What Corner Market does

Corner Market is a privately-held, family-owned grocery retail chain operating 17 physical storefronts across Mississippi (14 locations) and Alabama (3 locations), with a continuous operating history of approximately 50 years. The company sells fresh groceries, specialty foods, custom party trays, and floral arrangements directly to general consumers in the Southeastern United States, with no online ordering, delivery, or e-commerce channels. Differentiated offerings include house-made signature items, local Mississippi vendor partnerships, named-brand suppliers such as Boar's Head and Sanderson Farms, and an award-recognized floral department. The company runs a mobile loyalty app on iOS and Android for weekly ads, digital coupons, and rewards, but underlying technology is minimal (Google Analytics, standard mobile app) with no proprietary systems, APIs, or AI/ML capabilities. Revenue is generated entirely through in-store transaction-based grocery retail, with no institutional investors, funding rounds, subsidiaries, or public ownership disclosed.

Name

Corner Market

Legal name

Corner Market

Website

https://cornermarketms.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Corner Market is a family-owned grocery chain operating 17 stores across Mississippi and Alabama, serving general consumers with multi-department fresh grocery offerings, house-made signature items, local vendor partnerships, and a mobile loyalty app.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Grocery Retail

NAICS

Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) (44511)

SIC

Retail-Grocery Stores (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

Traditional Grocery Stores (Small-Format/Corner Grocers) (CRAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Grocery retail
• Fresh produce
• Specialty foods
• Custom party trays
• Floral arrangements

Headquarters

HQ city

Hattiesburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Grocery Retail Sales: Revenue generated from selling groceries and food products directly to consumers at retail locations across Mississippi and Alabama. Includes fresh departments (meat, seafood, produce, deli, bakery), specialty foods, floral, craft beer, and custom orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Corner Market is a family-owned grocery retail chain operating 17 physical storefronts across Mississippi and Alabama, selling fresh groceries, meat, seafood, produce, deli, bakery, craft beer, specialty foods, and floral items directly to consumers. The company supplements its in-store retail operations with a mobile application supporting weekly ads, digital coupons, loyalty rewards, and shopping list management. Revenue is generated through traditional in-store product sales with weekly promotional pricing.

Product overview

Corner Market is a family-owned grocery retail chain operating 17 locations across Mississippi and Alabama. The company offers a unified retail experience across nine departments (Meat, Fresh Seafood, Produce, Deli, Bakery, Craft Beer, Specialty Foods, Floral, and Custom Orders), supplemented by a proprietary mobile application for customer engagement. The Corner Market App provides access to weekly ads, loyalty rewards, digital coupons, exclusive offers, synchronized shopping lists, and store location services. The company also offers a private label line of signature house-made products including rotisserie chickens, smoked meats, baked goods, and specialty items. Custom ordering services are available for party trays and floral arrangements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corner Market Mobile App Mobile application for iOS and Android that lets customers browse weekly ads, manage loyalty rewards, clip digital coupons, view exclusive offers, sync shopping lists across devices, and locate stores with hours and contact information. Aimed at Corner Market shoppers in Mississippi and Alabama.
• Meat Department In-store retail department offering fresh meat products including Sanderson Farms chicken and high-quality ground beef to local grocery shoppers.
• Fresh Seafood Department In-store retail department offering fresh seafood to Corner Market shoppers, including products from suppliers such as Simmons Catfish.
• Produce Department In-store retail department offering fresh, locally sourced fruits and vegetables, including seasonal items such as Hatch Chiles, to local grocery shoppers.
• Deli Department In-store retail deli offering freshly sliced Boar's Head deli meats and gourmet cheeses, daily hot food specials (fried pork chops, red beans and rice, BBQ ribs, chicken and dumplings), and party trays for tailgating and entertaining.
• Bakery Department In-store retail bakery producing fresh-baked goods including bread, cookies, and custom celebration cakes, alongside house-made signature items.
• Craft Beer Department In-store retail department offering a curated selection of craft beer to Corner Market shoppers.
• Specialty Foods Department In-store retail department offering specialty foods including local Mississippi products (Mississippi Cold Drip Coffee, Grumpy Man Salsa, Nick's 26), gluten-free items, keto options, and other dietary-specific products.
• Floral Department Award-winning in-store retail department offering fresh flowers, live plants, custom arrangements, corsages, boutonnieres, bouquets, and gift baskets for various occasions.
• Custom Orders Service In-store custom ordering service for party trays, specialty food items, and custom floral arrangements to support events, entertaining, and special occasions.
• Party Trays Ready-to-serve party trays including deli trays with Boar's Head meats, fruit and cheese trays, wing trays, veggie trays, and mini sliders for tailgating and entertaining, ordered through Corner Market's custom orders service.
• Corner Market Signature Items (Private Label) House-made Corner Market private-label signature products including Deli Tortilla Chips, Fresh-Baked Cookies, Rotisserie Chickens, Smoked Chicken, Twice-Baked Potatoes, Signature Cakes, Popcorn, Fresh-Baked Bread, Pimiento and Cheese, Chicken Salad, and Banana Pudding.
• Weekly Ad Weekly promotional advertising publication featuring deals and savings across all Corner Market departments, accessible via the company website and the Corner Market mobile app.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Local Mississippi VendorsminorOthersCorner Market partners with local Mississippi vendors and producers including Mississippi Cold Drip Coffee, Grumpy Man Salsa, and Nick's 26 to offer locally-made products in their stores. These are supplier relationships supporting the company's local product differentiation strategy.
• Boar's HeadminorOthersCorner Market features Boar's Head premium deli meats and cheeses in their deli section as part of their quality product offerings.
• Sanderson FarmsminorOthersCorner Market sources chicken products from Sanderson Farms for their deli and prepared food offerings.
• Simmons CatfishminorOthersCorner Market uses Simmons Catfish Fillet Portions for menu items such as Catfish Sliders with Wasabi Mayo, featuring recipes and products from the supplier.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• H-E-B: H-E-B is a Texas-based regional grocery powerhouse with a celebrated fresh, deli, bakery, and private-label assortment — a much larger but business-model-comparable regional grocer benchmark for private-label and prepared-foods execution.
• Publix Super Markets: Publix is the dominant employee-owned regional grocer in the Southeast with strong fresh, deli, and floral departments — a much larger but directly comparable specialty-grocer incumbent competing in the same regional market.
• Winn-Dixie: Winn-Dixie is a longstanding Southeastern supermarket chain with stores throughout Mississippi and Alabama — a same-geography incumbent providing direct competitive overlap across Corner Market's trade areas.
• Whole Foods Market: Whole Foods is a national premium/specialty grocery chain owned by Amazon — a broad incumbent defining the upper bound of the fresh, organic, and specialty food competitive set that Corner Market's specialty foods and floral departments compete against.

Direct peers

• Harps Food Stores: Harps is a family-owned regional grocery chain operating ~140 stores across Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas — a closely comparable independent regional operator with similar fresh departments and small-format neighborhood positioning.
• The Fresh Market: The Fresh Market is a specialty grocery chain concentrated in the Southeastern U.S. with curated fresh produce, premium deli, bakery, and floral — directly comparable to Corner Market's fresh/specialty merchandising emphasis.
• Brookshire Brothers: Brookshire Brothers is a family-owned regional grocery chain in Texas and Louisiana with small-format neighborhood stores, fresh local sourcing, and house-made prepared foods — very similar independent-regional business model.
• Rouses Markets: Rouses is a family-owned regional grocery chain based in Louisiana with a strong fresh-and-local focus, premium deli, and house-made prepared foods — the closest business-model analog to Corner Market, just anchored in an adjacent Gulf-Coast geography.
• Piggly Wiggly (Independent Operators): Piggly Wiggly operates a franchise model of independently owned neighborhood grocery stores across the Southeast and Midwest — comparable footprint, format, and locally-owned operator profile to Corner Market.

Emerging players

• Sprouts Farmers Market: Sprouts is a specialty/natural grocery chain with a fresh, health-oriented assortment and small-format footprint — comparable specialty-grocery positioning, though at substantially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cornermarketms
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/corner-market
• Instagraminstagram.com/cornermarketms
• TikToktiktok.com/@cornermarketms
• Pinterestpinterest.com/CornerMarketMS

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Corner Market