Spartan Stores, Inc.

Spartan Stores, Inc. is a regional grocery/drugstore retailer and wholesale distributor. It also supplies private label and national brand products to grocery stores. The company operates through two reportable business segments: Distribution and Retail. The Distribution segment supplies independent retail customers and its own retail stores with dry grocery, produce, dairy, meat, delicatessen, bakery, beverages, frozen food, seafood, floral, general merchandise, pharmacy and health and beauty care items. The Retail segment operates retail supermarkets predominantly in midsize metropolitan, tourist and lake communities of Michigan. Its retail supermarkets are operated under the banners Glen's Markets, Family Fare Supermarkets, D&W Fresh Markets, VG's Food and Pharmacy, and Valu Land. These supermarkets offers dry groceries, produce, dairy products, meat, frozen food, seafood, floral products, general merchandise, beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty care products, delicatessen items and bakery goods. It also offers pharmacy services. The company operates fuel centers at its supermarket locations operating under the banners D&W Quick Stop, Family Fare Quick Stop, Glen's Quick Stop, and VG's Quick Stop. Spartan Stores was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.