Seaway Food Town Inc

Spartan Stores is one of the largest grocery distributors in the United States, with warehouse facilities in Michigan. The company distributes more than 40,000 private-label and national brand products to approximately 350 independent grocery stores in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. It also owns and operates 96 retail supermarkets in Michigan, including Family Fare Supermarkets, Glen's Markets, D&W Fresh Markets, Felpausch Food Centers, and VG's Food and Pharmacy. Spartan Stores operates two business segments; distribution and retail.

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.