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SpartanNash acquires Shop-N-Save Food Centers

Michigan grocer converted to Family Fare supermarket banner

Russell Redman

June 14, 2022

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The addition of three Shop-N-Save stores gives SpartanNash's Family Fare a total of 86 locations in the Midwest.SpartanNash

Grocery distributor/retailer SpartanNash has purchased Shop-N-Save Food Centers, a three-store supermarket chain in northwestern Michigan.

Financial terms of the agreement, announced late Tuesday, weren’t disclosed. SpartanNash said the transaction has closed and Shop-N-Save’s stores in Benzonia, Fremont and Ludington, Mich., have been converted to the Family Fare banner, part of the distributor’s retail grocery business segment.

Founded in 1973 by William “Bill” DeVries, Ludington-based Shop-N-Save was a food distribution customer of SpartanNash for almost 25 years.

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A longtime SpartanNash wholesale customer, Shop-N-Save Food Centers operated stores in Benzonia, Fremont and Ludington, Mich.

“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,” SpartanNash President and CEO Tony Sarsam said in a statement.

The addition of the three Shop-N-Save supermarkets gives Family Fare, launched in 1962, a total of 86 stores throughout the Midwest. With the banner change, Shop-N-Save customers will be able to shop fresh produce, deli, bakery and floral departments, as well as a meat and seafood counter. The new Family Fare locations also will house pharmacies and offer SpartanNash’s Our Family brand products and Yes Rewards loyalty program, through which members get access to digital coupons, featured clubs and other perks to save on groceries and household products.

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“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,” stated Bill DeVries, president of Shop-N-Save Food Centers.

Overall, SpartanNash now operates 148 grocery stores in Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin under the banners D&W Fresh Market, Dan’s Supermarket, Family Fare, Family Fresh Market, Forest Hills Foods, Martin’s Super Markets, No Frills Supermarkets, SunMart, Supermercado Nuestra Familia and VG’s Grocery.

“We welcome the Shop-N-Save team into the SpartanNash family, and we look forward to earning the loyalty of our new community members,” Sarsam added. “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.”

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About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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