Category: Oregon

About Bi-Mart Corporation is an employee-owned (ESOP), membership-only discount retailer headquartered at 220 South Seneca Road, Eugene, Oregon 97402 — a combined corporate office and distribution center on the west side of Eugene. Founded in 1955 in Yakima, Washington as the first membership discount store in the Pacific Northwest, Bi-Mart has been based in Eugene since the early 1960s. It became fully employee-owned via ESOP in 2004 when private equity firm Endeavour Capital transferred ownership to employees — celebrating its 20th anniversary of employee ownership in 2024. Bi-Mart operates 80 stores across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho requiring a $5 lifetime family membership (never expires), with over 1.2 million active membership families and 3,200–3,500 employees. In 2021–2022, Bi-Mart sold its 56

About Fred Meyer, Inc. is an American hypermarket superstore chain headquartered at 3800 Southeast 22nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97202 — in the inner southeast Portland neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, where Fred G. Meyer launched his retail empire nearly a century ago. Fred Meyer was founded in 1931 when Fred Goodell Meyer opened his first major self-service store in Portland, Oregon, pioneering the “one-stop shopping” concept in the Pacific Northwest — combining groceries, general merchandise, apparel, and household goods under one roof decades before the hypermarket format became mainstream in American retail. Fred Meyer grew steadily through the 20th century across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska, becoming one of the most beloved regional retail brands in the Pacific Northwest. In 1999,