cumberland, Maryland[13] in 2014. To date, WebstaurantStore also operates warehouses in Pennsylvania;[14] Durant, Oklahoma;[15] and Albany, Georgia.[16] In 2013, the company moved headquarters from Smoketown to Lititz.[17] Office locations have since expanded from Pennsylvania into Albany, Georgia;[18] Madisonville, Kentucky;[19] and Tampa Bay, Florida.[20]

According to their website, WebstaurantStore ships to 96 percent of the United States within two days.[21] In 2018, WebstaurantStore launched its WebstaurantPlus program, which offers free ground shipping and priority order processing to subscribers for a $99 monthly fee. The service is available to customers within the 48 contiguous United States.[22] In 2021, WebstaurantStore partnered with First Bankcard to offer users a Webstaurant Rewards Visa Card and a Webstaurant Rewards Visa Business Card that each unlock rewards and special offers for cardholders.[23]

Charitable initiatives

As a subsidiary of Clark Associates, Inc., WebstaurantStore is a contributing member of the Clark Associates Charitable Foundation. The foundation raises money through donations to give back to the local community in a number of ways, including academic scholarships.[24] In 2021, a trio of nature preserves were combined in Lancaster County and named the Clark Nature Preserve after the foundation gifted a donation to the Lancaster Conservancy.[25]

Since 2016 WebstaurantStore has independently offered a scholarship for culinary arts and hospitality management students.[26] The company organizes "Volunteer Days" on a monthly basis to aid local organizations, with previous collaborators including Water Street Ministries, the Sierra Club,[27] and Relay for Life.[28] WebstaurantStore has also opened its doors to host local professional organizations such as Lancaster Young Professionals.[29] In 2018, WebstaurantStore sponsored Tampa Community Connect in support of the Tampa area developer community.[30]

References
  1. "About Us". webstaurantstore.com. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  2. UMBLE, CHAD (2 March 2023). "Lancaster-based Clark Associates to add $104M distribution center in Tennessee for WebstaurantStore". LancasterOnline.
  3. "Central Penn Business Journal announced the rankings of the seventeenth annual Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies program: Central Pennsylvania Business Awards | PennLive.com". blog.pennlive.com. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  4. "Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies Awards 2018 - Central Penn Business Journal". cpbj.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  5. "Clark Associates, Inc. Lands on CPBJ's Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies List for 9th Consecutive Year" (PDF). clarkassociatesinc.biz. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  6. "2021 Distribution Giants - Foodservice Equipment & Supplies". fesmag.com. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  7. "2015 Dealer of the Year: Clark Associates, Inc". fesmag.com. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  8. "E&S Industry Event & Award Coverage - Management Excellence". fermag.com. January 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  9. "Economic Impact United States 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  10. Hummel, Cindy (May 23, 2019). "Lititz-based WebstaurantStore plans $33M distribution center near Bloomsburg to create 400 jobs". LancasterOnline. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  11. "Clark Associates to Hire 95 for Distribution Facility - Lane Report | Kentucky Business & Economic News". lanereport.com. July 2011. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  12. "WEBstaurant adds Nevada site to serve western states - LancasterOnline: Business". lancasteronline.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  13. "Restaurant supply store to hire 150 - Cumberland Times-News: News". www.times-news.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  14. "Warehouse industry brings new jobs - LancasterOnline". lancasteronline.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  15. "Food service company to add 160 jobs in Durant - NewsOK". newsok.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  16. "Webstaurant to add 40 jobs at Albany facility - Albany Herald". albanyherald.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  17. "Kitchen supply firm expanding - LancasterOnline: Business". lancasteronline.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  18. "Webstaurant store searching for new employees - WALB News 10". walb.com. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  19. "Madisonville company boosting pay in bid for workers - Kentucky New Era". kentuckynewera.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  20. "Pennsylvania restaurant supplier bringing 300 jobs to Tampa - Tampa Bay Times: Business". tampabay.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  21. "Ground Estimated Shipping Times". webstaurantstore.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  22. "WebstaurantPlus Frequently Asked Questions". webstaurantstore.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  23. "First Bankcard Partners with WebstaurantStore to Provide Business Credit Card Services". yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  24. "The Clark Grant | Pennsylvania Technology Student Association". patsa.org. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  25. "$5 million donation leads to newly named 373-acre nature preserve in Lancaster County". lancasteronline.com. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  26. "WebstaurantStore Scholarship". webstaurantstore.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  27. "Newsletter for the Lancaster Group of the Sierra Club June 2013 Vol. 6, No. 1" (PDF). 8 June 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  28. "2013 Letter from the CEO". Clark Associates. 7 January 2013.
  29. "Annual Holiday Mixer | Lancaster Young Professionals". lyp.org. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  30. "Tampa Community Connect". tampacc.org. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
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