logo industry retail founded 1965 headquarters junction city oregon united states number of locations 43 key people gladys gibson president products convenience store operator number of employees 450 website www.darimart.com dari mart is a chain of convenience stores located in the u.s. state of oregon . dari mart has 43 stores located exclusively as of 2013 within the willamette valley of oregon from albany to cottage grove . it is most notable as a supplier of milk ice cream and other dairy products from lochmead farms one of the largest independent dairy farms in the pacific northwest . most store locations are in the eugene springfield metropolitan area in lane county oregon . lochmead farms sells 1.5 million us gallons 5 700 000 l of milk and 500 000 us gallons 1 900 000 l of ice cream a year through the chain of stores and the joint store farm operation employs more than 450 people . citation needed history edit the first dari mart store opened in 1965 as a way to market the farm s dairy products . gladys and howard gibson established lochmead farms in 1941 and has been owned for three generations by the gibson family of junction city oregon . today about 20 gibson family members spread across three generations work with the dari mart and lochmead farm companies . 1 2 references edit family farm s crops grows into dairy chain of stores . by joe mosley . family handoff . by sherri buri . retrieved december 25 2005 . external links edit official website hoover s business information listing for dari mart this oregon corporate or for profit organization related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dari mart & oldid 743027522 categories benton county oregoncompanies based in oregonconvenience stores of the united statesretail companies established in 1965junction city oregonlinn county oregonlane county oregonprivately held companies based in oregon1965 establishments in oregonoregon company stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2011all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 09 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view