Buehler Foods

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This article is about the grocery store chain in Indiana and Kentucky. For the grocery store chain in northern Ohio, see Buehler Food Markets.

Buehler Foods Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	Jasper, Indiana (August 10, 1940)
Founder	Gabe Buehler Marge Buehler
Headquarters	Jasper, Indiana, U.S.
No. of locations	22 (2008)
Area served	Indiana, Illinois
Key people	Kris Buehler-Massat, President and CEO Craig Knies, Marketing Director Cassie Alvey, Advertising & Media Manager
Industry	Retail
Products	Grocery
Revenue	US$281,800,000 (est.) ^[1]
Employees	2,600 (2007 est.) ^[1]
Website	http://www.buylowstores.com

Buehler Foods, Inc. is an American grocery store chain based in Jasper, Indiana.

[edit] Backrground

Buehler Foods was founded in 1940 by Gabe and Marge Buehler in Jasper, Indiana. The Buehlers operated a single store, but the company eventually grew to own a total of 22 stores in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. The company has a major presence in the Evansville, Indiana market, with six stores in that city.

Until the 1980s, Buehler's stores were associated with IGA, but the company eventually converted its stores to its own brand, with all being known today as "Buehler's Buy-Low."

On April 24, 2008, Buehler Foods announced the company's intention to sell all of the company's stores to Houchens Industries of Bowling Green, Kentucky.