Alex Lee Inc.
| Company type | |
|---|---|
| Industry | Grocery |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Founders | Alex and Lee George |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States |
Key people | |
| Products | Supermarkets, grocery stores, pharmacies, food |
| Services | Food distribution, wholesale distribution, |
| Revenue | $3.2 billion (FY 2021) |
| Owner | George family |
Number of employees | 16,000 |
| Divisions | Merchants Distributors |
| Subsidiaries | Lowes Foods, KJ's Market, IGA Southeast |
| Website | www |
Alex Lee is an American holding company specializing in food retail and wholesale distribution. It is headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina. It runs its own supermarket chain and supplies food and non-food items to independent supermarkets across about a dozen states across the Southeastern United States.
As of 2014, Alex Lee is ranked 139 on the list of largest privately held companies in the United States, as listed by Forbes. Alex Lee owns the Lowes Foods supermarket chain as well as Merchants Distributors, Inc., which supplies more than 600 stores located in nine states, mostly in the Southeast.