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SpartanNash Acquires Great Lakes Foods

January 5, 2023

Food & Beverage

SpartanNash has acquired Great Lakes Foods, including its 300,000-square-foot distribution center in Menominee, Michigan. The facility, which serves roughly 100 independent grocery customers and employs 125 associates, will be integrated into SpartanNash's supply chain to expand geographic reach and enhance service offerings.

SpartanNash Acquires Shop-N-Save Food Centers

June 14, 2022

Retail

SpartanNash has acquired Shop-N-Save Food Centers, a three-store grocery chain in northwestern Michigan, converting the Benzonia, Fremont and Ludington locations to its Family Fare banner and retaining employment for all associates. Shop-N-Save, founded by William "Bill" DeVries and a SpartanNash distribution customer for nearly 25 years, will expand SpartanNash's Family Fare footprint across the Midwest.

C&S Wholesale Grocers to Acquire SpartanNash for $1.77 Billion

June 23, 2025

Logistics & Distribution

C&S Wholesale Grocers will acquire SpartanNash in a cash transaction valued at $26.90 per share, representing total consideration of $1.77 billion including assumed net debt. The companies entered into a definitive merger agreement and expect the deal to close in late 2025, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

SpartanNash Acquires Fresh Encounter Inc. to Expand Retail Footprint

October 14, 2024

Retail

SpartanNash announced it will acquire Fresh Encounter Inc. (FEI), a 49-store supermarket chain serving Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. The acquisition is expected to close in late November, with SpartanNash continuing employment for FEI’s roughly 2,500 team members and expanding its retail footprint by 33%.

Metcash to Acquire Superior Food Group

February 7, 2024

Food & Beverage

Australian wholesaler Metcash has agreed to acquire Superior Food Group for up to A$412.3 million as part of three acquisition agreements totalling about A$558.5 million. Superior Food Group is a national foodservice distributor with 23 branches, an 80,000 sqm warehouse footprint and over 20,000 customers across quick-service restaurants, caterers, cafes, restaurants and hotels.

GrubMarket Acquires Grand Food Inc.

August 11, 2020

Food & Beverage

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Grand Food Inc., a Hayward, California–based protein provider, making GrubMarket a major supplier of frozen meat and seafood in the San Francisco Bay Area. The deal brings Grand Food's processing capabilities, customer relationships with grocery chains, restaurants and online grocers, and access to production facilities in California, the Midwest and Europe into GrubMarket's network and WholesaleWare platform.