The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. is a regional department store company based in York, Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania

York, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862...

, chiefly operating 275 stores, including 11 furniture galleries, in 23 states throughout the northern United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Stores carrying its namesake nameplate serve the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States, extending to upstate New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 and throughout Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. Other chains operated by Bon-Ton include Bergner's

Bergner's

Bergner's is a major department store in central and northern Illinois, established in 1889 in Peoria, Illinois, and offering mid-line to higher end merchandise in their largest stores. The current flagship store is located in Peoria at The Shoppes at Grande Prairie.-Beginnings:Bergner's was...

, Boston Store

Boston Store

-History:The Boston Store is mentioned in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" published in 1900 and Carl Sandburg's Mamie, part of his 1916 Chicago Poems collection....

, Carson Pirie Scott

Carson Pirie Scott

Carson Pirie Scott & Co., known informally as Carson's, is an upscale chain of department stores that have been in business for over 150 years. Their product price points are targeted to the moderate-to-upscale shopper...

, Elder-Beerman

Elder-Beerman

Elder-Beerman is a U.S. chain of department stores founded in 1883 and owned by The Bon-Ton. The chain is based primarily in the United States' Midwest region...

, Herberger's

Herberger's

Herberger's is a regional department store chain founded in 1927 in Osakis, Minnesota, United States. Herberger's operates 41 stores in nine states; more than one third of them are in Minnesota, where the chain maintained its headquarters for much of its history...

, Parisian

Parisian (Bon-Ton)

Parisian is a specialty department store chain in Metro Detroit, operating in three suburban locations in Livonia, Rochester Hills, and Clinton Township. Bon-Ton Stores, Inc...

, and Younkers

Younkers

Younkers is an American department store chain founded as a family-run dry goods business in 1856 in Keokuk, Iowa. The retailer has since evolved over more than 150 years to include a presence in locations throughout Iowa and surrounding states in the Midwest region of the United States...

. Additionally, eight furniture stores (with a ninth under construction) are operated by the corporation in select markets.
The Bon-Ton was started in 1898, when Max Grumbacher and his father, Samuel, opened S.