produce company headquarters thibodaux louisiana usa number of locations 37 key people j.p. rouse founder anthony rouse ciro dimarco products grocery bakery seafood number of employees 4 500 website www.rouses.com rouses supermarkets are a chain of grocery markets in the u.s. states of louisiana alabama and mississippi with more than 5 000 employees . the company had its start as the city produce company founded in thibodaux louisiana by j. p. rouse in 1923 which bought produce from local farmers in the terrebonne and lafourche parishes as well as the french market in new orleans and shipped them around the united states . 1 2 interior of rouses market in new orleans central business district 2011 . in 1960 anthony rouse son of j. p. rouse and his cousin ciro dimarco opened a 7 000 square foot 650 m2 grocery store in houma louisiana . in the 1970s the company operated stores in houma raceland and the rouses hometown of thibodaux . during the 1980s the company opened new stores in south louisiana in the communities of lockport cut off and morgan city . rouses opened its first store in metairie in 1995 and was then the largest independent grocer in louisiana . in 2003 rouses opened a 54 000 square foot 5 000 m2 store in covington . that store was followed by other st. tammany parish locations in mandeville in 2005 and slidell in 2006 . in 2007 two years after hurricanes katrina and rita devastated the new orleans area rouses acquired a & p s southern division of 17 sav a center stores effectively doubling the company in size and giving the company its first stores in the city of new orleans and in mississippi . in 2008 rouses acquired two additional stores in mississippi . 3 in january 2009 rouses opened a newly constructed store in youngsville louisiana a community in the lafayette area . this location was the first in the acadiana region for the chain its western most store and the biggest grand opening event in company history . anthony rouse died on march 5 2009 at the age of 79 . 4 5 in 2010 the company acquired a store in mathews louisiana which was previously operated by winn dixie . 6 in 2011 rouses opened a 40 000 square foot full service grocery store in the central business district of new orleans ending 45 years without . 7 in 2013 rouses expanded into alabama by taking ownership of six belle foods stores in the mobile area . 8 the first of those stores opened in theodore alabama on february 9 2014 . 9 in 2016 rouses acquired leblanc s food stores expanding it s presence in the metro baton rouge area with 9 additional locations . all leblanc s food stores were rebranded as rouses markets . 10 recognition edit 2010 new orleans magazine s best grocery store deli 11 2009 gambit best supermarket 12 2009 sophisticated woman s best supermarket 13 2009 daily comet s best grocery store in lafourche parish 14 2009 houma courier s best grocery store in terrebonne parish 15 2009 sophisticated woman s best supermarket 13 2009 jefferson life s best supermarket 16 2009 louisiana life s best places to work 17 2009 aol s best grocery stores 18 2008 gambit best supermarket 19 2008 sophisticated woman s best supermarket 20 2007 association for corporate growth louisiana deal of the year 2007 sophisticated woman s best supermarket 21 2007 gambit best neighborhood grocery on the north shore 19 2006 sophisticated woman s best supermarket 22 2006 progressive grocer store of the month 23 2006 thibodaux chamber of commerce business of the year 2005 gambit best neighborhood grocery on the north shore 2005 st. tammany west chamber of commerce business appreciation award largest expansion 2004 national grocers association advertising award best commercials 2004 national grocers association advertising award best grand opening campaign 2004 addy award best grocery store commercials 2003 addy award best grocery store commercials 1999 food people of the year donald 1995 national grocers association award fast bagger 1984 progressive grocer store 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