General Info

As one of the leaders in the food distribution industry, Spartan Stores owns and operates more than 70 supermarkets and drugstores in Michigan and Ohio under the Family Fare Supermarkets, Glen s Markets and The Pharm banners. The company also supplies more than 40,000 private label and national brand products to nearly 330 independent grocery stores. The company s history dates back to when a group of independent grocers formed a cooperative in 1918 as Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery Company and became Spartan Stores in 1957. The company became publicly traded in 2000. Spartan Stores is based in Grand Rapids, Mich., and has a facility in Byron Center, Mich.