SpartanNash, an integrated food distributor and operator of supermarkets in the Midwest has acquired a chain of 49 Fresh Encounter stores in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.  The company is a third-generation grocer that has been served by SpartanNash for close to sixty years.

Tony Sarsam CEO of SpartanNash noted, “This acquisition is a exciting milestone in our company’s strategic growth plans.”  He added, “We will welcome 2,500 new associates to the SpartanNash family and will begin serving shoppers in Kentucky and grow our existing footprint across Ohio and Indiana.” 

With the recently announced acquisition and the earlier purchase of Metcalfe’s Market comprising three stores earlier in 2014, SpartanNash will operate 196 locations with banners including Family Fare, and Martin’s Super Markets with many locations having pharmacies and fuel centers.