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Who is 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 Companyā€™s own brick-and-mortar grocery stores, pharmacies and fuel centers.

SpartanNash distributes grocery and household goods, including fresh produce and its Our FamilyĀ® 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 ā€“ primarily under the banners of Family Fare, Martinā€™s Super Markets and D&W Fresh Market ā€“ 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 17,000 strong and growing.

Retail grocery and distribution map

Tony Sarsam

CEO

17,000

Number of Associates

147

Number of Retail Stores

2,100

Customer Locations Served

Our History

It all started with something sweetā€¦ a candy store and a boxcar of sugar, to be exact.

In 1885, two brothers opened a small candy and tobacco shop in North Dakota. Their company, later called Nash Finch, began wholesaling and launched the Our Family brand in 1904.

Spartan Stores History

A thousand miles away in Michigan, Spartan Stores was born in 1917 when 100 independent retailers banded together to purchase in bulk and pass on their savings to shoppers. Their first purchase was a boxcar of sugar.

Nash Finch Company and Spartan Stores, Inc. merged in November 2013 to form SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN). Since then, SpartanNash has grown into a Fortune 400 food solutions company that delivers the ingredients for a better life to thousands of customer locations around the world.

By the numbers

Notable Dates

1885

Fred, Edgar and Willis Nash open a small candy and tobacco store in Devils, Lake, N.D.; in subsequent years, the company is known as the Nash Finch Company

1904

The Nash brothers apply for a patent on the Our FamilyĀ® brand, making it one of the oldest OwnBrands in the nation

1917

100 independent retailers band together to purchase in bulk and pass the savings along to their customers; this group became the Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery Company, which then became Spartan Stores, Inc.

2013

Spartan Stores, Inc. and Nash Finch Company announce the completion of their merger, creating SpartanNash

2017

Independent retailers and SpartanNash stores in Michigan welcome Our FamilyĀ® products on their shelves

Locations of Distribution Centers

Bellefontaine, Ohio

Bloomington, Indiana

Bluefield, Virginia

Columbus, Georgia

Fargo, North Dakota

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Indianapolis

Lima, Ohio

Lumberton, North Carolina

Menominee, Michigan

Norfolk, Virginia

Oklahoma City

Omaha, Nebraska

Pensacola, Florida

San Antonio

Severn, Maryland

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

St. Cloud, Minnesota