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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — SpartanNash has acquired Shop-N-Save Food Centers (SNS), a three-store grocery chain in northwestern Michigan.
Following the closing of the deal, the three stores (located in Benzonia, Fremont and Ludington, Mich.) have been converted to SpartanNash’s Family Fare brand. Spartan Nash noted that the deal meant continued employment for the store’s workers, who are now SpartanNash associates, and expanded product offerings for shoppers.
SNS was founded in 1973 by William “Bill” DeVries, and it has been a food distribution customer of SpartanNash for nearly 25 years.
“Shop-N-Save has been a successful family-owned and operated business for decades, and we are honored that the DeVries family is entrusting SpartanNash to build upon their legacy and bring new offerings to its team members and grocery shoppers in Benzonia, Fremont and Ludington through our Family Fare banner,” said SpartanNash President and CEO Tony Sarsam. “As a People First company, we welcome the Shop-N-Save team into the SpartanNash family, and we look forward to earning the loyalty of our new community members. Our grocery stores are an important contributor to our business strategy, allowing us to provide a full portfolio of solutions for independent and chain customers that go beyond food distribution. We leverage the insights from our retail stores to continuously innovate our products and operations across our global network.”
Family Fare was established in 1962, and – with the acquisition of these stores – SpartanNash now operates 86 Family Fare stores throughout the Midwest. Shoppers at the converted stores can look forward to fresh produce, a deli, bakery, floral department, pharmacy, meat and seafood counter, and many of the same products they enjoyed at SNS, including SpartanNash’s Our Family brand products, the company said. SpartanNash will also offer its yes Rewards shopper loyalty program, which offers members digital coupons and other ways to save on groceries and household products.
“We are incredibly grateful for the support of our communities these nearly 50 years, and we are confident that with SpartanNash, guests of the new Family Fare stores will continue to enjoy the same high level of service, quality and variety they have become accustomed to at Shop-N-Save,” said DeVries, president of Shop-N-Save Food Centers.
