it is not to be confused with pic n save . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message roundy s supermarkets type subsidiary industry retail grocery founded 1872 headquarters milwaukee wisconsin number of locations 156 key people robert a. mariano president & ceo michael p. turzenski evp & cfo products bakery dairy deli frozen foods general grocery meat pharmacy produce seafood snacks revenue usd 3.8 billion 2011 owner the kroger company number of employees 20 000 website roundys.com the roundy s commissary a food production facility in kenosha wisconsin . roundy s supermarkets roundy s is a supermarket chain with 166 stores and 99 pharmacies in wisconsin and illinois . 1 based on fiscal year 2012 sales roundy s was the 37th largest grocery store chain 2 and the 89th largest retailer in the united states . 3 roundy s is a subsidiary of kroger . roundy s operates under the names pick n save throughout wisconsin 1975 copps food center in northern wisconsin and the madison area 2001 metro market in the milwaukee and madison area and mariano s fresh market in the chicago metropolitan area 2010 . roundy s operates two main distribution centers located in mazomanie and oconomowoc wisconsin . the company began trading on the new york stock exchange on february 8 2012 1 and ceased trading on december 18 2015 . 4 contents 1 history 2 retail banners 3 competition 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1872 in milwaukee as smith roundy & co. by william e. smith judson roundy and sidney hauxhurst . over the years it has also operated as the roundy peckham & co. and roundy peckham & dexter co. citation needed roundy s was a major warehouse distributor to non company supermarkets including iga but it moved out of the wholesale market to focus on retail . citation needed the pick n save chain which was the backbone and propellant for growth and sale of the company in 2002 was the prodigy of two kroger educated marketers citation needed . vincent r. little and michael d. mcgee the fathers of pick n save came up through the ranks at the kroger company . roundy s saw rapid growth during the john dickson years . dickson became sick and handed the reins to gerald f. lestina . on lestina s watch the company built only one corporate store at the fairgrounds in oshkosh wisconsin over a period of 7 years . that store was then sold years later to a director george prescott for approximately 1.1 million although the board of directors had been told the price was 5 million . citation needed in 2002 roundy s was taken private through a purchase by the chicago private equity firm willis stein & partners . a strong effort was made in 2007 to sell roundy s but because of the softness in the credit markets there were no takers . rumors have swirled regarding a possible sale of roundy s to cincinnati based kroger in conjunction with some or all of safeway owned and chicago based dominick s stores . 5 the current ceo is robert chairman bob mariano who was the ceo of dominick s prior to dominick s sale to safeway in 1998 . most of mariano s senior staff at roundy s held the same positions with mariano at dominick s. 6 on december 2 2013 roundy s and mariano announced it will purchase 11 dominick s stores to rebrand them as mariano s when safeway finishes closing the chain at the start of 2014 . 7 in 2012 roundy s took the company public with an ipo . the company entered the stock exchange at 8.50 per share . on november 11 2015 roundy s announced a definitive merger with the kroger company valued at 800 million including debt . the merger completed on december 18 2015 . 4 following the completion of the merger roundy s operates as a subsidiary of kroger but retained its headquarters in milwaukee . 8 ceo bob mariano is set to retire september 1 2016 . 9 retail banners edit roundy s operates stores using four distinct banners pick n save copps metro market and mariano s fresh market . pick n save and copps are practically identical in merchandising style and strategy with copps confined to northeastern and north central wisconsin markets while metro market and mariano s offer more urban upscale product offerings with modern fixtures and amenities . competition edit competitors to roundy s include walmart meijer costco wholesale piggly wiggly woodman s and sendik s food market in the milwaukee area ; walmart and festival foods in the green bay fox cities market though festival is also making slow in roads into the outskirts of the milwaukee market along with woodman s and in chicago brookhaven tony s berkots heinen s walmart jewel standard market ted s fresh market pete s fresh market and fresh thymes . with kroger owning food 4 less in chicago roundy s pick n save and mariano s market are combined into the expanded mix under kroger s acquisition of roundy s. references edit a b roundy s investor faqs . accessed february 14 2013 . top 75 retailers & wholesalers 2013 supermarket news january 21 2013 . accessed february 14 2012 . top 100 retailers the nation s retail power players 2012 . stores magazine . july 2012 . retrieved february 14 2012 . a b taschler joe december 18 2015 . kroger completes acquisition of roundy s . milwaukee journal sentinel . retrieved december 18 2015 . doris hajewski march 25 2007 . industry experts say roundy s likely will end up with another private equity firm . journal sentinel . retrieved april 25 2006 . executive profile bob mariano ceo of milwaukee based roundy s . tribunedigital chicagotribune . subscription center . joe taschler . kroger to buy pick n save parent roundy s in 800 million deal . trotter greg . bob mariano to retire as roundy s ceo but will help as adviser . chicago tribune . chicago tribune . retrieved 13 july 2016 . external 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