11 Facts About Woodman's Markets

Woodman's Markets is an employee-owned American regional supermarket chain based in Janesville, Wisconsin.

All Woodman's Markets locations are open 24 hours a day, although some of them have enacted temporary changes due to COVID, and have a gas station and convenience store close to the store.

Woodman's Markets was started in 1919 by John Woodman as a produce stand on the corner of Milton and Sherman Avenues in Janesville.

Woodman's Markets continued to grow throughout the middle of the 20th century and in 1956 opened a second Janesville location.

In 1971 Woodman's Markets opened its first location outside Janesville, in neighboring Beloit.

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In 1975 Woodman's Markets became the first Wisconsin-based grocery store to begin using UPC scanners.

Since the late 1970s, Woodman's Markets has opened 15 stores throughout Wisconsin and Illinois.

Woodman's Markets was privately owned by the Woodman family until 1998, when it became a 100 percent employee owned company.

Prices at Woodman's Markets are lower than at many large grocery store chains because of their bulk purchasing model.

Woodman's Markets allows payment by cash, check, Discover card, PIN-based debit cards and EBT.

All Woodman's Markets locations are open 24 hours and have 24 hour gas stations in close proximity to the main store.