SpartanNash Acquires Great Lakes Foods
January 05 2023 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
SpartanNash expands its supply chain network
with the acquisition of a new distribution center
Food solutions company SpartanNash (the “Company”) (Nasdaq:
SPTN) announced that it has acquired Great Lakes Foods, an
independent grocery wholesaler, including its 300,000-square-foot
distribution center in Menominee, Mich. The warehouse serves
approximately 100 independent grocery customers across the Midwest
and employs 125 Associates. SpartanNash will continue to employ the
Great Lakes Foods team while investing in capital and IT updates to
the facility and expanding service offerings to customers.
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“This acquisition represents SpartanNash’s ongoing commitment to
optimize our supply chain network, drive growth through geographic
expansion, and serve our customers more efficiently,” said
SpartanNash Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and
Information Officer Masiar Tayebi. “The location of this
distribution center is ideal for serving both new and existing
customers in the surrounding communities – as well as our own
Company-owned stores in the Upper Peninsula. We look forward to
earning the loyalty of our new customers and Associates as we
continue building upon the legacy Great Lakes Foods has
established.”
Customers of Great Lakes Foods will gain access to SpartanNash’s
marketing support, merchandising expertise, portfolio of private
label products, and valuable insights from the Company’s wholesale
and retail businesses. The business integration will occur
strategically throughout 2023 to ensure business continuity while
enabling value creation for SpartanNash’s shareholders and
high-quality service levels for customers.
"I am incredibly proud that SpartanNash purchased our
distribution center,” said Tom Kuber, owner of Great Lakes Foods.
“We value our Associates and long-standing customers and know
SpartanNash is well-equipped to elevate the level of service and
amplify its People First culture based on their strong track
record.”
About SpartanNash SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) is a food
solutions company that delivers the ingredients for a better life.
As a distributor, wholesaler and retailer with a global supply
chain network, SpartanNash customers span a diverse group of
national accounts, independent and chain grocers, e-commerce
retailers, U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, and the
Company's own brick-and-mortar grocery stores, pharmacies and fuel
centers. SpartanNash distributes grocery and household goods,
including fresh produce and its Our Family® portfolio of products,
to locations in all 50 states, in addition to distributing to the
District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Iraq,
Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Djibouti, Korea and Japan. To support its
distribution business, the Company operates a strategically
developed network of large-scale distribution facilities and a
nationwide transportation fleet. In addition, the Company owns and
operates 147 supermarkets - primarily under the banners of Family
Fare, Martin's Super Markets and D&W Fresh Market - and shares
its operational insights to drive innovative solutions for
SpartanNash food retail customers. Committed to fostering a People
First culture, the SpartanNash family of Associates is 17,500
strong and growing. For more information, visit
spartannash.com.
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Adrienne Chance SVP, Communications SpartanNash
press@spartannash.com
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