# Variety Wholesalers Privately held discount-retail chain headquartered in Henderson, North Carolina, owned and chaired by [[Art Pope]]. It operates stores under the Roses, Roses Express, Maxway, and Super 10 banners — roughly 370 locations across sixteen states, concentrated in lower-income communities across the South. Estimated annual sales run from $700 million to $1 billion. In 2025 the company acquired and reopened 219 former Big Lots stores out of that retailer's bankruptcy. The Variety Wholesalers fortune is the financial base for Pope's political and philanthropic spending through the [[John William Pope Foundation]]. ## See Also - [[Art Pope]] — Owner, chairman, and CEO - [[John William Pope Foundation]] — The family vehicle the retail fortune funds